Bible verses about Harvest, The
(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)

Ingathering of fruits of the fields Mark 4:29 To continue without intermission Genesis 8:22 CALLED THE Appointed weeks of harvest Jeremiah 5:24 Harvest time II Samuel 23:13; Jeremiah 50:16 Fields appeared white before John 4:35 Of barley at the passover Leviticus 23:6,10; Ruth 1:22 Of wheat at Pentecost Exodus 34:22; I Samuel 12:17 Men and women engaged in Ruth 2:8,9 PERSONS ENGAGED IN Reapers Ruth 2:4 Binders Genesis 37:7; Psalms 129:7 Called harvest-men Isaiah 17:5 Called labourers Matthew 9:37 Fed by the husbandman during Ruth 2:14 Received wages John 4:35 Often defrauded of their wages James 5:4 Former and latter rain necessary to abundance of Jeremiah 5:24; Amos 4:7 Patience required in waiting for James 5:7 Not to be commenced until the first fruits had been offered to God Leviticus 23:10,14 A time of great joy Psalms 126:6; Isaiah 9:3 Omitted in the sabbatical year Leviticus 25:5 Omitted in year of jubilee Leviticus 25:11,12 The Sabbath to observed during Exodus 34:21 Legal provision for the poor during Leviticus 19:9,10; 23:22; Deuteronomy 24:19 FAILURE OF Occasioned by drought Amos 4:7 Occasioned by locusts Joel 1:4 Sometimes continued for years Genesis 45:6 A cause of great grief Isaiah 16:9; Joel 1:11 A punishment for sin Isaiah 17:10,11 Slothfulness during, ruinous Proverbs 10:5 Miraculous thunder, &c in I Samuel 12:17,18 ILLUSTRATIVE Of seasons of grace Jeremiah 8:20 Of the end of the world Matthew 13:30,39 Of a time when many are ready to receive the gospel Matthew 9:37,38; John 4:35 Of a time of judgment Jeremiah 51:33; Hosea 6:11 Of ripeness for wrath Joel 3:13; Revelation 14:15 (Dew in,) of God's protection Isaiah 18:4 (Cold in,) of a refreshing message Proverbs 25:13 (Rain in,) of honour given to fools Proverbs 26:1