Hosea 8:7

The Fertility Cultists Will Become Infertile

8:7 They sow the wind,

and so they will reap the whirlwind!

The stalk does not have any standing grain;

it will not produce any flour.

Even if it were to yield grain,

foreigners would swallow it all up.

Psalms 126:5-6

126:5 Those who shed tears as they plant

will shout for joy when they reap the harvest.

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.

Proverbs 11:18

11:18 The wicked person earns deceitful wages,

but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.

Proverbs 18:21

18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue,

and those who love its use will eat its fruit.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

11:6 Sow your seed in the morning,

and do not stop working until the evening;

for you do not know which activity will succeed –

whether this one or that one, or whether both will prosper equally.

Isaiah 32:20

32:20 you will be blessed,

you who plant seed by all the banks of the streams,

you who let your ox and donkey graze.

James 3:18

3:18 And the fruit that consists of righteousness is planted in peace among those who make peace.