2 Timothy 2:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Heb 10:36 : 36 For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise.
  • Isa 28:24-26 : 24 Does the plowman plow all day to sow? does he open and break the clods of his ground? 25 When he has leveled its surface, does he not sow the black cumin and scatter the cumin, plant the wheat in rows, the barley in its appointed place, and the spelt in its place? 26 For his God instructs him in right judgment, his God teaches him.
  • Matt 9:37-38 : 37 Then he said to his disciples, The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few; 38 Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest.
  • Matt 20:1 : 1 For the kingdom of heaven is like a man who is a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
  • Matt 21:33-41 : 33 Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard and hedged it around, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, and leased it to vine dressers, and went into a far country. 34 And when the time of fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the vine dressers, that they might receive the fruits of it. 35 And the vine dressers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another. 36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first, and they did likewise to them. 37 But last of all, he sent his son to them, saying, They will respect my son. 38 But when the vine dressers saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance. 39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. 40 When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine dressers? 41 They said to him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will lease his vineyard to other vine dressers who will render him the fruits in their seasons.
  • Luke 10:2 : 2 Then he said to them, The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few: therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.
  • John 4:35-38 : 35 Do you not say, There are still four months and then comes the harvest? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest. 36 And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. 37 For in this the saying is true, One sows and another reaps. 38 I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have entered into their labors.
  • 1 Cor 3:6-9 : 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. 9 For we are workers together with God: you are God's field, you are God's building.
  • 1 Cor 9:7-9 : 7 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? 8 Do I say these things as a mere man? Or does not the Law say the same also? 9 For 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? 10 Or 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. 11 If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it a great thing if we reap your material things?
  • 1 Cor 9:23 : 23 And this I do for the sake of the gospel, that I may be a partaker of it with you.

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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.

    5And also if anyone competes in athletics, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.

  • 1 Cor 3:7-9
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    7So then neither is he that plants anything, neither he that waters; but God that gives the growth.

    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.

  • John 4:36-38
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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.

    38I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have entered into their labors.

  • 1 Cor 9:10-11
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    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?

  • 1 Cor 9:6-7
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    6Or is it only Barnabas and I who do not have the right to refrain from working?

    7Who 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?

  • 1 Tim 5:17-18
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    17Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and doctrine.

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

  • 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.

  • Mark 4:28-29
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    28For the earth yields fruit by itself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

    29But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.

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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.

  • Gal 6:6-9
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    6Let him who is taught in the word share with him who teaches in all good things.

    7Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatever a man sows, that shall he also reap.

    8For he who sows to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he who sows to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

    9And let us not grow weary in doing good: for in due season we shall reap, if we do not faint.

  • 2 Tim 2:7
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    7Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things.

  • Jas 5:7
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    7Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, and has long patience for it, until he receives the early and latter rain.

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

  • 2 Tim 2:15
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    15Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

  • Mark 12:2
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    2At harvest 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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    7For the land that drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and produces crops useful to those for whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God:

  • 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;

  • 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.

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

    2Every branch in me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it, that it may produce more fruit.

  • Matt 21:34
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    34And when the time of fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the vine dressers, that they might receive the fruits of it.

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

    25And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable.

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

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

  • 2 Pet 1:8
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    8For if these things are in you and abound, they make you that you shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Prov 27:18
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    18Whoever keeps the fig tree shall eat its fruit; so he who waits on his master shall be honored.

  • Luke 6:44
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    44For every tree is known by its own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor from a bramble bush do they gather grapes.

  • Lev 25:3
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    3Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather in its fruits;

  • Gal 6:4
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    4But let every man examine his own work, and then he shall have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.

  • 1 Cor 3:14
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    14If anyone's work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward.

  • Prov 3:9
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    9Honor the LORD with your substance, and with the firstfruits of all your increase:

  • Prov 10:16
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    16The labor of the righteous tends to life, the fruit of the wicked to sin.

  • 2 Thess 3:10
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    10For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat.

  • Isa 18:5
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    5For before the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.

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

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

  • Rom 2:6
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    6Who will render to each person according to his deeds: