'Sower' in the Bible

For, as come down doth the shower, And the snow from the heavens, And thither returneth not, But hath watered the earth, And hath caused it to yield, and to spring up, And hath given seed to the sower, and bread to the eater,

Cut off the sower from Babylon, And him handling the sickle in the time of harvest, Because of the oppressing sword, Each unto his people -- they turn, And each to his land -- they flee.

and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: 'Lo, the sower went forth to sow,

'Ye, therefore, hear ye the simile of the sower:

'Hearken, lo, the sower went forth to sow;

'The sower went forth to sow his seed, and in his sowing some indeed fell beside the way, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the heaven did devour it.

for in this the saying is the true one, that one is the sower and another the reaper.

and may He who is supplying seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness,