What Does the Bible Say About You Reap What You Sow?

Galatians 6:7 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.

Galatians 6:9 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

2 Timothy 4:2-4 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.

Hebrews 11:1-40 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation. By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks. By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God. ...

Acts 17:26 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place,

John 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Matthew 26:52 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place. For all who take the sword will perish by the sword.

Matthew 7:15-20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. ...

Job 4:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.

Galatians 6:8-9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

2 Corinthians 9:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

Proverbs 16:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 6:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

2 Corinthians 5:1-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling, if indeed by putting it on we may not be found naked. For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened—not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. ...

1 Corinthians 15:1-58 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. ...

1 Corinthians 2:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory.

Romans 3:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

Romans 3:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

John 8:58 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”

Matthew 4:1-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple ...

22 Bible Verses about You Reap What You Sow

Galatians 6:7 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Galatians 6:9 ESV / 7 helpful votes

2 Timothy 4:2-4 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Hebrews 11:1-40 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Acts 17:26 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 26:52 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 7:15-20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Job 4:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Galatians 6:8-9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 9:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 16:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 6:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:1-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:1-58 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 2:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 3:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 8:58 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 4:1-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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22 Bible Verses about You Reap What You Sow

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Galatians 6:7 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Galatians 6:9 ESV / 7 helpful votes

2 Timothy 4:2-4 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Hebrews 11:1-40 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Acts 17:26 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 26:52 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 7:15-20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Job 4:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Galatians 6:8-9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 9:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 16:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 6:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:1-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:1-58 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 2:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 3:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 8:58 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 4:1-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes