2 Corinthians 9:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁶ The point is this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ [Remember] this: he who sows sparingly and grudgingly will also reap sparingly and grudgingly, and he who sows generously [that blessings may come to someone] will also reap generously and with blessings.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ But this I say, He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

Common English Bible

⁶ What I mean is this: the one who sows a small number of seeds will also reap a small crop, and the one who sows a generous amount of seeds will also reap a generous crop.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ But I say this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. And whoever sows with blessings shall also reap from blessings:

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ Now this I say: He who soweth sparingly, shall also reap sparingly: and he who soweth in blessings, shall also reap blessings.

2 Corinthians 9:6 Cross References

Proverbs 11:18

The wicked earn no real gain, but those who sow righteousness get a true reward.

Proverbs 19:17

Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord and will be repaid in full.

Proverbs 22:9

Those who are generous are blessed, for they share their bread with the poor.

Ecclesiastes 11:1

Send out your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will get it back.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

In the morning sow your seed, and at evening do not let your hands be idle, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.

Luke 6:38

give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap, for the measure you give will be the measure you get back.”

1 Corinthians 1:12

What I mean is that each of you says, “I belong to Paul,” or “I belong to Apollos,” or “I belong to Cephas,” or “I belong to Christ.”

1 Corinthians 15:20

But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have died.

1 Corinthians 7:29

I mean, brothers and sisters, the appointed time has grown short; from now on, let even those who have wives be as though they had none,

2 Corinthians 9:10

He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness.

2 Corinthians 9:5

So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance for this bountiful gift that you have promised, so that it may be ready as a bountiful gift and not as an extortion.

Galatians 3:17

My point is this: the law, which came four hundred thirty years later, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to nullify the promise.

Galatians 5:16

Live by the Spirit, I say, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh.

Ephesians 4:17

Now this I affirm and insist on in the Lord: you must no longer walk as the gentiles walk, in the futility of their minds;

Colossians 2:4

I am saying this so that no one may deceive you with plausible arguments.

Hebrews 6:10

For God is not unjust; he will not overlook your work and the love that you showed for his sake in serving the saints, as you still do.