2 Corinthians 9:10
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10 He who supplies (A)seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and (B)increase the harvest of your righteousness.
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Isaiah 55:10
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10 (A)“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven
and do not return there but water the earth,
making it bring forth and sprout,
(B)giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
2 Corinthians 9:6
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The Cheerful Giver
6 The point is this: (A)whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully[a] will also reap bountifully.
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- 2 Corinthians 9:6 Greek with blessings; twice in this verse
Hosea 10:12
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12 (A)Sow for yourselves righteousness;
reap steadfast love;
(B)break up your fallow ground,
for it is the time to seek the Lord,
that he may come and (C)rain righteousness upon you.
Ecclesiastes 11:6
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6 In the morning sow your seed, and at evening (A)withhold not your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.
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Philippians 4:17
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17 (A)Not that I seek the gift, but I seek (B)the fruit that increases to your credit.[a]
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- Philippians 4:17 Or I seek the profit that accrues to your account
Proverbs 11:18
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18 The wicked earns deceptive wages,
but one who (A)sows righteousness gets a sure reward.
1 Thessalonians 3:12
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12 and may the Lord (A)make you increase and abound in love (B)for one another and for all, as we do for you,
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Matthew 6:1
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Giving to the Needy
6 “Beware of (A)practicing your righteousness before other people in order (B)to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
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Philippians 1:11
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11 filled (A)with the fruit of righteousness that comes (B)through Jesus Christ, (C)to the glory and praise of God.
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Genesis 47:23-24
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23 Then Joseph said to the people, “Behold, I have this day bought you and your land for Pharaoh. Now here is seed for you, and you shall sow the land. 24 And at the harvests you shall give a (A)fifth to Pharaoh, and four fifths shall be your own, as seed for the field and as food for yourselves and your households, and as food for your little ones.”
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Genesis 47:19
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19 Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? (A)Buy us and our land for food, and we with our land will be servants to Pharaoh. And give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not be desolate.”
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Genesis 1:11-12
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11 And God said, (A)“Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants[a] yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so. 12 The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
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- Genesis 1:11 Or small plants; also verses 12, 29
Ephesians 5:9
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9 (for (A)the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true),
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1 Thessalonians 4:10
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10 for that indeed is what (A)you are doing to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to (B)do this more and more,
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