2 Corinthians 9:10

New International Reader's Version

God supplies seed for the person who plants. He supplies bread for food. God will also supply and increase the amount of your seed. He will increase the results of your good works.

Cross References

Genesis 47:19

What good would it do you to watch us die? Why should our land be destroyed? Trade us food for ourselves and our land. Then we and our land will belong to Pharaoh. Give us some seeds so we can live and not die. We don’t want the land to become a desert.”

Proverbs 11:18

An evil person really earns nothing. But the one who plants what is right will certainly be rewarded.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

In the morning plant your seeds. In the evening keep your hands busy. You don’t know what will succeed. It may be one or the other. Or both might do equally well.

Isaiah 55:10

The rain and the snow come down from the sky. They do not return to it without watering the earth. They make plants come up and grow. The plants produce seeds for farmers. They also produce food for people to eat.

Hosea 10:12

Your hearts are as hard as a field that has not been plowed. If you change your ways, you will produce good crops. So plant the seeds of doing what is right. Then you will harvest the fruit of your faithful love. It is time to seek the Lord. When you do, he will come and shower his blessings on you.

Matthew 6:1

“Be careful not to do good deeds in front of other people. Don’t do those deeds to be seen by others. If you do, your Father in heaven will not reward you.

2 Corinthians 9:12

Your gifts meet the needs of the Lord’s people. And that’s not all. Your gifts also cause many people to thank God.

2 Corinthians 9:6

Here is something to remember. The one who plants only a little will gather only a little. And the one who plants a lot will gather a lot.

Galatians 3:5

So I ask you again, how does God give you his Spirit? How does he work miracles among you? Is it by doing what the law says? Or is it by believing what you have heard?

Ephesians 5:9

The light produces what is completely good, right and true.

Philippians 1:11

You will be filled with the fruit of right living produced by Jesus Christ. All these things bring glory and praise to God.

Philippians 4:17

It is not that I want your gifts. What I really want is what is best for you.

1 Thessalonians 3:12

May the Lord make your love grow. May it be like a rising flood. May your love for one another increase. May it also increase for everyone else. May it be just like our love for you.

1 Thessalonians 4:10

In fact, you do love all God’s family all around Macedonia. Brothers and sisters, we are asking you to love one another more and more.