Jeremiah 12:13

New King James Version

They have sown wheat but reaped thorns; They have put themselves to pain but do not profit. But be ashamed of your harvest Because of the fierce anger of the Lord.”

Cross References

Haggai 1:6

“You have sown much, and bring in little; You eat, but do not have enough; You drink, but you are not filled with drink; You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; And he who earns wages, Earns wages to put into a bag with holes.”

Micah 6:15

“You shall sow, but not reap; You shall tread the olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil; And make sweet wine, but not drink wine.

Deuteronomy 28:38

“You shall carry much seed out to the field but gather little in, for the locust shall consume it.

Isaiah 55:2

Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And let your soul delight itself in abundance.

Leviticus 26:16

I also will do this to you: I will even appoint terror over you, wasting disease and fever which shall consume the eyes and cause sorrow of heart. And you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

Habakkuk 2:13

Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts That the peoples labor to feed the fire, And nations weary themselves in vain?

Jeremiah 4:26

I beheld, and indeed the fruitful land was a wilderness, And all its cities were broken down At the presence of the Lord, By His fierce anger.

Romans 6:21

What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

Leviticus 26:20

And your strength shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield its produce, nor shall the trees of the land yield their fruit.

Jeremiah 9:5

Everyone will deceive his neighbor, And will not speak the truth; They have taught their tongue to speak lies; They weary themselves to commit iniquity.

Jeremiah 17:10

I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings.

Psalm 78:62

He also gave His people over to the sword, And was furious with His inheritance.

Hosea 8:7

“They sow the wind, And reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no bud; It shall never produce meal. If it should produce, Aliens would swallow it up.

Haggai 1:9

“You looked for much, but indeed it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?” says the Lord of hosts. “Because of My house that is in ruins, while every one of you runs to his own house.