John 4:37

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

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  • Mic 6:15 : 15 You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not use their oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.
  • Job 31:8 : 8 then may I sow, but another eat, and may my offspring be uprooted.
  • Judg 6:3 : 3 Whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people of the east would come up and attack them.
  • Luke 19:21 : 21 'For I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man. You take what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 4:35-36
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    35Do 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.

    36The 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.

  • John 4:38
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    38I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.

  • 1 Cor 3:7-8
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    7So then, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.

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

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

  • Gal 6:7-9
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    7Do not be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a person sows, that they will also reap.

    8The 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.

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

  • 1 Cor 15:36-37
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    36Foolish one, what you sow does not come to life unless it dies.

    37And what you sow, you do not sow the body that will be, but a bare seed—perhaps of wheat or something else.

  • Mark 4:14
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    14The sower sows the word.

  • Job 4:8
    76%

    8As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.

  • Ps 126:5-6
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    5Those who sow in tears shall reap with joyful shouting.

    6The one who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will surely return with joyful shouting, carrying their sheaves.

  • 2 Tim 2:6
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    6The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.

  • Mark 4:3-4
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    3Listen! A sower went out to sow.

    4As he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

  • 1 Cor 9:10-11
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    10Or 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.

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

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

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

  • Matt 9:37-38
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    37Then he said to his disciples, 'The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.'

    38Therefore, ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest field.

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

  • Matt 13:29-30
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    29‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling up the weeds, you might uproot the wheat with them.

    30Let both grow together until the harvest. At harvest time I will tell the harvesters, “First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.”’

  • 2 Cor 9:10
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    10Now 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.

  • Job 24:6
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    6In the fields, they reap the fodder; they glean the vineyard of the wicked.

  • Mark 4:8
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    8Still other seed fell on good soil. It grew, producing fruit that increased and yielded thirty, sixty, and a hundred times what was sown.

  • 1 Tim 5:18
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    18For the Scripture says, 'You shall not muzzle the ox while it is threshing,' and, 'The worker is worthy of his wages.'

  • Prov 11:18
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    18The wicked person earns deceptive wages, but the one who sows righteousness receives a sure reward.

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

  • Matt 13:8
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    8Still other seeds fell on good soil and yielded a crop—some one hundred, some sixty, and some thirty times what was sown.

  • Matt 13:37
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    37He replied, 'The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.'

  • Eccl 11:6
    71%

    6Sow your seed in the morning and do not withhold your hand in the evening, for you do not know which will prosper—whether this or that, or if both will equally thrive.

  • Mark 4:25-26
    2 verses
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    25For whoever has, more will be given to him; and whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

    26He also said, "The kingdom of God is like this: A man scatters seed on the ground.

  • Mark 4:20
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    20But those sown on good ground are the ones who hear the word, welcome it, and produce fruit—some thirty, some sixty, and some a hundred times what was sown.

  • Matt 20:7
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    7They answered, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard.'

  • Hos 8:7
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    7For they sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it will yield no flour. Even if it does produce, strangers will swallow it up.

  • Matt 13:27
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    27The servants of the landowner came to him and said, 'Master, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from?'

  • Eccl 4:9
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    9Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.

  • Eccl 11:4
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    4Whoever watches the wind will not sow, and whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.

  • Matt 20:4
    71%

    4He told them, 'You also go into the vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.'

  • Jas 5:4
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    4Look, the wages that you withheld from the workers who harvested your fields are crying out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

  • Luke 10:2
    71%

    2He 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.'

  • Matt 13:24
    71%

    24Jesus presented another parable to them: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

  • John 12:24
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    24Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it produces much fruit.

  • Luke 8:5
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    5A sower went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some fell along the path; it was stepped on, and the birds of the sky devoured it.