1 Corinthians 15:36
You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies.
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- John 12:24 : 24 Most certainly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.
- Rom 1:22 : 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
- Eph 5:15 : 15 Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise;
- Luke 11:40 : 40 You foolish ones, didn't he who made the outside make the inside also?
- Luke 12:20 : 20 "But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared--whose will they be?'
- Luke 24:25 : 25 He said to them, "Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
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- 1 Cor 15:37-382 verses86%
37 That which you sow, you don't sow the body that will be, but a bare grain, maybe of wheat, or of some other kind.
38 But God gives it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own.
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35 But someone will say, "How are the dead raised?" and, "With what kind of body do they come?"
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24 Most certainly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.
25 He who loves his life will lose it. He who hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life.
- Gal 6:7-82 verses75%
7 Don't be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
8 For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
- 1 Cor 15:42-443 verses73%
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption.
43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.
44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body and there is also a spiritual body.
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20 "But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared--whose will they be?'
- John 4:36-372 verses72%
36 He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit to 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.'
- Mark 4:26-283 verses71%
26 He said, "The Kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,
27 and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he doesn't know how.
28 For the earth bears fruit: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
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6 Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
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18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.
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14 The farmer sows the word.
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53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
- Mark 4:6-72 verses69%
6 When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
7 Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
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22 What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
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16 For if the dead aren't raised, neither has Christ been raised.
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13 For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
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17 Don't be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?
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8 Though its root grows old in the earth, and its stock dies in the ground,
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29 "But he said, 'No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with them.
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12 So then death works in us, but life in you.
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6 If a man doesn't remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
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63 It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.
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9 If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.'"
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50 Now I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood can't inherit the Kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption.
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6 The farmers who labor must be the first to get a share of the crops.
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4 Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can't bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.
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5 Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn't have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.
6 When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.
7 Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.
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12 Now if Christ is preached, that he has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
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4 He who observes the wind won't sow; and he who regards the clouds won't reap.
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20 But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?
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13 But he answered, "Every plant which my heavenly Father didn't plant will be uprooted.
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25 Most certainly, I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God's voice; and those who hear will live.
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26 You shall come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.
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4 Don't answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.
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46 However that which is spiritual isn't first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual.
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5 The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.
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5 I tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way."