1 Corinthians 9:7

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Who ever serves in the army at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not consume its milk?

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  • Prov 27:18 : 18 The one who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever takes care of his master will be honored.
  • Deut 20:6 : 6 Or who among you has planted a vineyard and not benefited from it? He may go home, lest he die in battle and someone else benefit from it.
  • 1 Tim 1:18 : 18 I put this charge before you, Timothy my child, in keeping with the prophecies once spoken about you, in order that with such encouragement you may fight the good fight.
  • 2 Tim 2:3-4 : 3 Take your share of suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 4 No one in military service gets entangled in matters of everyday life; otherwise he will not please the one who recruited him.
  • 2 Tim 4:7 : 7 I have competed well; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith!
  • Prov 27:27 : 27 And there will be enough goat’s milk for your food, for the food of your household, and for the sustenance of your servant girls.
  • Song 8:12 : 12 My vineyard, which belongs to me, is at my disposal alone. The thousand shekels belong to you, O Solomon, and two hundred shekels belong to those who maintain it for its fruit.
  • Isa 7:22 : 22 From the abundance of milk they produce, he will have sour milk for his meals. Indeed, everyone left in the heart of the land will eat sour milk and honey.
  • Jer 23:2-3 : 2 So the LORD God of Israel has this to say about the leaders who are ruling over his people:“You have caused my people to be dispersed and driven into exile. You have not taken care of them. So I will punish you for the evil that you have done. I, the LORD, affirm it! 3 Then I myself will regather those of my people who are still alive from all the countries where I have driven them. I will bring them back to their homeland. They will greatly increase in number.
  • John 21:15-17 : 15 Peter’s Restoration Then when they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter,“Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these do?” He replied,“Yes, Lord, you know I love you.” Jesus told him,“Feed my lambs.” 16 Jesus said a second time,“Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He replied,“Yes, Lord, you know I love you.” Jesus told him,“Shepherd my sheep.” 17 Jesus said a third time,“Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was distressed that Jesus asked him a third time,“Do you love me?” and said,“Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you.” Jesus replied,“Feed my sheep.
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Watch out for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son.
  • 1 Cor 3:6-8 : 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused it to grow. 7 So neither the one who plants counts for anything, nor the one who waters, but God who causes the growth. 8 The one who plants and the one who waters work as one, but each will receive his reward according to his work.
  • 2 Cor 10:4-5 : 4 for the weapons of our warfare are not human weapons, but are made powerful by God for tearing down strongholds. We tear down arguments 5 and every arrogant obstacle that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obey Christ.
  • 1 Pet 5:2 : 2 Give a shepherd’s care to God’s flock among you, exercising oversight not merely as a duty but willingly under God’s direction, not for shameful profit but eagerly.
  • 1 Tim 6:12 : 12 Compete well for the faith and lay hold of that eternal life you were called for and made your good confession for in the presence of many witnesses.

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  • Deut 20:6
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    6Or who among you has planted a vineyard and not benefited from it? He may go home, lest he die in battle and someone else benefit from it.

  • 1 Cor 9:6
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    6Or do only Barnabas and I lack the right not to work?

  • 1 Cor 9:8-14
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    8Am I saying these things only on the basis of common sense, or does the law not say this as well?

    9For it is written in the law of Moses,“Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” God is not concerned here about oxen, is he?

    10Or is he not surely speaking for our benefit? It was written for us, because the one plowing and threshing ought to work in hope of enjoying the harvest.

    11If we sowed spiritual blessings among you, is it too much to reap material things from you?

    12If others receive this right from you, are we not more deserving?But we have not made use of this right. Instead we endure everything so that we may not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

    13Don’t you know that those who serve in the temple eat food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar receive a part of the offerings?

    14In the same way the Lord commanded those who proclaim the gospel to receive their living by the gospel.

  • 2 Tim 2:6
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    6The farmer who works hard ought to have the first share of the crops.

  • 2 Thess 3:8-12
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    8and we did not eat anyone’s food without paying. Instead, in toil and drudgery we worked night and day in order not to burden any of you.

    9It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate.

    10For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command:“If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat.”

    11For we hear that some among you are living an undisciplined life, not doing their own work but meddling in the work of others.

    12Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat.

  • Luke 10:7
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    7Stay in that same house, eating and drinking what they give you, for the worker deserves his pay. Do not move around from house to house.

  • Luke 17:7-9
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    7“Would any one of you say to your slave who comes in from the field after plowing or shepherding sheep,‘Come at once and sit down for a meal’?

    8Won’t the master instead say to him,‘Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready to serve me while I eat and drink. Then you may eat and drink’?

    9He won’t thank the slave because he did what he was told, will he?

  • 1 Tim 5:18
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    18For the scripture says,“Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and,“The worker deserves his pay.”

  • 1 Cor 9:4
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    4Do we not have the right to financial support?

  • 1 Cor 3:8-9
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    8The one who plants and the one who waters work as one, but each will receive his reward according to his work.

    9We are coworkers belonging to God. You are God’s field, God’s building.

  • Ps 129:7
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    7which cannot fill the reaper’s hand, or the lap of the one who gathers the grain!

  • Matt 10:10
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    10no bag for the journey, or an extra tunic, or sandals or staff, for the worker deserves his provisions.

  • 2 Cor 9:10
    72%

    10Now God who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your supply of seed and will cause the harvest of your righteousness to grow.

  • 1 Pet 5:2-3
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    2Give a shepherd’s care to God’s flock among you, exercising oversight not merely as a duty but willingly under God’s direction, not for shameful profit but eagerly.

    3And do not lord it over those entrusted to you, but be examples to the flock.

  • 2 Cor 9:6
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    6My point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.

  • 2 Tim 2:4
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    4No one in military service gets entangled in matters of everyday life; otherwise he will not please the one who recruited him.

  • 1 Cor 9:17-18
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    17For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward. But if I do it unwillingly, I am entrusted with a responsibility.

    18What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel I may offer the gospel free of charge, and so not make full use of my rights in the gospel.

  • Zech 7:6
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    6And now when you eat and drink, are you not doing so for yourselves?’”

  • Eccl 3:9
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    9Man is Ignorant of God’s Timing What benefit can a worker gain from his toil?

  • John 4:36-37
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    36The one who reaps receives pay and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps can rejoice together.

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

  • Prov 12:11
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    11The one who works his field will have plenty of food, but whoever chases daydreams lacks sense.

  • Ps 107:37
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    37They cultivated fields, and planted vineyards, which yielded a harvest of fruit.

  • 2 Cor 11:8-9
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    8I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so that I could serve you!

    9When I was with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia fully supplied my needs. I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.

  • Prov 16:26
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    26A laborer’s appetite has labored for him, for his hunger has pressed him to work.

  • Deut 28:39
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    39You will plant vineyards and cultivate them, but you will not drink wine or gather in grapes, because worms will eat them.

  • Matt 20:7
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    7They said to him,‘Because no one hired us.’ He said to them,‘You go and work in the vineyard too.’

  • 1 Sam 8:15
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    15He will demand a tenth of your seed and of the produce of your vineyards and give it to his administrators and his servants.

  • Job 31:39
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    39if I have eaten its produce without paying, or caused the death of its owners,

  • Exod 22:5
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    5“If a man grazes his livestock in a field or a vineyard, and he lets the livestock loose and they graze in the field of another man, he must make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.

  • Deut 25:4
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    4You must not muzzle your ox when it is treading grain.

  • Lev 19:9
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    9Leaving the Gleanings“‘When you gather in the harvest of your land, you must not completely harvest the corner of your field, and you must not gather up the gleanings of your harvest.

  • Lev 25:20
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    20If you say,‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not sow and gather our produce?’

  • Hag 1:6
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    6You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but are never filled. You drink, but are still thirsty. You put on clothes, but are not warm. Those who earn wages end up with holes in their money bags.’”