2 Corinthians 9:10

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he who gives seed for putting into the field and bread for food, will take care of the growth of your seed, at the same time increasing the fruits of your righteousness;

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  • Isa 55:10 : 10 For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and does not go back again, but gives water to the earth, and makes it fertile, giving seed to the planter, and bread for food;
  • Hos 10:12 : 12 Put in the seed of righteousness, get in your grain in mercy, let your unploughed earth be turned up: for it is time to make search for the Lord, till he comes and sends righteousness on you like rain.
  • Matt 6:1 : 1 Take care not to do your good works before men, to be seen by them; or you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
  • 2 Cor 9:6 : 6 But in the Writings it says, He who puts in only a small number of seeds, will get in the same; and he who puts them in from a full hand, will have produce in full measure from them.
  • Eph 5:9 : 9 (Because the fruit of the light is in all righteousness and in everything which is good and true),
  • Phil 1:11 : 11 Being full of the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
  • Phil 4:17 : 17 Not that I am looking for an offering, but for fruit which may be put to your credit.
  • 1 Thess 3:12 : 12 And the Lord give you increase of love in fullest measure to one another and to all men, even as our love to you;
  • 1 Thess 4:10 : 10 And, truly, you are lovers of all the brothers in Macedonia; but it is our desire that your love may be increased still more;
  • Gen 1:11-12 : 11 And God said, Let grass come up on the earth, and plants producing seed, and fruit-trees giving fruit, in which is their seed, after their sort: and it was so. 12 And grass came up on the earth, and every plant producing seed of its sort, and every tree producing fruit, in which is its seed, of its sort: and God saw that it was good.
  • Gen 47:19 : 19 Are we to come to destruction before your eyes, we and our land? take us and our land and give us bread; and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh; and give us seed so that we may have life and the land may not become waste.
  • Prov 11:18 : 18 The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.
  • Eccl 11:6 : 6 In the morning put your seed into the earth, and till the evening let not your hand be at rest; because you are not certain which will do well, this or that--or if the two will be equally good.
  • Gen 47:23-24 : 23 Then Joseph said to the people, I have made you and your land this day the property of Pharaoh; here is seed for you to put in your fields. 24 And when the grain is cut, you are to give a fifth part to Pharaoh, and four parts will be yours for seed and food, and for your families and your little ones.

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    5So it seemed to me wise for the brothers to go before, and see that the amount which you had undertaken to give was ready, so that it might be a cause for praise, and not as if we were making profit out of you.

    6But in the Writings it says, He who puts in only a small number of seeds, will get in the same; and he who puts them in from a full hand, will have produce in full measure from them.

    7Let every man do after the purpose of his heart; not giving with grief, or by force: for God takes pleasure in a ready giver.

    8And God is able to give you all grace in full measure; so that ever having enough of all things, you may be full of every good work:

    9As it is said in the Writings, He has sent out far and wide, he has given to the poor; his righteousness is for ever.

  • 2 Cor 9:11-13
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    11Your wealth being increased in everything, with a simple mind, causing praise to God through us.

    12For this work of giving not only takes care of the needs of the saints, but is the cause of much praise to God;

    13For when, through this work of giving, they see what you are, they give glory to God for the way in which you have given yourselves to the good news of Christ, and for the wealth of your giving to them and to all;

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    37And put seed in the fields and make vine-gardens, to give them fruit.

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    23And he will give rain for your seed, so that you may put it in the earth; and you will have bread from the produce of the earth, good and more than enough for your needs: in that day the cattle will get their food in wide grass-lands.

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    9He who is kind will have a blessing, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

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    7So then the planter is nothing, and the waterer is nothing; but God who gives the increase.

    8Now the planter and the waterer are working for the same end: but they will have their separate rewards in the measure of their work.

    9For we are workers with God: you are God's planting, God's building.

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    36He who does the cutting now has his reward; he is getting together fruit for eternal life, so that he who did the planting and he who gets in the grain may have joy together.

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    12Put in the seed of righteousness, get in your grain in mercy, let your unploughed earth be turned up: for it is time to make search for the Lord, till he comes and sends righteousness on you like rain.

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    14But so that things may be equal; that from those things of which you have more than enough at the present time their need may be helped, and that if you are in any need they may be a help to you in the same way, making things equal.

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    24A man may give freely, and still his wealth will be increased; and another may keep back more than is right, but only comes to be in need.

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    14The seed is the word.

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    28The earth gives fruit by herself; first the leaf, then the head, then the full grain.

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    11Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God.

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    9Give honour to the Lord with your wealth, and with the first-fruits of all your increase:

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    26And he said, Such is the kingdom of God, as if a man put seed in the earth,

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    12The Lord will give what is good; and our land will give its increase.

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    10You make the ploughed lands full of water; you make smooth the slopes: you make the earth soft with showers, sending your blessing on its growth.

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    3A man went out to put seed in the earth:

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    7He who gets in the grain has no use for it; and they do not make bands of it for the grain-stems.

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    6But let him who gets teaching in the word give a part in all good things to his teacher.

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    9For you see the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, how though he had wealth, he became poor on your account, so that through his need you might have wealth.