Verse 27

He goes to sleep and gets up, night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.

Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 11:5 : 5 Just as you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones form in the womb of a pregnant woman, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.
  • John 3:7-8 : 7 Do not be amazed that I said to you,‘You must all be born from above.’ 8 The wind blows wherever it will, and you hear the sound it makes, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
  • 1 Cor 15:37-38 : 37 And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare seed– perhaps of wheat or something else. 38 But God gives it a body just as he planned, and to each of the seeds a body of its own.
  • 2 Thess 1:3 : 3 Thanksgiving We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith flourishes more and more and the love of each one of you all for one another is ever greater.
  • 2 Pet 3:18 : 18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the honor both now and on that eternal day.
  • Eccl 8:17 : 17 then I discerned all that God has done: No one really comprehends what happens on earth. Despite all human efforts to discover it, no one can ever grasp it. Even if a wise person claimed that he understood, he would not really comprehend it.