1 Corinthians 9:7

Catholic Public Domain Version

Who has ever served as a soldier and paid his own stipend? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat from its produce? Who pastures a flock and does not drink from the milk of the flock?

Cross References

Proverbs 27:18

Whoever maintains the fig tree shall eat its fruit. And whoever is the keeper of his master shall be glorified.

Proverbs 27:27

Let the milk of goats be sufficient for your food, and for the necessities of your household, and for the provisions of your handmaids.

Song of Solomon 8:12

The peaceful one had a vineyard, in that which held the peoples. He handed it on to the caretakers; a man brought, in exchange for its fruit, a thousand pieces of silver.

Isaiah 7:22

and, instead of an abundance of milk, he will eat butter. For all who are left behind in the midst of the land will eat butter and honey.

Acts 20:28

Take care of yourselves and of the entire flock, over which the Holy Spirit has stationed you as Bishops to rule the Church of God, which he has purchased by his own blood.

Deuteronomy 18:8

He shall receive the same portion of food as the rest also receive, besides that which is due to him in his own city, by succession from his fathers.

Deuteronomy 20:6

What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not yet caused it to be common, so that all may eat from it? Let him go, and return to his house, lest perhaps he may die in the battle, and another man may carry out his office.

1 Timothy 1:18

This precept I commend to you, my son Timothy, in accord with the prophets who preceded you: that you serve among them like a soldier in a good war,

1 Timothy 6:12

Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you have been called, and make a good profession of faith in the sight of many witnesses.

2 Timothy 4:7

I have fought the good fight. I have completed the course. I have preserved the faith.

1 Peter 5:2

pasture the flock of God that is among you, providing for it, not as a requirement, but willingly, in accord with God, and not for the sake of tainted profit, but freely,