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
- Diligence
Proverbs 27:23-27; Ecclesiastes 11:6
- Toil
II Timothy 2:6- 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