1 Corinthians 9:7

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Who 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?

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  • Prov 27:18 : 18 Whoever keeps a fig-tree will have its fruit; and the servant waiting on his master will be honoured.
  • Deut 20:6 : 6 Or if any man has made a vine-garden without taking the first-fruits of it, let him go back to his house, so that in the event of his death in the fight, another may not be the first to make use of the fruit.
  • 1 Tim 1:18 : 18 This order I give to you, Timothy my son, in harmony with the words of the prophets about you, so that by them you may be strong, fighting the good fight,
  • 2 Tim 2:3-4 : 3 Be ready to do without the comforts of life, as one of the army of Christ Jesus. 4 A fighting man, when he is with the army, keeps himself free from the business of this life so that he may be pleasing to him who has taken him into his army.
  • 2 Tim 4:7 : 7 I have made a good fight, I have come to the end of my journey, I have kept the faith:
  • Prov 27:27 : 27 There will be goats' milk enough for your food, and for the support of your servant-girls.
  • Song 8:12 : 12 My vine-garden, which is mine, is before me: you, O Solomon, will have the thousand, and those who keep the fruit of them two hundred.
  • Isa 7:22 : 22 And they will give so much milk that he will be able to have butter for his food: for butter and honey will be the food of all who are still living in the land.
  • Jer 23:2-3 : 2 So this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said against the keepers who have the care of my people: You have let my flock be broken up, driving them away and not caring for them; see, I will send on you the punishment for the evil of your doings, says the Lord. 3 And I will get the rest of my flock together from all the countries where I have sent them, and will make them come back again to their resting-place; and they will have offspring and be increased.
  • John 21:15-17 : 15 Then when they had taken food, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, is your love for me greater than the love of these others? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you are certain of my love for you. He said to him, Then give my lambs food. 16 Again, a second time, he said to him, Simon, son of John, have you any love for me? Yes, Lord, he said, you are certain of my love for you. Then take care of my sheep, said Jesus. 17 He said to him a third time, Simon, son of John, am I dear to you? Now Peter was troubled in his heart because he put the question a third time, Am I dear to you? And he said to him, Lord, you have knowledge of all things; you see that you are dear to me. Jesus said to him, Then give my sheep food.
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.
  • 1 Cor 3:6-8 : 6 I did the planting, Apollos did the watering, but God gave the increase. 7 So then the planter is nothing, and the waterer is nothing; but God who gives the increase. 8 Now the planter and the waterer are working for the same end: but they will have their separate rewards in the measure of their work.
  • 2 Cor 10:4-5 : 4 (For the arms with which we are fighting are not those of the flesh, but are strong before God for the destruction of high places); 5 Putting an end to reasonings, and every high thing which is lifted up against the knowledge of God, and causing every thought to come under the authority of Christ;
  • 1 Pet 5:2 : 2 Keep watch over the flock of God which is in your care, using your authority, not as forced to do so, but gladly; and not for unclean profit but with a ready mind;
  • 1 Tim 6:12 : 12 Be fighting the good fight of the faith; take for yourself the life eternal, for which you were marked out, and of which you gave witness in the eyes of all.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 20:6
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    6 Or if any man has made a vine-garden without taking the first-fruits of it, let him go back to his house, so that in the event of his death in the fight, another may not be the first to make use of the fruit.

  • 1 Cor 9:6
    79%

    6 Or I only and Barnabas, have we no right to take a rest from work?

  • 1 Cor 9:8-14
    7 verses
    79%

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

    9 For 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?

    10 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.

    11 If 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?

    12 If 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.

    13 Do 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?

    14 Even 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
    76%

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

  • 2 Thess 3:8-12
    5 verses
    75%

    8 And 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:

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

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

    11 For it has come to our ears that there are some among you whose behaviour is uncontrolled, who do no work at all, but are over-interested in the business of others.

    12 Now to such we give orders and make request in the Lord Jesus, that, working quietly, they get their living.

  • Luke 10:7
    74%

    7 And keep in that same house, taking what food and drink they give you: for the worker has a right to his reward. Do not go from house to house.

  • Luke 17:7-9
    3 verses
    74%

    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?

    9 Does he give praise to the servant because he did what was ordered?

  • 1 Tim 5:18
    73%

    18 For 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.

  • 1 Cor 9:4
    72%

    4 Have we no right to take food and drink?

  • 1 Cor 3:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

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

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

  • Ps 129:7
    72%

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

  • Matt 10:10
    72%

    10 Take no bag for your journey and do not take two coats or shoes or a stick: for the workman has a right to his food.

  • 2 Cor 9:10
    72%

    10 And 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;

  • 1 Pet 5:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2 Keep watch over the flock of God which is in your care, using your authority, not as forced to do so, but gladly; and not for unclean profit but with a ready mind;

    3 Not as lords over God's heritage, but making yourselves examples to the flock.

  • 2 Cor 9:6
    72%

    6 But 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 Tim 2:4
    71%

    4 A fighting man, when he is with the army, keeps himself free from the business of this life so that he may be pleasing to him who has taken him into his army.

  • 1 Cor 9:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17 But if I do it gladly, I have a reward; and if not, I am under orders to do it.

    18 What then is my reward? This, that when I am giving the good news, I may give it without payment, not making use of my rights as a preacher of the good news.

  • Zech 7:6
    71%

    6 And when you are feasting and drinking, are you not doing it only for yourselves?

  • Eccl 3:9
    71%

    9 What profit has the worker in the work which he does?

  • John 4:36-37
    2 verses
    70%

    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.

  • Prov 12:11
    70%

    11 He who does work on his land will not be short of bread; but he who goes after foolish men is without sense.

  • Ps 107:37
    70%

    37 And put seed in the fields and make vine-gardens, to give them fruit.

  • 2 Cor 11:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8 I took money from other churches as payment for my work, so that I might be your servant;

    9 And when I was present with you, and was in need, I let no man be responsible for me; for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, gave me whatever was needed; and in everything I kept myself from being a trouble to you, and I will go on doing so.

  • Prov 16:26
    69%

    26 The desire of the working man is working for him, for his need of food is driving him on.

  • Deut 28:39
    69%

    39 You will put in vines and take care of them, but you will get no wine or grapes from them; for they will be food for worms.

  • Matt 20:7
    69%

    7 They say to him, Because no man has given us work. He says to them, Go in with the rest, into the vine-garden.

  • 1 Sam 8:15
    69%

    15 He will take a tenth of your seed and of the fruit of your vines and give it to his servants.

  • Job 31:39
    69%

    39 If I have taken its produce without payment, causing the death of its owners;

  • Exod 22:5
    69%

    5 If a man makes a fire in a field or a vine-garden, and lets the fire do damage to another man's field, he is to give of the best produce of his field or his vine-garden to make up for it.

  • Deut 25:4
    69%

    4 Do not keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it.

  • Lev 19:9
    69%

    9 And 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.

  • Lev 25:20
    69%

    20 And if you say, Where will our food come from in the seventh year, when we may not put in seed, or get in the increase

  • Hag 1:6
    69%

    6 Much has been planted, but little got in; you take food, but have not enough; you take drink, but are not full; you are clothed, but no one is warm; and he who gets payment for his work, gets it to put it into a bag full of holes.