Topic
Sower
12 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1896 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Psalms 126:5Nave FIGURATIVE
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
- Proverbs 11:18Nave FIGURATIVE
The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
- Ecclesiastes 11:4Nave Sowing
He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
- Isaiah 28:25Nave Sowing
When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?
- Isaiah 32:20Nave FIGURATIVE
Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.
- Hosea 8:7Nave FIGURATIVE
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
- Hosea 10:12Nave FIGURATIVE
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
- Matthew 13:3–8Nave Parable of the
And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and…
- Mark 4:3–20Nave Parable of the
Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because…
- Luke 8:5–8Nave Parable of the
A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. And some…
- Galatians 6:7Nave FIGURATIVE
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
- Galatians 6:8Nave FIGURATIVE
For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
In the topical indexes
Texts: Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.