43 and he who sows, as if he wouldn’t reap, so also he who prunes the vines, as he who won’t gather the grapes, (WEB)
2 Esdras 16:43
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2 Baruch 22:5–7
5 another, but does not fulfill it, is it not robbery? Or he who sows the earth, but does not reap its (2BA) 6 fruit in its season, does he not lose everything? Or he who plants a plant unless it grows till the (2BA) 7 time suitable to it, does he who planted it expect to receiv… (2BA)
John 4:36–38
36 Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together. 37 For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true. 38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done th…
Job 31:7–9
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2 Esdras 4:28–30
28 For the evil about which you asked me has been sown, but its harvest hasn’t yet come. (WEB) 29 If therefore that which is sown isn’t reaped, and if the place where the evil is sown doesn’t pass away, the field where the good is sown won’t come. (WEB) 30 For a grain of evil seed… (WEB)
Micah 6:14–16
14 You will eat but not be satisfied, and your hunger will remain with you. What you acquire, you will not preserve; and what you save, I will give to the sword. 15 You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread g…
Psalms 129:6–8
6 May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow, 7 unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves. 8 May none who pass by say to them, “The blessing of the LORD be on you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.”
Isaiah 17:10–12
10 For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines— 11 though on the day you plant you make them grow, and on that morning you he…
Ecclesiastes 11:3–5
3 If the clouds are full, they will pour out rain upon the earth; whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie. 4 He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap. 5 As you…
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