Reap What You Sow

Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow--that also he shall reap,

And this: He who is sowing sparingly, sparingly also shall reap; and he who is sowing in blessings, in blessings also shall reap;

`Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed, and shaken, and running over, they shall give into your bosom; for with that measure with which ye measure, it shall be measured to you again.'

From his ways is the backslider in heart filled, And a good man--from his fruits.

As I have seen--ploughers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it!

Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out.

Before destruction <FI>is<Fi> pride, And before stumbling--a haughty spirit.'

Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow--that also he shall reap, — read the full passage →

Whoso is observing the wind soweth not, And whoso is looking on the thick clouds reapeth not. — read the full passage →

because he who is sowing to his own flesh, of the flesh shall reap corruption; and he who is sowing to the Spirit, of the Spirit shall reap life age-during;

I Jehovah do search the heart, try the reins, Even to give to each according to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.

and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap--not desponding;

Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow--that also he shall reap, — read the full passage →

Then saith Jesus to him, `Turn back thy sword to its place; for all who did take the sword, by the sword shall perish;

Sow for yourselves in righteousness, Reap according to loving-kindness, Till for yourselves tillage of knowledge, To seek Jehovah, Till he come and shew righteousness to you. — read the full passage →

The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness--a true reward.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

For wind they sow, and a hurricane they reap, Stalk it hath none--a shoot not yielding grain, If so be it yield--strangers do swallow it up.

And they eat of the fruit of their way, And from their own counsels they are filled.

preach the word; be earnest in season, out of season, convict, rebuke, exhort, in all long-suffering and teaching, — read the full passage →

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves--

Brethren, if a man also may be overtaken in any trespass, ye who <FI>are<Fi> spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself--lest thou also may be tempted; — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

And he said to them, `Take heed what ye hear; in what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you; and to you who hear it shall be added;

A liberal soul is made fat, And whoso is watering, he also is watered.

Eyes high--tongues false--And hands shedding innocent blood--

O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat; — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →

and those who are Christ's, the flesh did crucify with the affections, and the desires; — read the full passage →

In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free--stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude; — read the full passage →

Wherefore also we are ambitious, whether at home or away from home, to be well pleasing to him, — read the full passage →

`And he who is reaping doth receive a reward, and doth gather fruit to life age-during, that both he who is sowing and he who is reaping may rejoice together;

`But, take heed of the false prophets, who come unto you in sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves. — read the full passage →

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.

Those sowing in tears, with singing do reap,

and the fruit of the righteousness in peace is sown to those making peace.

for if any one doth think <FI>himself<Fi> to be something--being nothing--himself he doth deceive;

Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil, — read the full passage →

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift, — read the full passage →

in which once ye did walk according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience,

of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ,

and may He who is supplying seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness,

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile: — read the full passage →

Sow for yourselves in righteousness, Reap according to loving-kindness, Till for yourselves tillage of knowledge, To seek Jehovah, Till he come and shew righteousness to you.

And Isaac soweth in that land, and findeth in that year a hundredfold, and Jehovah blesseth him;

during all days of the earth, seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, do not cease.'

and those who are Christ's, the flesh did crucify with the affections, and the desires;

for all of us it behoveth to be manifested before the tribunal of the Christ, that each one may receive the things <FI>done<Fi> through the body, in reference to the things that he did, whether good or evil;

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,

that ye may be sons of your Father in the heavens, because His sun He doth cause to rise on evil and good, and He doth send rain on righteous and unrighteous.

Whoso is shutting his ear from the cry of the poor, He also doth cry, and is not answered.

Wine <FI>is<Fi> a scorner--strong drink <FI>is<Fi> noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise. — read the full passage →

His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden.

O the happiness of those keeping judgment, Doing righteousness at all times. — read the full passage →

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction, — read the full passage →

and indeed, from the truth the hearing they shall turn away, and to the fables they shall be turned aside.

or, how wilt thou say to thy brother, Suffer I may cast out the mote from thine eye, and lo, the beam <FI>is<Fi> in thine own eye?

Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them. — read the full passage →

and ye--ye fill up the measure of your fathers.

For near <FI>is<Fi> the day of Jehovah, on all the nations, As thou hast done, it is done to thee, Thy deed doth turn back on thine own head.

A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.

A Song of the Ascents. In Jehovah's turning back <FI>to<Fi> the captivity of Zion, We have been as dreamers. — read the full passage →

`When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgotten a sheaf in a field, thou dost not turn back to take it; to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, it is; so that Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in all the work of thy hands.

`And in your reaping the harvest of your land thou dost not complete the corner of thy field in thy reaping, and the gleaning of thy harvest thou dost not gather, to the poor and to the sojourner thou dost leave them; I Jehovah <FI> am<Fi> your God.'

and the great dragon was cast forth--the old serpent, who is called `Devil,' and `the Adversary,' who is leading astray the whole world--he was cast forth to the earth, and his messengers were cast forth with him.

and increase ye in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; to him <FI>is<Fi> the glory both now, and to the day of the age! Amen.

and all also who will to live piously in Christ Jesus shall be persecuted,

and he who is doing unrighteously shall receive what he did unrighteously, and there is no acceptance of persons.

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

and as many as by this rule do walk--peace upon them, and kindness, and on the Israel of God!

therefore, then, as we have opportunity, may we work the good to all, and especially unto those of the household of the faith.

because he who is sowing to his own flesh, of the flesh shall reap corruption; and he who is sowing to the Spirit, of the Spirit shall reap life age-during; — read the full passage →

Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow--that also he shall reap, — read the full passage →

Brethren, if a man also may be overtaken in any trespass, ye who <FI>are<Fi> spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself--lest thou also may be tempted;

each one, according as he doth purpose in heart, not out of sorrow or out of necessity, for a cheerful giver doth God love,

for I have known your readiness of mind, which in your behalf I boast of to Macedonians, that Achaia hath been prepared a year ago, and the zeal of you did stir up the more part,

for if I may proclaim good news, it is no glorying for me, for necessity is laid upon me, and woe is to me if I may not proclaim good news;

If we to you the spiritual things did sow--great <FI>is it<Fi> if we your fleshly things do reap?

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

who shall render to each according to his works;

Jesus saith to them, `My food is, that I may do the will of Him who sent me, and may finish His work;

`Consider the ravens, that they sow not, nor reap, to which there is no barn nor storehouse, and God doth nourish them; how much better are ye than the fowls?

`The sower went forth to sow his seed, and in his sowing some indeed fell beside the way, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the heaven did devour it. — read the full passage →

He who is sowing doth sow the word; — read the full passage →

For I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, I have not changed, And ye, the sons of Jacob, Ye have not been consumed. — read the full passage →

Thou--thou sowest, and thou dost not reap, Thou--thou treadest the olive, And thou pourest not out oil, And new wine--and thou drinkest not wine.

They sowed wheat, and have thorns reaped, They have become sick--they profit not, And they have been ashamed of your increases, Because of the fierceness of the anger of Jehovah.

Whoso is earnestly seeking good Seeketh a pleasing thing, And whoso is seeking evil--it meeteth him.

That hath not filled the hand of a reaper, And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.

and I to-day <FI>am<Fi> tender, and an anointed king: and these men, sons of Zeruiah, <FI>are<Fi> too hard for me; Jehovah doth recompense to the doer of the evil according to his evil.'

Simeon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who did obtain a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

Whoso goeth on and weepeth, Bearing the basket of seed, Surely cometh in with singing, bearing his sheaves!

And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.

Ye see in how large letters I have written to you with my own hand;

and his own work let each one prove, and then in regard to himself alone the glorying he shall have, and not in regard to the other,

all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat Judah and his brethren,

Whoso is observing the wind soweth not, And whoso is looking on the thick clouds reapeth not.