Deuteronomy 28:38
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 28:42 continues the same curse: locusts devouring trees and crops — reinforcing the judgment in verse 38.
Exodus 10:15 shows locusts eating every green thing—a historical example of the curse's fulfillment against Israel's enemies.
Haggai 1:6 says 'Ye have sown much, and bring in little'—a direct parallel to the covenant curse of crop failure.
Micah 6:15 directly echoes the curse: 'Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap'—the same pattern of agricultural failure.
In Amos 7:2, the locusts strip the land clean — the complete devastation warned in Deuteronomy 28:38.
Amos 7:1 shows a vision of locusts destroying the late crops — echoing the locust plague in Deuteronomy 28:38.
Amos 4:9 recounts God's judgment of locusts devouring gardens — the same curse as Deuteronomy 28:38's locusts eating crops.
In Joel 2:25, God promises to restore what locusts ate — reversing the curse of locusts in Deuteronomy 28:38.
Joel 2:3 depicts locusts turning Eden-like land into desert — the same locust plague that consumes crops in Deuteronomy 28:38.
Joel 1:4 describes successive locust plagues devouring the harvest, mirroring the curse of locust consumption in Deuteronomy.
Exodus 10:14 records the plague of locusts that consumed Egypt's crops—the same instrument of judgment as in the curse.
In Jeremiah 12:13, the same imagery of sowing wheat but reaping thorns appears as a divine judgment against wickedness.
In Isaiah 65:23, the promise of no labor in vain reverses this curse — a contrasting vision of restored blessing.
In Isaiah 17:10, Israel's forgotten God leads to harvest becoming a heap of grief, directly mirroring the curse of failed crops.
In Job 31:8, Job invokes the same curse of sowing but others eating, showing awareness of this covenant penalty.
1 Kings 8:37 lists locusts among the disasters that prompt prayer — echoing the locust curse in Deuteronomy 28:38.
Leviticus 26:20 describes crop failure as a covenant curse — similar to the locust-devoured harvest in Deuteronomy 28:38.
In Amos 4:6, cleanness of teeth (famine) is a judgment from God, similar to the locust-devoured harvest here.
Isaiah 5:10 describes a drastic reduction in harvest yield, similar to the curse of sowing much but gathering little due to locusts.