Dictionary of Bible Themes OT references are mainly agricultural with regulatory laws covering crop production and festivals of thanksgiving. God's blessing was reflected in the harvest. The NT refers more to the spiritual sowing and reaping that takes place in the kingdom of God. Leviticus 19:23-25Regulations concerning the sowing and reaping of crops Deuteronomy 22:9Laws of purity related to planting Leviticus 19:9-10; 23:22Deuteronomy 24:19 Reapers are to leave gleanings for the poor Ruth 2:2-3,15-16Exodus 23:16 See also Harvest celebrations Leviticus 23:9-11,39-41Deuteronomy 16:9-10,13-15 Exodus 23:10-11; 34:21 Leviticus 25:3-5,11 The Sabbath-rest for the land and its cultivators Genesis 26:12Reaping a good harvest is a blessing from God Leviticus 25:18-22; 26:3-5,10It is a consequence of obedience Amos 9:13-14See also It is a promise to the remnant of God's people Isaiah 30:23; 62:8-9; 65:21-22Jeremiah 31:5 Zechariah 8:11-12 Leviticus 26:18-20 God's judgment on Israel is reflected in reaping a poor harvest Deuteronomy 28:15,38-40A poor yield of crops Isaiah 5:10; 17:10-11Jeremiah 8:13; 12:13 Haggai 1:6,10-11 Leviticus 26:15-16 See also The harvesting of one's crops by others Nehemiah 9:36-37Job 31:7-8 Jeremiah 5:17 Micah 6:15 Proverbs 10:5; 20:4 Proverbs and poems of sowing and harvest Isaiah 28:23-29Job 4:8 Moral and spiritual sowing and reaping See also Good and evil Proverbs 11:18; 22:8Hosea 8:7; 10:12-13 Galatians 6:7-8 James 3:18 Mark 4:3-8 Sowing and reaping in the kingdom of God See also pp Mt 13:3-8 Matthew 13:18-23pp Lk 8:5-8 Matthew 13:24-30,37-39pp Mk 4:14-20 Mark 4:26-29pp Lk 8:11-15 Psalms 126:5-6Galatians 6:9 The certainty of reaping See also John 4:35-38Reaping where others have sown Romans 1:131 Corinthians 3:5-9 1 Corinthians 9:9-11 Reaping a material harvest from spiritual sowing Joel 3:13People and nations are reaped for judgment See also Jeremiah 51:33Hosea 6:11 Revelation 14:15-19 Isaiah 5:1-7; 17:4-6 Metaphorical use of sowing and reaping Jeremiah 2:3,211 Corinthians 15:35-44 2 Corinthians 9:6-11 See also 4406 agriculture4416 branch 4432 dough 4456 grain 4464 harvest 4470 hyssop 4502 reed 4508 sickle 4510 sowing & reaping 5904 maturity, spiritual 7354 feasts and festivals 8258 fruitfulness, spiritual |
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