Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 4000 Creation » 4400 Vegetation and food » 4510 sowing and reaping 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. Regulations concerning the sowing and reaping of crops Laws of purity related to planting Leviticus 19:23-25; Deuteronomy 22:9 Reapers are to leave gleanings for the poor Leviticus 19:9-10; Leviticus 23:22; Deuteronomy 24:19; Ruth 2:2-3,15-16 Harvest celebrations Exodus 23:16 See also Leviticus 23:9-11,39-41; Deuteronomy 16:9-10,13-15 The Sabbath-rest for the land and its cultivators Exodus 23:10-11; Exodus 34:21; Leviticus 25:3-5,11 Reaping a good harvest is a blessing from God It is a consequence of obedience Genesis 26:12; Leviticus 25:18-22; Leviticus 26:3-5,10 It is a promise to the remnant of God's people Amos 9:13-14 See also Isaiah 30:23; Isaiah 62:8-9; Isaiah 65:21-22; Jeremiah 31:5; Zechariah 8:11-12 God's judgment on Israel is reflected in reaping a poor harvest A poor yield of crops Leviticus 26:18-20; Deuteronomy 28:15,38-40; Isaiah 5:10; Isaiah 17:10-11; Jeremiah 8:13; Jeremiah 12:13; Haggai 1:6,10-11 The harvesting of one's crops by others Leviticus 26:15-16 See also Nehemiah 9:36-37; Job 31:7-8; Jeremiah 5:17; Micah 6:15 Proverbs and poems of sowing and harvest Proverbs 10:5; Proverbs 20:4; Isaiah 28:23-29 Moral and spiritual sowing and reaping Good and evil Job 4:8 See also Proverbs 11:18; Proverbs 22:8; Hosea 8:7; Hosea 10:12-13; Galatians 6:7-8; James 3:18 Sowing and reaping in the kingdom of God Mark 4:3-8 pp Matthew 13:3-8 pp Luke 8:5-8 See also Matthew 13:18-23 pp Mark 4:14-20 pp Luke 8:11-15; Matthew 13:24-30,37-39; Mark 4:26-29 The certainty of reaping Reaping where others have sown See also John 4:35-38; Romans 1:13; 1 Corinthians 3:5-9 Reaping a material harvest from spiritual sowing People and nations are reaped for judgment Joel 3:13 See also Jeremiah 51:33; Hosea 6:11; Revelation 14:15-19 Metaphorical use of sowing and reaping Isaiah 5:1-7; Isaiah 17:4-6; Jeremiah 2:3,21; 1 Corinthians 15:35-44; 2 Corinthians 9:6-11 See also
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