2 Corinthians 9:6

Paul lays down a principle: sparing sowing yields a sparing harvest, and bountiful sowing a bountiful one. Generosity is repaid by God's corresponding blessing.

Cross-references · 19

• Prov 11:24–25There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
• Luke 6:38Give, 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 22:9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
• Prov 19:17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
• 2 Cor 9:10Now 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 6:7–9Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
• Heb 6:10For 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.
• Prov 11:18The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
• Eccl 11:1Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
• Eccl 11:6In 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.
• Ps 41:1–3Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
• Gal 5:16This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
• Luke 19:16–26Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.
• Gal 3:17And 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.
• 1 Cor 15:20But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
• Eph 4:17This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
• 1 Cor 7:29But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
• Col 2:4And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
• 1 Cor 1:12Now 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.

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