Famous quotes containing the word reap:
“For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.”
—Bible: Hebrew Hosea, 8:7.
A prophecy against idolators.
“Like a tale of little meaning though the words are strong;
Chanted from an ill-used race of men that cleave the soil,
Sow the seed, and reap the harvest with enduring toil,
Storing yearly little dues of wheat, and wine and oil;
Till they perish and they suffer—some, ‘tis
whispered—down in hell”
—Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)
“...the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.”
—Bible: New Testament, 2 Corinthians 9:6.
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