Bible verses about Ploughing
(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)
- The breaking up or tilling of the earth
Jeremiah 4:3; Hosea 10:12- Noah the supposed inventor of
Genesis 5:29- PERFORMED
- By a plough
Luke 9:62
- With oxen
I Samuel 14:14; Job 1:14
- During the cold winter season
Proverbs 20:4
- In long and straight furrows
Psalms 129:3
- Generally by servants
Isaiah 61:5; Luke 17:7
- Sometimes by the owner of the land himself
I Kings 19:19- With an ox and an ass yoked together forbidden to the Jews
Deuteronomy 22:10- Difficulty of, on rocky ground
Amos 6:12- Followed by harrowing and sowing
Isaiah 28:24,25- ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of repentance and reformation
Jeremiah 4:3
- Of peace and prosperity
Isaiah 2:4; Micah 4:3
- Of a severe course of affliction
Hosea 10:11
- Of a course of sin
Job 4:8; Hosea 10:13
- Of the labour ministers
I Corinthians 9:10
- (Attention and constancy required in,) of continued devotedness
Luke 9:62