34 Bible Verses about Reaping
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“This will be the sign for you: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what grows from that. But in the third year sow and reap, plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
“‘This will be the sign for you: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what grows from that. But in the third year sow and reap, plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
I will provide rain for your land in the proper time, the autumn and spring rains, and you will harvest your grain, new wine, and oil.
“When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap to the very edge of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. You must not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident; I am Yahweh your God.
“When you reap the harvest in your field, and you forget a sheaf in the field, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. When you knock down the fruit from your olive tree, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow. When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you must not glean what is left. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.
Is there still seed left in the granary? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet produced. But from this day on I will bless you.”
There we were, binding sheaves of grain in the field. Suddenly my sheaf stood up, and your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf.”
At that time Jesus passed through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick and eat some heads of grain.
On the Sabbath He was going through the grainfields, and His disciples began to make their way picking some heads of grain.
On a Sabbath, He passed through the grainfields. His disciples were picking heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them.
It will be as if a reaper had gathered standing grain—
his arm harvesting the heads of grain—
and as if one had gleaned heads of grain
in the Valley of Rephaim.
He told them: “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.
His winnowing shovel is in His hand, and He will clear His threshing floor and gather His wheat into the barn. But the chaff He will burn up with fire that never goes out.”
His winnowing shovel is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and gather the wheat into His barn, but the chaff He will burn up with a fire that never goes out.”
So the One seated on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.
So the angel swung his sickle toward earth and gathered the grapes from earth’s vineyard, and he threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath.
If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you?
Indeed, they sow the wind
and reap the whirlwind.
There is no standing grain;
what sprouts fails to yield flour.
Even if they did,
foreigners would swallow it up.
The one who sows injustice will reap disaster,
and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
Sow righteousness for yourselves
and reap faithful love;
break up your unplowed ground.
It is time to seek the Lord
until He comes and sends righteousness
on you like the rain.
You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice;
you have eaten the fruit of lies.
Because you have trusted in your own way
and in your large number of soldiers,
Don’t be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows he will also reap, because the one who sows to his flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit. So we must not get tired of doing good, for we will reap at the proper time if we don’t give up.
Remember this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.
On the day that you plant,
you will help them to grow,
and in the morning
you will help your seed to sprout,
but the harvest will vanish
on the day of disease and incurable pain.
So we must not get tired of doing good, for we will reap at the proper time if we don’t give up.
Now the One who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness.
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Agriculture or husbandry » Operations in » Reaping
his arm harvesting the heads of grain—
and as if one had gleaned heads of grain
in the Valley of Rephaim.
Reaping » Spiritual harvest
So we must not get tired
and reap faithful love;
break up your unplowed ground.
It is time to seek the Lord
until He comes
on you like the rain.
He told them:
Reaping » Illustrative of » Receiving the reward of wickedness
and reap the whirlwind.
There is no standing grain;
what sprouts fails to yield flour.
Even if they did,
foreigners would swallow it up.
and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
because the one who sows to his flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit
Reaping » Reaping, laws concerning
“When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap to the very edge of your field or gather the gleanings
“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land I am giving you and reap its harvest,
You are not to reap what grows by itself from your crop, or harvest the grapes of your untended vines. It must be a year of complete rest for the land.
Reaping » The jews not to reap » The corners of their fields
When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap all the way to the edge of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident;
“When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap to the very edge of your field or gather the gleanings
Reaping » Illustrative of » The final judgment
the enemy who sowed them is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels. Therefore just as the weeds are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather from His kingdom everything that causes sin and those guilty of lawlessness. read more.
They will throw them into the blazing furnace where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father's kingdom. Anyone who has ears should listen!
Reaping » Illustrative of » Receiving the reward of righteousness
and reap faithful love;
break up your unplowed ground.
It is time to seek the Lord
until He comes
on you like the rain.
because the one who sows to his flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit. So we must not get tired of doing good, for we will reap at the proper time if we don't give up.
Reaping » The sickle used for
“You are to count seven weeks, counting the weeks from the time the sickle is first put to the standing grain.
Reaping » Corn after, was bound up into sheaves
or the arms of the one who binds sheaves.
There we were, binding sheaves of grain in the field. Suddenly my sheaf stood up, and your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf.”
Reaping » Is the cutting of the corn in harvest
“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land I am giving you and reap its harvest,
Reaping » Mode of gathering the corn for, alluded to
his arm harvesting the heads of grain—
and as if one had gleaned heads of grain
in the Valley of Rephaim.
or the arms of the one who binds sheaves.
Reaping » Persons engaged in » Visited by the master
Later, when Boaz arrived from Bethlehem, he said to the harvesters, “The Lord be with you.”
“The Lord bless you,”
Reaping » Figurative
Sow righteousness for yourselves and reap faithful love; break up your untilled ground. It is time to seek the Lord until He comes and sends righteousness on you like the rain. You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in your large number of soldiers,
carrying the bag of seed,
he will surely come back with shouts of joy,
carrying his sheaves.
Reaping » Persons engaged in » Received wages
Look! The pay that you withheld from the workers
Reaping » Illustrative of » The judgments of God on the antiChristian world
Then I looked, and there was a white cloud, and One like the Son of Man was seated on the cloud, with a gold crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand. Another angel came out of the sanctuary, crying out in a loud voice to the One who was seated on the cloud, "Use your sickle and reap, for the time to reap has come, since the harvest of the earth is ripe." So the One seated on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.
Reaping » Illustrative of » Ministers receiving temporal provision for spiritual labors
If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you?
Reaping » The fields of others
When you enter your neighbor’s standing grain, you may pluck heads of grain with your hand, but you must not put a sickle to your neighbor’s grain.
Reaping » The jews not to reap » During the year of jubilee
The fiftieth year will be your Jubilee; you are not to sow, reap what grows by itself, or harvest its untended vines.
Reaping » The jews not to reap » During the sabbatical year
You are not to reap what grows by itself from your crop, or harvest the grapes of your untended vines. It must be a year of complete rest for the land.
Reaping » Often unprofitable on account of sin
They have exhausted themselves but have no profit.
Be put to shame by your harvests
because of the Lord’s burning anger.
Reaping » A time of great rejoicing
Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy. Though one goes along weeping, carrying the bag of seed, he will surely come back with shouts of joy, carrying his sheaves.
Reaping » Persons engaged in » Under the guidance of a steward
Boaz asked his servant who was in charge of the harvesters, "Whose young woman is this?" The servant answered, "She is the young Moabite woman who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.
Reaping » The jews often hindered from, on account of their sins
you will press olives
but not anoint yourself with oil;
and you will tread grapes
but not drink the wine.
Reaping » Both men and women engaged in
Then Boaz said to Ruth, "Listen, my daughter. Don't go and gather [grain] in another field, and don't leave this one, but stay here close to my young women. See which field they are harvesting, and follow [them]. Haven't I ordered the young men not to touch you? When you are thirsty, go and drink from the jars the young men have filled."
Reaping » Persons engaged in » Fed by the master who himself presided at their meals
At mealtime Boaz told her, “Come over here and have some bread and dip it in the vinegar sauce.” So she sat beside the harvesters, and he offered her roasted grain. She ate and was satisfied and had some left over.
Reaping » Illustrative of » Gathering in souls to God
Reaping » The ark of the covenant returned by the philistines at the time of
The people of Beth-shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley, and when they looked up and saw the ark, they were overjoyed to see it.
Topics on Reaping
Not Reaping What You Sow
Genesis 45:6For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.
Reaping What You Sow
Galatians 6:7Don’t be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows he will also reap,
Sowing And Reaping
Leviticus 19:23-25“When you come into the land and plant any kind of tree for food, you are to consider the fruit forbidden.