Micah 6:15
Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.
Cross-reference
In Leviticus 26:20, the covenant curse of planting but not reaping is directly echoed here.
In Deuteronomy 28:38-40, the same harvest curses are listed – Micah 6:15 draws directly from this.
In Isaiah 62:8, God promises enemies will not consume your harvest – the opposite of the curse here.
Isaiah 62:9 promises the opposite: those who gather will eat and drink in God's courts, contrasting Micah's curse of reaping nothing.
Isaiah 65:21 promises blessing: they will build houses and plant vineyards and eat the fruit, opposite of Micah's judgment.
Isaiah 65:22 continues the blessing: they will not build for others to inhabit, nor plant for others to eat, reversing Micah's curse.
Jeremiah 12:13 parallels the curse: they sowed wheat but reaped thorns, a similar futility of labor under God's anger.
Joel 1:10-12 describes the same agricultural devastation: fields wasted, vines dried up, echoing Micah's failed harvests.
Amos 5:11 pronounces a near-identical judgment: you plant vineyards but will not drink wine, because of injustice.
Zephaniah 1:13 repeats the curse: they build houses but won't live in them, plant vineyards but won't drink wine.
Haggai 1:6 describes similar futility: sowing much but harvesting little, not having enough to eat or drink.
Leviticus 26:16 is the covenant curse: you will sow seed in vain, enemies will eat it — the source of Micah's judgment.
Deuteronomy 28:30 includes the same curse: you will plant a vineyard but not gather its fruit, part of covenant warnings.
Deuteronomy 28:40 contains the same curse of treading olives but not anointing — the covenant warning Micah echoes.
Job 31:8 invokes a curse of sowing but another eating — identical to the judgment Micah pronounces.