1 Corinthians 9:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

Who goes to war at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink of the milk of the flock?

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  • Prov 27:18 : 18 Whoever keeps the fig tree shall eat its fruit; so he who waits on his master shall be honored.
  • Deut 20:6 : 6 And what man is he who has planted a vineyard and has not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.
  • 1 Tim 1:18 : 18 This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare,
  • 2 Tim 2:3-4 : 3 Therefore endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 4 No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier.
  • 2 Tim 4:7 : 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith:
  • Prov 27:27 : 27 And you will have goats' milk enough for your food, for the food of your household, and for the sustenance of your maidens.
  • Song 8:12 : 12 My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: you, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep its fruit two hundred.
  • Isa 7:22 : 22 And it shall come to pass, because of the abundance of milk that they shall give, he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall everyone eat who is left in the land.
  • Jer 23:2-3 : 2 Therefore, thus says the LORD God of Israel against the shepherds who feed my people: You have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, says the LORD. 3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their folds, and they shall be fruitful and increase.
  • John 21:15-17 : 15 When they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me more than these? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you know that I love you. He said to him, Feed my lambs. 16 He said to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you know that I love you. He said to him, Feed my sheep. 17 He said to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Do you love me? And he said to him, Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you. Jesus said to him, Feed my sheep.
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.
  • 1 Cor 3:6-8 : 6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the growth. 7 So then neither is he that plants anything, neither he that waters; but God that gives the growth. 8 Now he that plants and he that waters are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.
  • 2 Cor 10:4-5 : 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God for the pulling down of strongholds; 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
  • 1 Pet 5:2 : 2 Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by compulsion, but willingly; not for dishonest gain, but with a ready mind;
  • 1 Tim 6:12 : 12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

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  • Deut 20:6
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    6And what man is he who has planted a vineyard and has not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.

  • 1 Cor 9:6
    79%

    6Or is it only Barnabas and I who do not have the right to refrain from working?

  • 1 Cor 9:8-14
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    8Do I say these things as a mere man? Or does not the Law say the same also?

    9For it is written in the Law of Moses, 'You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.' Does God care for oxen?

    10Or does He say it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he who plows should plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should partake of his hope.

    11If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it a great thing if we reap your material things?

    12If others are partakers of this right over you, should not we even more? Nevertheless, we have not used this right, but endure all things lest we hinder the gospel of Christ.

    13Do you not know that those who minister the holy things eat of the things of the temple, and those who serve at the altar partake of the offerings of the altar?

    14Even so the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should live from the gospel.

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

  • 2 Thess 3:8-12
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    8Nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but we worked with labor and toil night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you.

    9Not because we do not have the right, but to make ourselves an example for you to follow.

    10For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat.

    11For we hear that there are some who walk among you disorderly, not working at all, but being busybodies.

    12Now those who are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that they work quietly and eat their own bread.

  • Luke 10:7
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    7And remain in the same house, eating and drinking such things as they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not go from house to house.

  • Luke 17:7-9
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    7But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say to him immediately when he comes in from the field, Go and sit down to eat?

    8Will he not rather say to him, Prepare my meal, and put on your apron and serve me while I eat and drink; and afterward you shall eat and drink?

    9Does he thank that servant because he did what was commanded? I think not.

  • 1 Tim 5:18
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    18For the Scripture says, You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain. And, The laborer is worthy of his wages.

  • 1 Cor 9:4
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    4Do we not have the right to eat and drink?

  • 1 Cor 3:8-9
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    8Now he that plants and he that waters are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.

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

  • Ps 129:7
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    7With which the mower does not fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves his bosom.

  • Matt 10:10
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    10Nor bag for your journey, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor staffs: for the worker is worthy of his food.

  • 2 Cor 9:10
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    10Now he who supplies seed to the sower also provides bread for your food, and multiplies your seed sown, and increases the fruits of your righteousness;

  • 1 Pet 5:2-3
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    2Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by compulsion, but willingly; not for dishonest gain, but with a ready mind;

    3Neither as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.

  • 2 Cor 9:6
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    6But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly; and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

  • 2 Tim 2:4
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    4No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier.

  • 1 Cor 9:17-18
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    17For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a stewardship.

    18What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel of Christ without charge, that I may not abuse my authority in the gospel.

  • Zech 7:6
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    6And when you ate and when you drank, did you not eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves?

  • Eccl 3:9
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    9What profit does he have who works in that which he labors?

  • John 4:36-37
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    36And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.

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

  • Prov 12:11
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    11He who tills his land will be satisfied with bread, but he who follows vain persons is void of understanding.

  • Ps 107:37
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    37And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.

  • 2 Cor 11:8-9
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    8I robbed other churches, taking wages from them, to serve you.

    9And when I was with you and in need, I was a burden to no one: for what I lacked the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied. And in all things I have kept myself from being a burden to you, and so I will keep myself.

  • Prov 16:26
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    26He who labors, labors for himself, for his mouth craves it of him.

  • Deut 28:39
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    39You shall plant vineyards, and dress them, but shall neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.

  • Matt 20:7
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    7They said to him, Because no man has hired us. He said to them, Go also into the vineyard; and whatever is right, that you shall receive.

  • 1 Sam 8:15
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    15And he will take a tenth of your grain, and of your vineyards, and give it to his officers and to his servants.

  • Job 31:39
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    39If I have eaten its fruits without payment, or caused the owners to lose their life;

  • Exod 22:5
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    5If a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed upon, and allows his animal to wander and feed in another man's field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.

  • Deut 25:4
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    4You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out the grain.

  • Lev 19:9
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    9And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.

  • Lev 25:20
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    20And if you shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:

  • Hag 1:6
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    6You have sown much, and bring in little; you eat, but do not have enough; you drink, but are not filled; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes.