Pro 11:18, Ecc 11:4, 6, Isa 28:24-26, 32:20, Mat 13:3, 24, Mar 4:3-4, 14-20 | ESV | STEP | The wicked earns deceptive wages , but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward .

Proverbs 11:18

18 The wicked earns deceptive wages,
but one who ^asows righteousness gets a sure reward.

Ecclesiastes 11:4

4 He who observes the wind will not sow,
and he who regards the clouds will not reap.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

6 In the morning sow your seed, and at evening ^bwithhold not your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.

Isaiah 28:24-26

24 Does he who plows for sowing plow continually?
Does he continually open and harrow his ground?
25 ^cWhen he has leveled its surface,
does he not scatter dill, sow cumin,
and put in wheat in rows
and barley in its proper place,
and emmer ^{▼▼A type of wheat} as the border?
26 ^eFor he is rightly instructed;
his God teaches him.

Isaiah 32:20

20 ^fHappy are you who sow beside all waters,
who let the feet of the ox and the donkey range free.

Matthew 13:3

3 And ^ghe told them many things in parables, saying: ^h“A sower went out to sow.

Matthew 13:24

The Parable of the Weeds

24 He put another parable before them, saying, ⁱ“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field,

Mark 4:3-4

3 “Listen! ^jBehold, a sower went out to sow. 4 And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

Mark 4:14-20

14 ^kThe sower sows ^lthe word. 15 And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them. 16 And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: the ones who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it ^mwith joy. 17 And they have no root in themselves, but ⁿendure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately ^othey fall away. ^{▼▼Or stumble} 18 And others are the ones sown among thorns. They are those who hear the word, 19 but ^qthe cares of ^rthe world and ^sthe deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. 20 But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and ^tbear fruit, ^uthirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.”