Matthew 13:27

27 And the servants1 of the master of the house came and said to him, s‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have weeds?’

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Proverbs 11:18
The wicked earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward.

Hosea 10:12
Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the LORD, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.

2 Corinthians 9:6
The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

Galatians 6:7–8
Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. 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.

James 3:18
And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.


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2 View All Leviticus 19:27
ch. 21:5; [Isa. 15:2; Jer. 9:26; 48:37]