2 Timothy 2:6

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The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.

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  • Heb 10:36 : 36 You need endurance so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.
  • Isa 28:24-26 : 24 Does the plowman plow all day to sow? Does he continually break up and harrow his ground? 25 When he has leveled its surface, does he not sow black cumin and scatter cumin? Does he not plant wheat in rows, barley in its place, and spelt in its own plot? 26 His God instructs him and teaches him the proper way.
  • Matt 9:37-38 : 37 Then he said to his disciples, 'The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.' 38 Therefore, ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest field.
  • Matt 20:1 : 1 For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
  • Matt 21:33-41 : 33 Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went away. 34 When the time came to harvest the fruit, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit. 35 But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. 36 Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group, but they treated them the same way. 37 Finally, he sent his son to them. 'They will respect my son,' he said. 38 But when the tenant farmers saw the son, they said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance!' 39 So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. 40 Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenant farmers? 41 They said to him, 'He will bring those wretches to a miserable end and lease the vineyard to other farmers who will give him the fruit at the proper times.'
  • Luke 10:2 : 2 He said to them, 'The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.'
  • John 4:35-38 : 35 Do you not say, 'There are still four months until harvest'? Look, I tell you: Lift up your eyes and see that the fields are white for harvest already. 36 The one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps may rejoice together. 37 For in this the saying is true: 'One sows, and another reaps.' 38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.
  • 1 Cor 3:6-9 : 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. 7 So then, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. 8 The one who plants and the one who waters are one, and each will receive their reward according to their own labor. 9 For we are God’s coworkers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
  • 1 Cor 9:7-9 : 7 Who serves as a soldier at their own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink the milk from the flock? 8 Do I say these things merely from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law also say the same? 9 For it is written in the law of Moses: "You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain." Is it oxen that God is concerned about? 10 Or does He say this entirely for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake because the plowman ought to plow in hope and the thresher to thresh in hope of sharing the harvest. 11 If we have sown spiritual things among you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you?
  • 1 Cor 9:23 : 23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.

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  • 2 Tim 2:4-5
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    4 No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in the affairs of civilian life; instead, they strive to please the one who enlisted them.

    5 Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, they do not receive a victor's crown unless they compete according to the rules.

  • 1 Cor 3:7-9
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    7 So then, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.

    8 The one who plants and the one who waters are one, and each will receive their reward according to their own labor.

    9 For we are God’s coworkers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

  • John 4:36-38
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    36 The one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps may rejoice together.

    37 For in this the saying is true: 'One sows, and another reaps.'

    38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.

  • 1 Cor 9:10-11
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    10 Or does He say this entirely for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake because the plowman ought to plow in hope and the thresher to thresh in hope of sharing the harvest.

    11 If we have sown spiritual things among you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you?

  • 1 Cor 9:6-7
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    6 Or is it only Barnabas and I who lack the right to not work for a living?

    7 Who serves as a soldier at their own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink the milk from the flock?

  • 1 Tim 5:17-18
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    17 The elders who lead well should be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching.

    18 For the Scripture says, 'You shall not muzzle the ox while it is threshing,' and, 'The worker is worthy of his wages.'

  • Deut 20:6
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    6 If anyone has planted a vineyard but has not yet enjoyed its fruit, let him go back to his house, lest he die in battle and another enjoy its fruit.

  • Mark 4:28-29
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    28 The soil produces a crop by itself—first the blade, then the head, and then the full grain on the head.

    29 As soon as the crop is ready, he sends for the sickle because the harvest has come.

  • 2 Cor 9:6
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    6 Remember this: The one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows generously will also reap generously.

  • Gal 6:6-9
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    6 The one who is taught the word should share all good things with the one who teaches.

    7 Do not be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a person sows, that they will also reap.

    8 The one who sows to their flesh will reap decay from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

    9 Let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

  • 2 Tim 2:7
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    7 Reflect on what I am saying, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.

  • Jas 5:7
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    7 Therefore, be patient, brothers and sisters, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it until it receives the early and late rains.

  • Prov 16:26
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    26 The laborer’s appetite works for him; his hunger drives him on.

  • 2 Tim 2:15
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    15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

  • Mark 12:2
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    2 At the appointed time, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.

  • Heb 6:7
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    7 For the land that drinks in the rain that often falls on it and produces crops useful to those for whom it is cultivated receives a blessing from God.

  • 2 Cor 9:10
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    10 Now the one who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness.

  • Prov 12:11
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    11 Those who work their land will have plenty of food, but those who chase fantasies lack sense.

  • John 15:1-2
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    1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.

    2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.

  • Matt 21:34
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    34 When the time came to harvest the fruit, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit.

  • 1 Cor 9:24-25
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    24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win it.

    25 Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable crown, but we do it to receive an imperishable one.

  • 1 Cor 15:58
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    58 Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

  • Ps 129:7
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    7 with which the reaper does not fill his hand, nor the binder of sheaves his arms.

  • 2 Pet 1:8
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    8 For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they will keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Prov 27:18
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    18 Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever takes care of their master will be honored.

  • Luke 6:44
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    44 Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from bramble bushes.

  • Lev 25:3
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    3 For six years, you may sow your field and prune your vineyard, and gather its produce;

  • Gal 6:4
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    4 Each one should examine their own work. Then they will have reason to boast regarding themselves alone, and not with reference to another.

  • 1 Cor 3:14
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    14 If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward.

  • Prov 3:9
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    9 Honor the LORD with your wealth and from the firstfruits of all your produce.

  • Prov 10:16
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    16 The wages of the righteous lead to life, but the income of the wicked leads to sin.

  • 2 Thess 3:10
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    10 For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: If anyone is unwilling to work, they should not eat.

  • Isa 18:5
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    5 For before the harvest, when the blossom is gone and the flower becomes a ripening grape, the branches will be cut with pruning knives, and the spreading branches will be removed and discarded.

  • Eccl 3:9
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    9 What does the worker gain from all their toil?

  • Ps 107:37
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    37 They sowed fields and planted vineyards, which yielded a fruitful harvest.

  • Rom 2:6
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    6 He will repay each person according to their deeds.