Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on 2 Timothy 2:6 in English Standard Version "It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops." 1Co 9:10 Does he not certainly speak for our sake? It was written for our sake, because the plowman should plow in hope and the thresher thresh in hope of sharing in the crop. Heb 6:7 For land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God.