1 Corinthians 9:7

Bible in Basic English 1965

Who ever goes to war without looking to someone to be responsible for his payment? who puts in vines and does not take the fruit of them? or who takes care of sheep without drinking of their milk?

Cross References

Proverbs 27:18

Whoever keeps a fig-tree will have its fruit; and the servant waiting on his master will be honoured.

Proverbs 27:27

There will be goats' milk enough for your food, and for the support of your servant-girls.

Song of Solomon 8:12

My vine-garden, which is mine, is before me: you, O Solomon, will have the thousand, and those who keep the fruit of them two hundred.

Isaiah 7:22

And they will give so much milk that he will be able to have butter for his food: for butter and honey will be the food of all who are still living in the land.

Acts 20:28

Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.

Deuteronomy 18:8

His food will be the same as theirs, in addition to what has come to him as the price of his property.

Deuteronomy 20:6

Or if any man has made a vine-garden without taking the first-fruits of it, let him go back to his house, so that in the event of his death in the fight, another may not be the first to make use of the fruit.

1 Timothy 1:18

This order I give to you, Timothy my son, in harmony with the words of the prophets about you, so that by them you may be strong, fighting the good fight,

1 Timothy 6:12

Be fighting the good fight of the faith; take for yourself the life eternal, for which you were marked out, and of which you gave witness in the eyes of all.

2 Timothy 4:7

I have made a good fight, I have come to the end of my journey, I have kept the faith:

1 Peter 5:2

Keep watch over the flock of God which is in your care, using your authority, not as forced to do so, but gladly; and not for unclean profit but with a ready mind;