Psa 126:6, Isa 65:23, Mat 13:3, 1Cor 9:10 | ESV | STEP | He who goes out weeping , bearing the seed for sowing , shall come home with shouts of joy , bringing his sheaves with him.

Psalms 126:6

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

Isaiah 65:23

23 ^aThey shall not labor in vain
^bor bear children for calamity, ^{▼▼Or for sudden terror}
for ^dthey shall be the offspring of the blessed of the Lord,
and their descendants with them.

Matthew 13:3

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

1 Corinthians 9:10

10 Does he not certainly speak for our sake? It was written ^gfor our sake, because ^hthe plowman should plow in hope and the thresher thresh in hope of sharing in the crop.