Isaiah 32:20
English Standard Version
20 (A)Happy are you who sow beside all waters,
who let the feet of the ox and the donkey range free.
Isaiah 32:20
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 11:1
English Standard Version
Cast Your Bread upon the Waters
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Ecclesiastes 11:1
New International Version
Invest in Many Ventures
Isaiah 30:23-24
English Standard Version
23 (A)And he will give (B)rain for the seed with which you sow the ground, and bread, the produce of the ground, which will be rich and plenteous. (C)In that day your livestock will graze in large pastures, 24 and (D)the oxen and the donkeys that work the ground will eat seasoned fodder, which has been winnowed with shovel and fork.
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Isaiah 30:23-24
New International Version
23 He will also send you rain(A) for the seed you sow in the ground, and the food that comes from the land will be rich(B) and plentiful.(C) In that day(D) your cattle will graze in broad meadows.(E) 24 The oxen(F) and donkeys that work the soil will eat fodder(G) and mash, spread out with fork(H) and shovel.
Isaiah 55:10-11
English Standard Version
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,
11 so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;
it shall not return to me empty,
but (C)it shall accomplish that which I purpose,
and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
Isaiah 55:10-11
New International Version
10 As the rain(A) and the snow
come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,(B)
so that it yields seed(C) for the sower and bread for the eater,(D)
11 so is my word(E) that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,(F)
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose(G) for which I sent it.
James 3:18
English Standard Version
18 And (A)a harvest of righteousness (B)is sown in peace by those who make peace.
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James 3:18
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1 Corinthians 9:9-11
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9 For it is written in the Law of Moses, (A)“You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain.” Is it for oxen that God is concerned? 10 Does he not certainly speak for our sake? It was written (B)for our sake, because (C)the plowman should plow in hope and the thresher thresh in hope of sharing in the crop. 11 (D)If we have sown spiritual things among you, is it too much if we reap material things from you?
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1 Corinthians 9:9-11
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9 For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.”[a](A) Is it about oxen that God is concerned?(B) 10 Surely he says this for us, doesn’t he? Yes, this was written for us,(C) because whoever plows and threshes should be able to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest.(D) 11 If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap a material harvest from you?(E)
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 9:9 Deut. 25:4
1 Corinthians 3:6
English Standard Version
6 (A)I planted, (B)Apollos watered, (C)but God gave the growth.
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1 Corinthians 3:6
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6 I planted the seed,(A) Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow.
Acts 5:14
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14 And (A)more than ever believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women,
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Acts 5:14
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14 Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number.(A)
Acts 4:4
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4 But many of those who had heard the word believed, and (A)the number of the men came to about five thousand.
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Acts 4:4
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4 But many who heard the message believed; so the number of men who believed grew(A) to about five thousand.
Acts 2:41
English Standard Version
41 So those who received his word were baptized, and (A)there were added that day about three thousand souls.
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Acts 2:41
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41 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number(A) that day.
Isaiah 19:5-7
English Standard Version
5 And the waters of the sea will be dried up,
and the river will be dry and parched,
6 and its canals will become foul,
and the branches of Egypt's Nile will diminish and dry up,
reeds and rushes will rot away.
7 There will be bare places by the Nile,
on the brink of the Nile,
and all that is sown by the Nile will be parched,
will be driven away, and will be no more.
Isaiah 19:5-7
New International Version
5 The waters of the river will dry up,(A)
and the riverbed will be parched and dry.(B)
6 The canals will stink;(C)
the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up.(D)
The reeds(E) and rushes will wither,(F)
7 also the plants(G) along the Nile,
at the mouth of the river.
Every sown field(H) along the Nile
will become parched, will blow away and be no more.(I)
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