2 Corinthians 9:6

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ But this [I say], He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

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  • Prov 22:9 : 9 ¶ He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
  • Prov 11:24-25 : 24 ¶ There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and [there is] that withholdeth more than is meet, but [it tendeth] to poverty. 25 ¶ The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
  • Luke 6:38 : 38 ‹Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.›
  • Prov 11:18 : 18 ¶ The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness [shall be] a sure reward.
  • Gal 6:7-9 : 7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8 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. 9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
  • Heb 6:10 : 10 For God [is] not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
  • Eccl 11:1 : 1 ¶ Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
  • Eccl 11:6 : 6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both [shall be] alike good.
  • 2 Cor 9:10 : 10 Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for [your] food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
  • Gal 3:17 : 17 And this I say, [that] the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
  • Ps 41:1-3 : 1 ¶ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed [is] he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. 2 The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; [and] he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. 3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
  • Prov 19:17 : 17 ¶ He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
  • Luke 19:16-26 : 16 ‹Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.› 17 ‹And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.› 18 ‹And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.› 19 ‹And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.› 20 ‹And another came, saying, Lord, behold,› [here is] ‹thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:› 21 ‹For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.› 22 ‹And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee,› [thou] ‹wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:› 23 ‹Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?› 24 ‹And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give› [it] ‹to him that hath ten pounds.› 25 ‹(And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)› 26 ‹For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.›
  • Gal 5:16 : 16 [This] I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
  • 1 Cor 15:20 : 20 ¶ But now is Christ risen from the dead, [and] become the firstfruits of them that slept.
  • Eph 4:17 : 17 ¶ This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
  • Col 2:4 : 4 ¶ And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
  • 1 Cor 1:12 : 12 Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
  • 1 Cor 7:29 : 29 But this I say, brethren, the time [is] short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;

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