Sow & Reap

Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? Luk 12:24 The spiritual law of sowing is illustrated in Pro_11:18; Mat_13:19; Mat_13:24; 2Co_9:6; Gal_6:7. Figuratively, the certainty of the consequences of good and evil doing are often typified by the sowing and the reaping of harvests (Job_4:8; Pro_22:8; Hos_8:7; Hos_10:12, Hos_10:13; 2Co_9:6; Gal_6:7, Gal_6:8). “They that sow in tears shall reap in joy” is found in the liberated captives' song (Psa_126:5). “He that regardeth the clouds shall not reap,” i.e. a lack of faith in God's care will be punished (Ecc_11:4); compare also the lesson of trust drawn from the birds (Mat_6:26; Luk_12:24). Sowing and not reaping the harvest is mentioned as a punishment for disobedience (Job_31:8; Jer_12:13; Mic_6:15). Reaping where he sowed not, showed the injustice of the landlord (Mat_25:26), as did also the withholding of the reapers' wages (Jam_5:4). In God's Kingdom there is a division of labor: “He that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together” (Joh_4:36-38). In John's vision he saw an angel reap the earth (Rev_14:15, Rev_14:16),. ISBE