Bible verses about Agriculture or Husbandry
(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)

The cultivation of the earth Genesis 3:23 The occupation of man before the fall Genesis 2:15 Rendered laborious by the curse on the earth Genesis 3:17-19 Man doomed to labour in, after the fall Genesis 3:23 Contributes to the support of all Ecclesiastes 5:9 The providence of God to be acknowledged in the produce of Jeremiah 5:24; Hosea 2:8 REQUIRES Wisdom Isaiah 28:26 Diligence Proverbs 27:23-27; Ecclesiastes 11:6 Toil II Timothy 2:6 Patience in waiting James 5:7 Diligence in, abundantly recompensed Proverbs 12:11; 13:23; 28:19; Hebrews 6:7 PERSONS ENGAGED IN, CALLED Tillers of the ground Genesis 4:2 Husbandmen II Chronicles 26:10 Labourers Matthew 9:37; 20:1 Peace favourable to Isaiah 2:4; Jeremiah 31:24 War destructive to Jeremiah 50:16; 51:23 Patriarchs engaged in Genesis 4:2; 9:20 The labour of, supposed to be lessened by Noah Genesis 5:29; 9:20 The Jews loved and followed Judges 6:11; I Kings 19:19; II Chronicles 26:10 Soil of Canaan suited to Genesis 13:10; Deuteronomy 8:7-9 Climate of Canaan favourable to Deuteronomy 11:10,11 WAS PROMOTED AMONGST THE JEWS BY Allotments to each family Numbers 36:7-9 The rights of redemption Leviticus 25:23-28 Separation from other nations Exodus 33:16 The prohibition against usury Exodus 22:25 The promises of God's blessings on Leviticus 26:4; Deuteronomy 7:13; 11:14,15 ENACTMENTS TO PROTECT Not to covet the fields of another Deuteronomy 5:21 Not to move landmarks Deuteronomy 19:14; Proverbs 22:28 Not to cut down crops of another Deuteronomy 23:25 Against the trespass of cattle Exodus 22:5 Against injuring the produce of Exodus 22:5 Often performed by hirelings I Chronicles 27:26; II Chronicles 26:10; Matthew 20:8; Luke 17:7 Not to be engaged in during the Sabbatical year Exodus 23:10,11 Produce of, given as rent for land Matthew 21:33,34 Produce of, often blasted because of sin Isaiah 5:10; 7:23; Jeremiah 12:13; Joel 1:10,11 Grief occasioned by the failure of the fruits of Joel 1:11; Amos 5:16,17 Produce of, exported I Kings 5:11; Ezekiel 27:17 OPERATIONS IN Hedging Isaiah 5:2,5; Hosea 2:6 Ploughing Job 1:14 Digging Isaiah 5:6; Luke 13:8; 16:3 Manuring Isaiah 25:10; Luke 14:34,35 Harrowing Job 39:10; Isaiah 28:24 Gathering out the stones Isaiah 5:2 Sowing Ecclesiastes 11:4; Isaiah 32:20; Matthew 13:3 Planting Proverbs 31:16; Isaiah 44:14; Jeremiah 31:5 Watering Deuteronomy 11:10; I Corinthians 3:6-8 Weeding Matthew 13:28 Grafting Romans 11:17-19,24 Pruning Leviticus 25:3; Isaiah 5:6; John 15:2 Mowing Psalms 129:7; Amos 7:1 Reaping Isaiah 17:5 Binding Genesis 37:7; Matthew 13:30 Gleaning Leviticus 19:9; Ruth 2:3 Stacking Exodus 22:6 Threshing Deuteronomy 25:4; Judges 6:11 Winnowing Ruth 3:2; Matthew 3:12 Storing in barns Matthew 6:26; 13:30 BEASTS USED IN The ox Deuteronomy 25:4 The ass Deuteronomy 22:10 The horse Isaiah 28:28 IMPLEMENTS OF The plough I Samuel 13:20 The harrow II Samuel 12:31 The mattock I Samuel 13:20; Isaiah 7:25 The sickle Deuteronomy 16:9; 23:25 The pruning-hook Isaiah 18:5; Joel 3:10 The fork I Samuel 13:21 The axe I Samuel 13:20 The teethed threshing instrument Isaiah 41:15 The flail, &c Isaiah 28:27 The cart I Samuel 6:7; Isaiah 28:27,28 The shovel Isaiah 30:24 The sieve Amos 9:9 The fan Isaiah 30:24; Matthew 3:12 ILLUSTRATIVE OF Culture of the Church I Corinthians 3:9 Culture of the heart Jeremiah 4:3; Hosea 10:12

 

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