'Sower' in the Bible

For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.

Hear this! The days are coming—this is the Lord’s declaration—when the plowman will overtake the reaperand the one who treads grapes,the sower of seed.The mountains will drip with sweet wine,and all the hills will flow with it.

And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.

"The sower of the good seed," He replied, "is the Son of Man;

Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:

The sower soweth the word.

A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.

The reaper is already receiving pay and gathering fruit for eternal life, so the sower and reaper can rejoice together.

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

Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)