Bible Verses about “sowing seeds”

“I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, ‹It is more blessed to give than to receive.›”

“And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, [and] the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed [is] in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.”

“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”

“The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.”

“The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.”

“And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do [them]:”

“¶ And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe [and] to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:”

“And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.”

“Blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the city, and blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the field.”

“Blessed [shall be] the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.”

“The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.”

“And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.”

“And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.”

“And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, [to] the right hand, or [to] the left, to go after other gods to serve them.”

“Blessed [shall be] thy basket and thy store.”

“Blessed [shalt] thou [be] when thou comest in, and blessed [shalt] thou [be] when thou goest out.”

“The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.”

“For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.”

“While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.”

“¶ But this [I say], He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.”

“‹Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.›”

“‹But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.›”

“Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, ‹The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:›”

“‹As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.›”

“‹Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.›”

“‹And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.›”

“‹And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:›”

“Another parable spake he unto them; ‹The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.›”

“And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, ‹Behold, a sower went forth to sow;›”

“‹And when he sowed, some› [seeds] ‹fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:›”

“‹Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:›”

“¶ ‹Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.›”

“¶ Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, ‹The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:›”

“‹But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.›”

“‹But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.›”

“‹So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?›”

“‹He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?›”

“‹But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.›”

“‹Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:›”

“‹Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.›”

“‹Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:›”

“‹Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.›”

“‹But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth› [it]; ‹which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.›”

“He answered and said unto them, ‹Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.›”

“‹For this people's heart is waxed gross, and› [their] ‹ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with› [their] ‹eyes, and hear with› [their] ‹ears, and should understand with› [their] ‹heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.›”

“‹Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.›”

“‹But blessed› [are] ‹your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.›”

“‹Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.›”

“In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both [shall be] alike good.”

“‹And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:›”