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The concept of "harvest" in the Bible is rich with agricultural, spiritual, and eschatological significance. It is a recurring theme throughout both the Old and New Testaments, symbolizing God's provision, the results of human labor, and the ultimate gathering of souls.

Old Testament Context

In the agrarian society of ancient Israel, the harvest was a critical time of year, marking the culmination of months of labor and the provision of sustenance. The Hebrew calendar included several festivals tied to the harvest, such as the Feast of Weeks (Shavuot) and the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot), which celebrated the gathering of crops. Leviticus 23:10-11 instructs, "Speak to the Israelites and say, 'When you enter the land I am giving you and reap its harvest, you are to bring to the priest a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest. He shall wave the sheaf before the LORD so that it may be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.'"

The harvest was not only a time of physical gathering but also a period of thanksgiving and recognition of God's provision. The Israelites were reminded of their dependence on God for the fertility of the land and the success of their crops. Deuteronomy 16:15 states, "For the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, and your joy will be complete."

Spiritual and Prophetic Significance

Beyond its literal meaning, the harvest is often used metaphorically in the Bible to describe spiritual truths. The prophets frequently used the imagery of harvest to convey messages of judgment and restoration. In Joel 3:13 , the prophet declares, "Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the vats overflow because their wickedness is great."

The harvest also symbolizes the gathering of God's people. Jeremiah 31:12 speaks of a future time of joy and abundance: "They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant with joy over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, the new wine, the oil, the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and they will never languish again."

New Testament Teachings

In the New Testament, Jesus frequently used the imagery of harvest in His parables and teachings to illustrate the Kingdom of God. In the Parable of the Weeds, found in Matthew 13:30 , Jesus explains, "Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters, 'First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.'"

The harvest metaphor is also used to describe the mission of the Church. In John 4:35 , Jesus tells His disciples, "Do you not say, 'There are still four months until the harvest'? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest." This passage emphasizes the urgency and readiness of the spiritual harvest, encouraging believers to engage in evangelism and discipleship.

Eschatological Implications

The theme of harvest extends to eschatological teachings, where it represents the final judgment and the gathering of believers. Revelation 14:15 describes a vision of the end times: "Then another angel came out of the temple, calling in a loud voice to the one seated on the cloud, 'Swing Your sickle and reap, because the time has come to harvest; for the crop of the earth is ripe.'"

In this context, the harvest signifies the culmination of history and the fulfillment of God's redemptive plan. It serves as a reminder of the accountability of all people before God and the ultimate separation of the righteous from the wicked.

Conclusion

The biblical concept of harvest encompasses a wide range of meanings, from the practical aspects of agricultural life to profound spiritual and eschatological truths. It underscores themes of provision, gratitude, judgment, and the mission of the Church, inviting believers to reflect on their role in God's ongoing work in the world.

Topical Bible Verses

Luke 10:2
Therefore said he to them, The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few: pray you therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth laborers into his harvest.
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Revelation 14:15
And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in your sickle, and reap: for the time is come for you to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
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John 4:35
Say not you, There are yet four months, and then comes harvest? behold, I say to you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
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Joel 3:13
Put you in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
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Isaiah 9:3
You have multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before you according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
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Proverbs 10:5
He that gathers in summer is a wise son: but he that sleeps in harvest is a son that causes shame.
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Jeremiah 8:20
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
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Jeremiah 5:24
Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that gives rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
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Joel 2:24
And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.
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Smith's Bible Dictionary

Harvest

[AGRICULTURE]

Easton's Bible Dictionary

The season for gathering grain or fruit. On the 16th day of Abib (or April) a handful of ripe ears of corn was offered as a first-fruit before the Lord, and immediately after this the harvest commenced (Leviticus 23:9-14; 2 Samuel 21:9, 10; Ruth 2:23). It began with the feast of Passover and ended with Pentecost, thus lasting for seven weeks (Exodus 23:16). The harvest was a season of joy (Psalm 126:1-6; Isaiah 9:3). This word is used figuratively Matthew 9:37; 13:30; Luke 10:2; John 4:35. (see AGRICULTURE.)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits, late summer or early autumn.

2. (n.) That which is reaped or ready to be reaped or gathered; a crop, as of grain (wheat, maize, etc.), or fruit.

3. (n.) The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain; reward.

4. (v. t.) To reap or gather, as any crop.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

HARVEST

har'-vest (qatsir; therismos): To many of us, harvest time is of little concern, because in our complex life we are far removed from the actual production of our food supplies, but for the Hebrew people, as for those in any agricultural district today, the harvest was a most important season (Genesis 8:22; Genesis 45:6). Events were reckoned from harvests (Genesis 30:14 Joshua 3:15 Judges 15:1 Ruth 1:22; Ruth 2:23 1 Samuel 6:13 2 Samuel 21:9; 2 Samuel 23:13). The three principal feasts of the Jews corresponded to the three harvest seasons (Exodus 23:16; Exodus 34:21, 22);

(1) the feast of the Passover in April at the time of the barley harvest (compare Ruth 1:22);

(2) the feast of Pentecost (7 weeks later) at the wheat harvest (Exodus 34:22), and

(3) the feast of Tabernacles at the end of the year (October) during the fruit harvest.

The seasons have not changed since that time. Between the reaping of the barley in April and the wheat in June, most of the other cereals are reaped. The grapes begin to ripen in August, but the gathering in for making wine and molasses (dibs), and the storing of the dried figs and raisins, is at the end of September. Between the barley harvest in April and the wheat harvest, only a few showers fall, which are welcomed because they increase the yield of wheat (compare Amos 4:7). Samuel made use of the unusual occurrence of rain during the wheat harvest to strike fear into the hearts of the people (1 Samuel 12:17). Such an unusual storm of excessive violence visited Syria in 1912, and did much damage to the harvests, bringing fear to the superstitious farmers, who thought some greater disaster awaited them. From the wheat harvest until the fruit harvest no rain falls (2 Samuel 21:10 Jeremiah 5:24; compare Proverbs 26:1). The harvesters long for cool weather during the reaping season (compare Proverbs 25:13).

Many definite laws were instituted regarding the harvest. Gleaning was forbidden (Leviticus 19:9; Leviticus 23:22 Deuteronomy 24:19) (see GLEANING). The first-fruits were required to be presented to Yahweh (Leviticus 23:10). In Syria the Christians still celebrate 'id er-rubb ("feast of the Lord"), at which time the owners of the vineyards bring their first bunches of grapes to the church. The children of Israel were enjoined to reap no harvest for which they had not labored (Leviticus 25:5). In Proverbs the harvesting of ants is mentioned as a lesson for the sluggard (Proverbs 6:8; Proverbs 10:5; Proverbs 20:4).

Figurative: A destroyed harvest typified devastation or affliction (Job 5:5 Isaiah 16:9; Isaiah 17:11 Jeremiah 5:17; Jeremiah 50:16). The "time of harvest," in the Old Testament frequently meant the day of destruction (Jeremiah 51:33 Hosea 6:11 Joel 3:13). "Joy in harvest" typified great joy (Isaiah 9:3); "harvest of the Nile," an abundant harvest (Isaiah 23:3). "The harvest is past" meant that the appointed time was gone (Jeremiah 8:20). Yahweh chose the most promising time to cut off the wicked, namely, "when there is a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest" (Isaiah 18:4, 5). This occurrence of hot misty days just before the ripening of the grapes is still common. They are welcome because they are supposed to hasten the harvest. The Syrian farmers in some districts call it et-tabbakh el'ainib wa tin ("the fireplace of the grapes and figs").

In the Gospels, Jesus frequently refers to the harvest of souls (Matthew 9:37, 38 bis; Matthew 13:30, 39; Mark 4:29; John 4:35). In explaining the parable of the Tares he said, "The harvest is the end of the world" (Matthew 13:39; compare Revelation 14:15).

See also AGRICULTURE.

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Greek

2326. therismos -- harvest
... harvest. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: therismos Phonetic Spelling:
(ther-is-mos') Short Definition: reaping, harvest Definition: reaping ...
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2164. euphoreo -- to bear well, ie to be fruitful
... be fruitful. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: euphoreo Phonetic Spelling:
(yoo-for-eh'-o) Short Definition: I bear well, bring a good harvest Definition: ...
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4005. pentekoste -- fiftieth, Pentecost, the second of the three ...
... 4005 (from 4002 , "five") -- properly , referring to the festival of --
a festival celebrated at the end of the barley harvest. ...
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2325. therizo -- to reap
... to reap. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: therizo Phonetic Spelling:
(ther-id'-zo) Short Definition: I reap, gather Definition: I reap, gather, harvest. ...
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1079b. genema -- fruit, produce
... fruit, produce. Transliteration: genema Short Definition: fruit. Word Origin from
ginomai Definition fruit, produce NASB Word Usage fruit (3), harvest (1). ...
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2590. karpos -- fruit
... Definition fruit NASB Word Usage benefit (2), crop (5), crops (2), descendants*
(1), fruit (43), fruitful (1), fruits (4), grain (1), harvest (1), proceeds (1 ...
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5166. trugao -- to gather in
... gather in. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: trugao Phonetic Spelling:
(troo-gah'-o) Short Definition: I gather Definition: I gather (as of grapes), harvest ...
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4808. suke -- a fig tree
... the month of August. ["Early figs" ripen in June -- and a later (second)
harvest comes in August and September.]. Word Origin from ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7105a. qatsir -- harvesting, harvest
... 7105, 7105a. qatsir. 7105b . harvesting, harvest. Transliteration: qatsir
Short Definition: harvest. Word Origin from qatsar Definition ...
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7105. qatsiyr -- harvesting, harvest
... 7104, 7105. qatsiyr. 7105a . harvesting, harvest. Transliteration: qatsiyr
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-tseer') Short Definition: bough. bough, branch, harvest ...
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7114b. qatsar -- to reap, harvest
... 7114a, 7114b. qatsar. 7115 . to reap, harvest. Transliteration: qatsar
Short Definition: reap. Word Origin a prim. root Definition ...
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2778b. charaph -- to remain in harvest time
... 2778a, 2778b. charaph. 2778c . to remain in harvest time. Transliteration:
charaph Short Definition: time. Word Origin denominative ...
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2779. choreph -- harvest time, autumn
... 2778c, 2779. choreph. 2780 . harvest time, autumn. Transliteration: choreph
Phonetic Spelling: (kho'-ref) Short Definition: winter. ...
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614. asiph -- ingathering, harvest
... 613, 614. asiph. 615 . ingathering, harvest. Transliteration: asiph
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-seef') Short Definition: ingathering. ...
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1210. batsir -- a vintage
... Word Origin from batsar Definition a vintage NASB Word Usage grape (1), grape
gathering (2), grape harvest (2), vintage (2). vintage. ...
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6972. quts -- summer
... Word Origin see qits. summer A primitive root; to clip off; used only as denominative
from qayits; to spend the harvest season -- summer. see HEBREW qayits. ...
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1974. hillul -- a rejoicing, praise
... merry, praise. From halal (in the sense of rejoicing); a celebration of thanksgiving
for harvest -- merry, praise. see HEBREW halal. 1973, 1974. hillul. 1975 ...
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103. agar -- to gather
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to gather NASB Word Usage gather (1), gathers
(2). gather. A primitive root; to harvest -- gather. 102, 103. agar. 104 ...
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Library

Harvest
... HYMNS OF THE EARLY CHURCH Harvest. 12,10,12,10+9,10 Harvest. Refrain.
Come, praise with gladness the Lord of all creation,. ...
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The Harvest of the Earth.
... The Harvest of the Earth. ... The sharp sickle in his hand, indicates that the time of
harvest has arrived; and the act of reaping, the gathering of the harvest. ...
/.../bliss/a brief commentary on the apocalypse/the harvest of the earth.htm

A Lord of the Harvest.
... (Psalm xxxvii:1-11; Matthew vi:19-34, Philippians iv:6-7. American Revision.) A
Lord of the Harvest. ... "Oh! there is a Lord of the harvest," I said to myself. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on service/a lord of the harvest.htm

Harvest Hymn
... VARIOUS Harvest Hymn. tr., John Brownlie 12,10,12,10. I. ... II. Spring time and harvest,
and cloud and summer gladness,. Come to our earth because His promise lives ...
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Harvest Joy
... Harvest Joy. A Sermon (No.2265). Intended ... text. The joy of the church in
receiving converts may be compared to the joy in harvest. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 38 1892/harvest joy.htm

The Sluggard in Harvest
... THE PROVERBS THE SLUGGARD IN HARVEST. 'The sluggard will not plow by reason of the
cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.'"Proverbs 20:4. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the sluggard in harvest.htm

A visit to the Harvest Field
... A Visit to the Harvest Field. A Sermon (No.1025). Delivered by. CH SPURGEON,. ... He
who ordained the seed time and the harvest meant to teach us by them. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 17 1871/a visit to the harvest.htm

A Rare Harvest.
... Sacrifice A Rare Harvest. There is a strange winsomeness about sacrifice, peculiar
to itself, and peculiarly strong in its drawing power. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks with world winners/a rare harvest.htm

The Harvest of a Godless Life
... THE HARVEST OF A GODLESS LIFE. ... Then comes the smiting contrast of what it was all
for"'A harvest heap in the day of sickness and incurable pain.'. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the harvest of a godless.htm

Harvest.
... HYMNS after Sermons to young people, on new-years evenings, suited to the subjects.
Hymn 36 Harvest. John Newton 7,7,7,7. Harvest. See! the corn again in ear! ...
//christianbookshelf.org/newton/olney hymns/hymn 36 harvest.htm

Thesaurus

Wheat-harvest (6 Occurrences)
Wheat-harvest. Wheatfields, Wheat-harvest. Wheel . Multi-Version
Concordance Wheat-harvest (6 Occurrences). Genesis ...
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Barley-harvest (3 Occurrences)
Barley-harvest. Barley-cake, Barley-harvest. Barley-loaves .
Multi-Version Concordance Barley-harvest (3 Occurrences). ...
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Reaping (10 Occurrences)
... the Hebrews in regard to reaping (Leviticus 19:9; Leviticus 23:10; Leviticus
25:5, 11 Deuteronomy 16:9). Samuel mentions the task of reaping the harvest as one ...
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Reap (35 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping
machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting. ...
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Reapers (15 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Reapers (15 Occurrences). Matthew 9:37 Then He said to
His disciples, "The harvest is abundant, but the reapers are few; (WEY). ...
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Pentecost (3 Occurrences)
... only in the New Testament (Acts 2:1; 20:16; 1 Corinthians 16:8). The festival so
named is first spoken of in Exodus 23:16 as "the feast of harvest," and again ...
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Labourers (11 Occurrences)
... Labourers (11 Occurrences). Matthew 9:37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The
harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; (KJV). ...
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Laborers (19 Occurrences)
... Laborers (19 Occurrences). Matthew 9:37 Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest
indeed is plentiful, but the laborers are few. (WEB ASV WBS RSV). ...
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Gleaning (10 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 19:9 "'When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap
the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your ...
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Workmen (52 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Workmen (52 Occurrences). Matthew 9:37 Then saith he to
his disciples, The harvest is great and the workmen are few; (DBY YLT). ...
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Resources

What is a spiritual harvest and how can I achieve one? | GotQuestions.org

What is the Feast of Weeks? | GotQuestions.org

Is “you reap what you sow” biblical? | GotQuestions.org

Harvest: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Harvest (109 Occurrences)

Matthew 9:37
Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers are few.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 9:38
Pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will send out laborers into his harvest."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 13:30
Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, "First, gather up the darnel weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn."'"
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 13:39
The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 21:34
When vintage-time approached, he sent his servants to the vine-dressers to receive his share of the grapes;
(See NAS NIV)

Matthew 21:41
They told him, "He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers, who will give him the fruit in its season."
(See NIV)

Matthew 25:26
"But his lord answered him,'You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where I didn't scatter.
(See NIV)

Mark 4:29
But when the fruit is ripe, immediately he puts forth the sickle, because the harvest has come."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 12:2
When it was time, he sent a servant to the farmer to get from the farmer his share of the fruit of the vineyard.
(See NAS NIV)

Luke 10:2
Then he said to them, "The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he may send out laborers into his harvest.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 12:18
"And he said to himself, "'This is what I will do: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and in them I will store up all my harvest and my wealth;
(WEY)

Luke 20:10
At the proper season, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him, and sent him away empty.
(See NAS NIV)

John 4:35
Don't you say,'There are yet four months until the harvest?' Behold, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and look at the fields, that they are white for harvest already.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 4:38
I sent you to reap a harvest which is not the result of your own labours. Others have laboured, and you are getting benefit from their labours."
(WEY)

John 12:24
In most solemn truth I tell you that unless the grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains what it was--a single grain; but that if it dies, it yields a rich harvest.
(WEY)

Acts 2:1
At length, on the day of the Harvest Festival, they had all met in one place;
(WEY)

Acts 20:16
For Paul's plan was to sail past Ephesus, so as not to spend much time in the province of Asia; since he was very desirous of being in Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of the Harvest Festival.
(WEY)

Romans 1:13
Now I don't desire to have you unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you, and was hindered so far, that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles.
(See RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 9:10
Is God simply thinking about the oxen? Or is it really in our interest that He speaks? Of course, it was written in our interest, because it is His will that when a plough-man ploughs, and a thresher threshes, it should be in the hope of sharing that which comes as the result.
(See NIV)

1 Corinthians 9:11
If it is we who sowed the spiritual grain in you, is it a great thing that we should reap a temporal harvest from you?
(WEY NIV)

1 Corinthians 16:8
I shall remain in Ephesus, however, until the time of the Harvest Festival,
(WEY)

2 Corinthians 9:10
And God who continually supplies seed for the sower and bread for eating, will supply you with seed and multiply it, and will cause your almsgiving to yield a plentiful harvest.
(WEY NAS RSV NIV)

Galatians 5:22
The Spirit, on the other hand, brings a harvest of love, joy, peace; patience towards others, kindness, benevolence;
(WEY)

Galatians 6:9
Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don't give up.
(See NIV)

Hebrews 12:11
All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.
(See NIV)

James 3:18
And peace, for those who strive for peace, is the seed of which the harvest is righteousness.
(WEY RSV NIV)

Revelation 14:15
Another angel came out from the temple, crying with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, "Send forth your sickle, and reap; for the hour to reap has come; for the harvest of the earth is ripe!"
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 14:16
Then He who sat on the cloud flung His sickle on the earth, and the earth had its harvest reaped.
(WEY NIV)

Genesis 8:22
While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 30:14
Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother, Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 41:34
Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven years of plenty.
(See NIV)

Genesis 45:6
For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are yet five years, in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Genesis 47:24
It will happen at the harvests, that you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts will be your own, for seed of the field, for your food, for them of your households, and for food for your little ones."
(Root in WEB NAS RSV)

Exodus 22:29
"You shall not delay to offer from your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. "You shall give the firstborn of your sons to me.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)

Exodus 23:10
"For six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in its increase,
(See NIV)

Exodus 23:16
And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your labors, which you sow in the field: and the feast of harvest, at the end of the year, when you gather in your labors out of the field.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 34:21
"Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest: in plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 34:22
"You shall observe the feast of weeks with the first fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of harvest at the year's end.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 19:9
"'When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 19:25
In the fifth year you shall eat its fruit, that it may yield its increase to you. I am Yahweh your God.
(See NIV)

Leviticus 23:10
"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them,'When you have come into the land which I give to you, and shall reap its the harvest, then you shall bring the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 23:22
"'When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap into the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest: you shall leave them for the poor, and for the foreigner. I am Yahweh your God.'"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 25:5
What grows of itself in your harvest you shall not reap, and the grapes of your undressed vine you shall not gather. It shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.
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Leviticus 25:11
That fiftieth year shall be a jubilee to you. In it you shall not sow, neither reap that which grows of itself, nor gather from the undressed vines.
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Leviticus 25:20
If you said, "What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;"
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Leviticus 25:22
You shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the fruits, the old store; until the ninth year, until its fruits come in, you shall eat the old store.
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Leviticus 26:5
Your threshing shall reach to the vintage, and the vintage shall reach to the sowing time; and you shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
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Leviticus 26:10
You shall eat old store long kept, and you shall move out the old because of the new.
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Numbers 18:12
"All the best of the oil, and all the best of the vintage, and of the grain, the first fruits of them which they give to Yahweh, to you have I given them.
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Deuteronomy 16:15
You shall keep a feast to Yahweh your God seven days in the place which Yahweh shall choose; because Yahweh your God will bless you in all your increase, and in all the work of your hands, and you shall be altogether joyful.
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Deuteronomy 24:19
When you reap your harvest in your field, and have forgot a sheaf in the field, you shall not go again to get it: it shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
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Deuteronomy 26:2
that you shall take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you shall bring in from your land that Yahweh your God gives you; and you shall put it in a basket, and shall go to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.
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Deuteronomy 28:38
You shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.
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Joshua 3:15
and when those who bore the ark had come to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests who bore the ark had dipped in the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks all the time of harvest),
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Judges 8:2
and he saith unto them, 'What have I done now like you? are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the harvest of Abi-Ezer?
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Judges 15:1
But it happened after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a young goat; and he said, "I will go in to my wife into the chamber." But her father wouldn't allow him to go in.
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Ruth 1:22
So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
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Ruth 2:21
Ruth the Moabitess said, "Yes, he said to me,'You shall stay close to my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.'"
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Ruth 2:23
So she stayed close to the maidens of Boaz, to glean to the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she lived with her mother-in-law.
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1 Samuel 6:13
They of Beth Shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley; and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.
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1 Samuel 8:12
and he will appoint them to him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and he will set some to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.
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1 Samuel 12:17
Isn't it wheat harvest today? I will call to Yahweh, that he may send thunder and rain; and you shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of Yahweh, in asking for a king."
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2 Samuel 21:9
He delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the mountain before Yahweh, and all seven of them fell together. They were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, at the beginning of barley harvest.
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2 Samuel 21:10
Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water was poured on them from the sky. She allowed neither the birds of the sky to rest on them by day, nor the animals of the field by night.
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2 Samuel 23:13
Three of the thirty chief men went down, and came to David in the harvest time to the cave of Adullam; and the troop of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
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2 Chronicles 32:28
storehouses also for the increase of grain and new wine and oil; and stalls for all manner of animals, and flocks in folds.
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Nehemiah 9:37
It yields much increase to the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins: also they have power over our bodies, and over our livestock, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
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Job 4:8
According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.
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Job 5:5
whose harvest the hungry eats up, and take it even out of the thorns. The snare gapes for their substance.
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Job 24:6
They cut their provender in the field. They glean the vineyard of the wicked.
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Job 31:12
For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.
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Psalms 67:6
The earth has yielded its increase. God, even our own God, will bless us.
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Psalms 85:12
Yes, Yahweh will give that which is good. Our land will yield its increase.
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Psalms 107:37
sow fields, plant vineyards, and reap the fruits of increase.
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Proverbs 6:8
provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.
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Proverbs 10:5
He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.
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Proverbs 14:4
Where there are no oxen, their food-place is clean; but much increase comes through the strength of the ox.
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Proverbs 18:20
A man's stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.
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Proverbs 20:4
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
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Proverbs 25:13
As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to those who send him; for he refreshes the soul of his masters.
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Proverbs 26:1
Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
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Isaiah 9:3
You have multiplied the nation. You have increased their joy. They rejoice before you according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
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Isaiah 16:9
Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah. I will water you with my tears, Heshbon, and Elealeh: for on your summer fruits and on your harvest the battle shout has fallen.
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Isaiah 17:11
In the day of your planting, you hedge it in. In the morning, you make your seed blossom, but the harvest flees away in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
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Isaiah 18:4
For Yahweh said to me, "I will be still, and I will see in my dwelling place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest."
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Isaiah 18:5
For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becomes a ripening grape, he will cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and he will cut down and take away the spreading branches.
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Isaiah 18:6
They will be for the birds of the mountains, and for the beasts of the earth: the birds will come down on them in the summer, and the beasts of the earth in the winter.
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Isaiah 23:3
On great waters, the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue. She was the market of nations.
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Isaiah 24:13
When thus it is in the heart of the land, In the midst of the peoples, As the compassing of the olive, As gleanings when harvest hath been finished,
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Isaiah 28:4
And the dead flower of his glory, which is on the head of the fertile valley, will be like the first early fruit before the summer; which a man takes and puts in his mouth the minute he sees it.
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Isaiah 32:10
For days beyond a year you will be troubled, you careless women; for the vintage shall fail. The harvest won't come.
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Jeremiah 2:3
Israel was holy to the Lord, the first-fruits of his increase: all who made attacks on him were judged as wrongdoers, evil came on them, says the Lord.
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Jeremiah 5:17
They shall eat up your harvest, and your bread, which your sons and your daughters should eat; they shall eat up your flocks and your herds; they shall eat up your vines and your fig trees; they shall beat down your fortified cities, in which you trust, with the sword.
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Jeremiah 5:24
Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear Yahweh our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; who preserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
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Jeremiah 8:13
I will put an end to them completely, says the Lord: there are no grapes on the vine and no figs on the fig-tree, and the leaf is dry.
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Jeremiah 8:20
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
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Jeremiah 12:13
They have sown wheat, and have reaped thorns; they have put themselves to pain, and profit nothing: and you shall be ashamed of your fruits, because of the fierce anger of Yahweh.
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Jeremiah 40:10
As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to stand before the Chaldeans who shall come to us: but you, gather wine and summer fruits and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that you have taken.
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Jeremiah 48:32
With the weeping of Jazer, I weep for thee, O vine of Sibmah, Thy branches have passed over a sea, Unto the sea of Jazer they have come, On thy summer fruits, and on thy harvest, A spoiler hath fallen.
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Jeremiah 50:16
Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him who handles the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn everyone to his people, and they shall flee everyone to his own land.
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Subtopics

Harvest

Harvest of Barley, Before Wheat

Harvest of Wheat at Pentecost, in Palestine

Harvest: And of Wheat Before Harvest Time

Harvest: Celebrated With Joy

Harvest: Figurative

Harvest: Promises of Plentiful

Harvest: Sabbath Desecrated In

Harvest: Sabbath to be Observed In

The Harvest of a Time of Judgment

The Harvest of a Time when Many are Ready to Receive the Gospel