1 Corinthians 15:36
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.”
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BSBPD
“You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Thou foolish one, that which thou thyself sowest is not quickened except it die:”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“unwise! thou--what thou dost sow is not quickened except it may die;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo 1 Corinthians 15:36 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 14:8If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,
- Luke 11:40You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well?
- Luke 12:20But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
- Luke 24:25Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
- John 12:24Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
- Romans 1:22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,
- Ephesians 5:15Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
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