1 Corinthians 9:10

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Or has he us in mind? Yes, it was said for us; because it is right for the ploughman to do his ploughing in hope, and for him who is crushing the grain to do his work hoping for a part in the fruits of it.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Tim 2:6 : 6 It is right for the worker in the fields to be the first to take of the fruit.
  • Rom 4:23-24 : 23 Now, it was not because of him only that this was said, 24 But for us in addition, to whose account it will be put, if we have faith in him who made Jesus our Lord come back again from the dead,
  • Rom 15:4 : 4 Now those things which were put down in writing before our time were for our learning, so that through quiet waiting and through the comfort of the holy Writings we might have hope.
  • 1 Cor 3:9 : 9 For we are workers with God: you are God's planting, God's building.
  • 2 Cor 4:15 : 15 For we go through all things on account of you, because the greater the number to whom the grace is given, the greater is the praise to the glory of God.
  • Matt 24:22 : 22 And if those days had not been made short there would have been no salvation for any, but because of the saints those days will be made short.
  • Luke 17:7-8 : 7 But which of you, having a servant who is ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he comes in from the field, Come now and be seated and have a meal, 8 Will he not say, Get a meal for me, and make yourself ready and see to my needs till I have had my food and drink; and after that you may have yours?
  • John 4:35-38 : 35 You would say, Four months from now is the time of the grain-cutting. Take a look, I say to you, at the fields; they are even now white for cutting. 36 He who does the cutting now has his reward; he is getting together fruit for eternal life, so that he who did the planting and he who gets in the grain may have joy together. 37 In this the saying is a true one, One does the planting, and another gets in the grain. 38 I sent you to get in grain which you had no hand in planting: other men did that work, and you take the reward.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 9:6-9
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    6Or I only and Barnabas, have we no right to take a rest from work?

    7Who ever goes to war without looking to someone to be responsible for his payment? who puts in vines and does not take the fruit of them? or who takes care of sheep without drinking of their milk?

    8Am I talking as a man? does not the law say the same?

    9For it says in the law of Moses, It is not right to keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it. Is it for the oxen that God is giving orders?

  • 1 Cor 9:11-14
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    11If we have been planting the things of the Spirit for you, does it seem a great thing for you to give us a part in your things of this world?

    12If others have a part in this right over you, have we not even more? But we did not make use of our right, so that we might put nothing in the way of the good news of Christ.

    13Do you not see that the servants of the holy things get their living from the Temple, and the servants of the altar have their part in the food which is offered on the altar?

    14Even so did the Lord give orders that the preachers of the good news might get their living from the good news.

  • 2 Tim 2:6
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    6It is right for the worker in the fields to be the first to take of the fruit.

  • 2 Cor 9:6
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    6But in the Writings it says, He who puts in only a small number of seeds, will get in the same; and he who puts them in from a full hand, will have produce in full measure from them.

  • 2 Cor 9:9-10
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    9As it is said in the Writings, He has sent out far and wide, he has given to the poor; his righteousness is for ever.

    10And he who gives seed for putting into the field and bread for food, will take care of the growth of your seed, at the same time increasing the fruits of your righteousness;

  • John 4:36-37
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    36He who does the cutting now has his reward; he is getting together fruit for eternal life, so that he who did the planting and he who gets in the grain may have joy together.

    37In this the saying is a true one, One does the planting, and another gets in the grain.

  • 1 Tim 5:18
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    18For the Writings say, It is not right to keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it. And, The worker has a right to his reward.

  • Gal 6:7-10
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    7Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain.

    8Because he who puts in the seed of the flesh will of the flesh get the reward of death; but he who puts in the seed of the Spirit will of the Spirit get the reward of eternal life.

    9And let us not get tired of well-doing; for at the right time we will get in the grain, if we do not give way to weariness.

    10So then, as we have the chance, let us do good to all men, and specially to those who are of the family of the faith.

  • Rom 15:4
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    4Now those things which were put down in writing before our time were for our learning, so that through quiet waiting and through the comfort of the holy Writings we might have hope.

  • Isa 28:24-25
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    24Is the ploughman for ever ploughing? does he not get the earth ready and broken up for the seed?

    25When the face of the earth has been levelled, does he not put in the different sorts of seed, and the grain in lines, and the barley in its place, and the spelt at the edge?

  • 1 Cor 3:8-9
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    72%

    8Now the planter and the waterer are working for the same end: but they will have their separate rewards in the measure of their work.

    9For we are workers with God: you are God's planting, God's building.

  • Deut 25:4
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    4Do not keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it.

  • 1 Cor 9:23
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    23And I do all things for the cause of the good news, so that I may have a part in it.

  • Ps 129:7
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    7He who gets in the grain has no use for it; and they do not make bands of it for the grain-stems.

  • Hos 10:12
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    12Put in the seed of righteousness, get in your grain in mercy, let your unploughed earth be turned up: for it is time to make search for the Lord, till he comes and sends righteousness on you like rain.

  • 2 Cor 10:15-16
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    15Not taking credit to ourselves for what is not our business, that is, for the work of others; but having hope that, with the growth of your faith, we may get the credit for an increase which is the effect of our work,

    16So that we may be able to go on and take the good news to countries still farther away than you are, and not take credit for another man's work in making things ready to our hand.

  • Isa 28:28
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    28Is the grain for bread crushed? He does not go on crushing it for ever, but he lets his cart-wheels and his horses go over it without crushing it.

  • 2 Thess 3:8-10
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    8And we did not take food from any man for nothing, but were working hard night and day not to be a trouble to any of you:

    9Not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, so that you might do the same.

    10For even when we were with you we gave you orders, saying, If any man does no work, let him not have food.

  • Heb 6:11
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    11And it is our desire that you may all keep the same high purpose in certain hope to the end:

  • Heb 6:7
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    7For a land, drinking in the frequent rain and producing good plants for those for whom it is worked, has a blessing from God:

  • Mark 4:28
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    28The earth gives fruit by herself; first the leaf, then the head, then the full grain.

  • Rom 8:24-25
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    24For our salvation is by hope: but hope which is seen is not hope: for who is hoping for what he sees?

    25But if we have hope for that which we see not, then we will be able to go on waiting for it.

  • 1 Cor 15:37
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    37And when you put it into the earth, you do not put in the body which it will be, but only the seed, of grain or some other sort of plant;

  • Ps 126:5-6
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    5Those who put in seed with weeping will get in the grain with cries of joy.

    6Though a man may go out weeping, taking his vessel of seed with him; he will come again in joy, with the corded stems of grain in his arms.

  • Matt 9:38
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    38Make prayer, then, to the Lord of the grain-fields, that he may send out workers to get in his grain.

  • 1 Tim 4:10
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    10And this is the purpose of all our work and our fighting, because our hope is in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, and specially of those who have faith.

  • 2 Cor 8:13
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    13And I am not saying this so that others may get off free, while the weight comes on you:

  • Lev 19:9
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    9And when you get in the grain from your land, do not let all the grain be cut from the edges of the field, or take up what has been dropped on the earth after the getting in of the grain.

  • Joel 1:17
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    17The grains have become small and dry under the spade; the store-houses are made waste, the grain-stores are broken down; for the grain is dry and dead.

  • 2 Cor 4:15
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    15For we go through all things on account of you, because the greater the number to whom the grace is given, the greater is the praise to the glory of God.

  • Job 4:8
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    8What I have seen is that those by whom trouble has been ploughed, and evil planted, get the same for themselves.

  • 1 Cor 15:11
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    11If then it is I who am the preacher, or they, this is our word, and to this you have given your faith.