Isa 55:10, Mat 3:8, 13:23 | ESV | STEP | For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth , making it bring forth and sprout , giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater ,

d[See ver. 19 above]

e Hos. 14:8; John 15:5, 16; Phil. 1:11; Col. 1:6

Isaiah 55:10

10 ^a“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven
and do not return there but water the earth,
making it bring forth and sprout,
^bgiving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,

Matthew 3:8

8 Bear fruit ^cin keeping with repentance.

Matthew 13:23

23 As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and ^dunderstands it. He indeed ^ebears fruit and yields, in one case ^fa hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”