2 Corinthians 9:6 Cross References - ISV

⁶ Remember this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.

¹ To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.
When Things Go Wrong Blessed is the one who is considerate of the destitute; the LORD will deliver him when the times are evil. ² The LORD will protect him and keep him alive; he will be blessed in the land; and he will not be handed over to the desires of his enemies. ³ The LORD will uphold him even on his sickbed; you will transform his bed of illness into health.

¹⁸ Evil people earn deceptive wages, but those who plant righteousness are truly rewarded.

²⁴ Those who give freely gain even more; others hold back what they owe, becoming even poorer. ²⁵ A generous person will prosper, and anyone who gives water will receive a flood in return.

¹⁷ Whoever is kind to the poor is lending to the LORD— the benefit of his gift will return to him in abundance.

⁹ Whoever is generous will be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.

¹ Preparing for the Future Spread your bread on the water— after a while you will find it.

⁶ Sow your seed in the morning, and don’t stop working until evening, since you don’t know which of your endeavors will do well, whether this one or that, or even if both will do equally well.

³⁸ Give, and it will be given to you. A large quantity, pressed together, shaken down, and running over will be put into your lap, because you’ll be evaluated by the same standard with which you evaluate others.”

¹⁶ The first servant came and said, ‘Sir, your coin has earned ten more coins.’ ¹⁷ The king told him, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been trustworthy in a very small thing, take charge of ten cities.’
¹⁸ “The second servant came and said, ‘Your coin, sir, has earned five coins.’ ¹⁹ The king told him, ‘You take charge of five cities.’
²⁰ “Then the other servant came and said, ‘Sir, look! Here’s your coin. I’ve kept it in a cloth for safekeeping ²¹ because I was afraid of you. You are a hard man. You withdraw what you didn’t deposit and harvest what you didn’t plant.’ ²² The king told him, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you evil servant! You knew, did you, that I was a hard man, and that I withdraw what I didn’t deposit and harvest what I didn’t plant? ²³ Then why didn’t you put my money in the bank? When I returned, I could have collected it with interest.’
²⁴ “So the king told those standing nearby, ‘Take the coin away from him and give it to the man who has the ten coins.’ ²⁵ They answered him, ‘Sir, he already has ten coins!’ ²⁶ ‘I tell you, to everyone who has something, more will be given, but from the person who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away.

¹² This is what I mean: Each of you is saying, “I belong to Paul,” or “I belong to Apollos,” or “I belong to Cephas,” or “I belong to the Messiah.”

²⁹ This is what I mean, brothers: The time is short. From now on, those who have wives should live as though they had none,

²⁰ But at this moment the Messiah stands risen from the dead, the first one offered in the harvest of those who have died.

¹⁰ Now he who supplies seed to the farmer and bread to eat will also supply you with seed and multiply it and enlarge the harvest that results from your righteousness.

¹⁷ This is what I mean: The Law that came 430 years later did not cancel the covenant that God ratified previously. The promise was never nullified.

¹⁶ So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will never fulfill the desires of the flesh.

⁷ Stop being deceived; God is not to be ridiculed. A person harvests whatever he plants: ⁸ The person who sows through human means will harvest decay from human means, but the person who sows in the Spirit will harvest eternal life from the Spirit. ⁹ Let’s not get tired of doing what is good, for at the right time we will reap a harvest—if we do not give up.

¹⁷ The Old Life and the NewTherefore, I tell you and insist on in the Lord not to live any longer like the gentiles live, thinking worthless thoughts.

⁴ I say this so that no one will mislead you with nice-sounding rhetoric.

¹⁰ For God is not so unjust as to forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have ministered to the saints and continue to minister to them.