Hebrews 6:7

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

For land which has drunk the rain that often falls upon it, and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God.

Cross References

Genesis 1:11

And God said, “Let the earth put forth vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, upon the earth.” And it was so.

Genesis 27:27

So he came near and kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his garments, and blessed him, and said, “See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the Lord has blessed!

Psalm 126:6

He that goes forth weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.

Psalm 24:5

He will receive blessing from the Lord, and vindication from the God of his salvation.

Isaiah 44:3

For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring.

Ezekiel 34:26

And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be showers of blessing.

Hosea 10:12

Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and rain salvation upon you.

Leviticus 25:21

I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, so that it will bring forth fruit for three years.

Malachi 3:10

Bring the full tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house; and thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you an overflowing blessing.

Matthew 7:8

For every one who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

2 Timothy 2:6

It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.

James 5:7

Be patient, therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it until it receives the early and the late rain.