Hebrews 6:7

New English Translation

For the ground that has soaked up the rain that frequently falls on it and yields useful vegetation for those who tend it receives a blessing from God.

Cross References

Genesis 1:11

God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: plants yielding seeds according to their kinds, and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds.” It was so.

Genesis 27:27

So Jacob went over and kissed him. When Isaac caught the scent of his clothing, he blessed him, saying, “Yes, my son smells like the scent of an open field which the Lord has blessed.

Psalm 126:6

The one who weeps as he walks along, carrying his bag of seed, will certainly come in with a shout of joy, carrying his sheaves of grain.

Psalm 24:5

Such godly people are rewarded by the Lord, and vindicated by the God who delivers them.

Isaiah 44:3

For I will pour water on the parched ground and cause streams to flow on the dry land. I will pour my spirit on your offspring and my blessing on your children.

Ezekiel 34:26

I will turn them and the regions around my hill into a blessing. I will make showers come down in their season; they will be showers that bring blessing.

Hosea 10:12

Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap unfailing love. Break up the unplowed ground for yourselves, for it is time to seek the Lord, until he comes and showers deliverance on you.

Leviticus 25:21

I will command my blessing for you in the sixth year so that it may yield the produce for three years,

Malachi 3:10

“Bring the entire tithe into the storehouse so that there may be food in my temple. Test me in this matter,” says the Lord who rules over all, “to see if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until there is no room for it all.

Matthew 7:8

For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

2 Timothy 2:6

The farmer who works hard ought to have the first share of the crops.

James 5:7

So be patient, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s return. Think of how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the ground and is patient for it until it receives the early and late rains.