The word in Scripture

Sickle in the Bible

The word sickle appears 12 times in the King James Version of the Bible. A sickle reaps the ripened harvest. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What sickle means in the Bible

A sickle reaps the ripened harvest.

Where the word sickle appears

Here are 6 of the passages where the word sickle appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.”Deuteronomy 16:9

“When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour’s standing corn.”Deuteronomy 23:25

“Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.”Jeremiah 50:16

“Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.”Joel 3:13

“But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.”Mark 4:29

“And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.”Revelation 14:16