1 Corinthians 9:7

Tree of Life Version

What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink its milk?

Cross References

Proverbs 27:18

Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, whoever takes care of his master will be honored.

Proverbs 27:27

There will be enough goats’ milk for food and food for your household, and sustenance for your maidservants.

Song of Solomon 8:12

My very own vineyard is before me. The thousand are for you, Solomon, and two hundred for those who tend the fruit.

Isaiah 7:22

and from the abundant milk they give, he will eat curds— for anyone left in the land will eat curds and honey.

Acts 20:28

“Take care of yourselves and all the flock of which the Ruach ha-Kodesh has made you overseers, to shepherd the community of God—which He obtained with the blood of His own.

Deuteronomy 18:8

They are to eat equal portions, regardless of their fathers’ goods.

Deuteronomy 20:6

What man has planted a vineyard but has not put it to use? Let him go back to his house—otherwise he might die in the battle and another man would begin to use it.

1 Timothy 1:18

This charge I entrust to you, Timothy my son, in keeping with the prophecies once spoken about you, so that by them you fight the good fight,

1 Timothy 6:12

Fight the good fight of faith! Take hold of the eternal life—you were called to it, and you made the good confession for it in the presence of many witnesses.

2 Timothy 4:7

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith.

1 Peter 5:2

shepherd God’s flock among you. Watch over it not under compulsion but willingly before God, not for dishonest gain but eagerly.