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Psalm 126:6

He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing, will certainly come again with joy, carrying his sheaves.

4Restore our fortunes again, LORD, like the streams in the Negev.
5Those who sow in tears will reap in joy.
6He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing, will certainly come again with joy, carrying his sheaves.
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The sower carries seed through tears and sheaves with joy, picturing a promised restoration whose beginning still includes grief and work.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Isaiah 9:2–3The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. The light has shined on those who lived in the land of the shadow of death.Both passages describe a change from hardship to gladness through concrete contrasts: weeping becomes joy, and darkness gives way to light.
Galatians 6:7–8Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.Both use sowing and reaping to connect what goes into the ground with what comes from it.
Job 8:21He will still fill your mouth with laughter, your lips with shouting.Bildad’s words in Job anticipate laughter and shouting, sharing the psalm’s expectation of joy ahead.
Psalm 30:5For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.Both name weeping and joy, describing sorrow as something that will give way rather than remain forever.
Isaiah 61:3to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, …Both describe mourning giving way to joy and use plant imagery within their account of restoration.
Jeremiah 50:4–5“In those days, and in that time,” says the LORD, “the children of Israel will come, they and the children of Judah together; they will go on their way …Both portray people going on their way weeping; Jeremiah names Israel and Judah seeking the LORD.
Revelation 7:15–17Therefore they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will spread his tabernacle over them.The connection is broad: the psalm anticipates a joyful return, while Revelation describes service and shelter before God’s throne.
Job 11:13–17“If you set your heart aright, stretch out your hands toward him.The overlap is limited: the psalm’s context asks God for restoration, while Job’s passage describes reaching toward him.
Hebrews 6:7For the land which has drunk the rain that comes often on it and produces a crop suitable for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receives blessing from God;Both picture cultivated land yielding a harvest; Hebrews names the rain and God’s blessing, while the psalm names tears and joy.
Luke 15:18–24I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight.The shared detail is setting out: the sower carries seed, while Luke’s speaker plans to go to his father.
Acts 16:29–34He called for lights, sprang in, fell down trembling before Paul and Silas,The shared detail is bodily distress: the sower weeps, while the man in Acts trembles before Paul and Silas.
Philippians 3:8Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all …Both speak of hardship alongside gain: the sower weeps before harvest, while Paul counts his losses against gaining Christ.
Where this verse fits

Grief. waiting. serving and tired.

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Encouragement

The sower’s tears belong within this prayer for God’s restoration. The verse gives no date for harvest, yet speaks with confidence: the one who leaves weeping will return with joy.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).