2 Corinthians 9:6 - Revised Standard Version CI

⁶ The point is this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he 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:

2 Corinthians 9:6 Cross References

Proverbs 11:18

A wicked man earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward.

Proverbs 19:17

He who is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.

Proverbs 22:9

He who has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.

Ecclesiastes 11:1

Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

In the morning sow your seed, and at evening withhold not your hand; 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; 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 one 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 fallen asleep.

1 Corinthians 7:29

I mean, brethren, the appointed time has grown very short; from now on, let those who have wives live 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 resources and increase the harvest of your righteousness.

2 Corinthians 9:5

So I thought it necessary to urge the brethren to go on to you before me, and arrange in advance for this gift you have promised, so that it may be ready not as an exaction but as a willing gift.

Galatians 3:17

This is what I mean: the law, which came four hundred and thirty years afterward, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to make the promise void.

Galatians 5:16

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

Ephesians 4:17

Now this I affirm and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds;

Colossians 2:4

I say this in order that no one may delude you with beguiling speech.

Hebrews 6:10

For God is not so unjust as to overlook your work and the love which you showed for his sake in serving the saints, as you still do.