Leviticus 25:20

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“Now you may wonder, ‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not sow or gather our produce?’”

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BSBPD

“Now you may wonder, ‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not sow or gather our produce?’”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`And when ye say, What do we eat in the seventh year, lo, we do not sow, nor gather our increase?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Leviticus 25:20 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 25:4But in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land—a Sabbath to the LORD. You are not to sow your field or prune your vineyard.
  2. Numbers 11:4Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?
  3. Numbers 11:13Where can I get meat for all these people? For they keep crying out to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’
  4. 2 Kings 6:15When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?”
  5. 2 Kings 7:2But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”
  6. 2 Chronicles 25:9Amaziah asked the man of God, “What should I do about the hundred talents I have given to the army of Israel?” And the man of God replied, “The LORD is able to give you much more than this.”
  7. Psalms 78:19They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?
  8. Isaiah 1:2Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.
  9. Matthew 6:25Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
  10. Matthew 8:26“You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm.
  11. Luke 12:29And do not be concerned about what you will eat or drink. Do not worry about it.
  12. Philippians 4:6Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
  13. Hebrews 13:5Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”

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