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17 Bible Verses About Harvest

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  • Genesis 8:22 promises seedtime and harvest for as long as the earth endures, and God makes the promise after the flood, knowing “every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood” (8:21).
  • Israel’s law left the edges of the field and the gleanings for the poor and the foreigner (Leviticus 19:9-10), and Ruth gleaned under that law in the field of Boaz (Ruth 2:2-3).
  • The Festival of Tabernacles lasted seven days and began after the threshing floor and the winepress were full (Deuteronomy 16:13-15).
  • Eliphaz tells Job that those who sow trouble reap it (Job 4:8), and at the end of the book God says Eliphaz has not spoken the truth about him (Job 42:7).
  • Jesus explains the parable of the weeds: “The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels” (Matthew 13:39).

The Bible treats harvest as God’s gift, sent with the rains, and it uses sowing and reaping as a picture of conduct, mission and judgment. The promise comes after the flood (Genesis 8:22), the law leaves the edges of the field to the poor (Leviticus 19:9-10), and Jesus calls the crowds a harvest (Matthew 9:37). In Israel the harvest waited on the autumn and spring rains (Jeremiah 5:24), and the Festival of Tabernacles celebrated it for seven days once the…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version, except Hosea 10:12, which is quoted from the English Standard Version.

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