2 Corinthians 9:10

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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;)

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  • Isa 55:10 : 10 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:
  • Hos 10:12 : 12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for [it is] time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
  • Matt 6:1 : 1 ¶ ‹Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.›
  • 2 Cor 9:6 : 6 ¶ But this [I say], He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
  • Eph 5:9 : 9 (For the fruit of the Spirit [is] in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
  • Phil 1:11 : 11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
  • Phil 4:17 : 17 Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.
  • 1 Thess 3:12 : 12 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all [men], even as we [do] toward you:
  • 1 Thess 4:10 : 10 And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;
  • Gen 1:11-12 : 11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, [and] the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed [is] in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, [and] herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed [was] in itself, after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.
  • Gen 47:19 : 19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give [us] seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.
  • Prov 11:18 : 18 ¶ The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness [shall be] a sure reward.
  • Eccl 11:6 : 6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both [shall be] alike good.
  • Gen 47:23-24 : 23 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, [here is] seed for you, and ye shall sow the land. 24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth [part] unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.

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  • 2 Cor 9:5-9
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    5 Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as [a matter of] bounty, and not as [of] covetousness.

    6 ¶ But this [I say], He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

    7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, [so let him give]; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

    8 And God [is] able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all [things], may abound to every good work:

    9 (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.

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    11 Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.

    12 For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;

    13 Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for [your] liberal distribution unto them, and unto all [men];

  • 37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.

  • 1 Cor 9:9-11
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    9 For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?

    10 Or saith he [it] altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, [this] is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.

    11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, [is it] a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?

  • 23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.

  • 9 ¶ He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

  • 1 Cor 3:6-9
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    6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

    7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

    8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

    9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, [ye are] God's building.

  • John 4:36-37
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    36 ‹And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.›

    37 ‹And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.›

  • 10 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:

  • 12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for [it is] time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

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    14 But by an equality, [that] now at this time your abundance [may be a supply] for their want, that their abundance also may be [a supply] for your want: that there may be equality:

    15 As it is written, He that [had gathered] much had nothing over; and he that [had gathered] little had no lack.

  • 7 Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

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    24 ¶ There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and [there is] that withholdeth more than is meet, but [it tendeth] to poverty.

    25 ¶ The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

  • 8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

  • 6 The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.

  • 14 ‹The sower soweth the word.›

  • 5 ‹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.›

  • 15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.

  • 14 Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.

  • 28 ‹For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.›

  • 38 ‹Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.›

  • 11 ‹Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.›

  • Prov 3:9-10
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    9 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

    10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

  • 26 And he said, ‹So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;›

  • 12 Yea, the LORD shall give [that which is] good; and our land shall yield her increase.

  • 16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, ‹The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:›

  • 10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.

  • 37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other [grain]:

  • 8 ‹And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.›

  • 12 For the seed [shall be] prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these [things].

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

  • 3 ‹Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:›

  • 7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

  • 6 Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.

  • 9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.