Thematic Bible: Plowing


Thematic Bible



So he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat who was plowing with twelve yoke [of oxen] before him, and he with the twelfth. And Elijah passed over to him, and cast his mantle upon him. Verse ConceptsFarmersCloaksCovering The BodyYokesCultivationPloughingOuter GarmentsPloughmenTwelve Animals

that there came a messenger to Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them, Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsMessengerPloughingTilling The SoilAnimals Eating


But which of you having a bondman plowing or feeding livestock, who, when he comes in from the field, will straightaway say, After coming near, sit down? Verse ConceptsPloughingSittingReclining To EatPloughmenStock Keepingservanthood

or does he speak altogether for our sake? For our sake, for it was written, He who plows ought to plow with hope, and he who threshes with his hope, with hope to share. Verse ConceptsAgriculture, Qualities NeededHope, Nature OfPloughingCultivationPloughmenOther Scriptures FulfilledSharing Material ThingsFor The Sake Of God's People

that there came a messenger to Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them, Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsMessengerPloughingTilling The SoilAnimals Eating

So he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat who was plowing with twelve yoke [of oxen] before him, and he with the twelfth. And Elijah passed over to him, and cast his mantle upon him. Verse ConceptsFarmersCloaksCovering The BodyYokesCultivationPloughingOuter GarmentsPloughmenTwelve Animals

that there came a messenger to Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them, Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsMessengerPloughingTilling The SoilAnimals Eating

Shall horses run upon the rock? Will [a man] plow [there] with oxen? That ye have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood, Verse ConceptsPloughingPoisonTilling The SoilBitter FoodNo Justice


Sow to yourselves in righteousness. Reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek LORD, till he comes and rains righteousness upon you. Verse ConceptsBeing PreparedPresent, TheRighteousness, Of BelieversSeedSeeking GodHoly Spirit, Types OfFruits Of RighteousnessSowing GoodReapingFallow LandBreakupsReaping What You SowPlanting SeedsSeedsSowing Seedssowing

that there came a messenger to Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them, Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsMessengerPloughingTilling The SoilAnimals Eating

And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armor bearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were half a furrow's length in an acre of land. Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesTwenty

But which of you having a bondman plowing or feeding livestock, who, when he comes in from the field, will straightaway say, After coming near, sit down? Verse ConceptsPloughingSittingReclining To EatPloughmenStock Keepingservanthood

And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. Verse ConceptsForeignersVineyardForeigners Included Among The PeopleStock KeepingStrangers in israelAliens

And he will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples, and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall the Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgePruningPloughingSecuritySpearsToolsWarfare, Nature OfWeaponsNationsPeace, Effects OfDisarmamentMessianic PropheciesGod Makes PeaceMillennial Kingdom, Universal Peace And Blessing

And he will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations afar off. And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, nor s Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgePruningDisarmamentSpearsToolsWarfare, Nature OfWeaponsAmbivalenceCutting Off BranchesTilling The SoilFruitless LearningFar From HereGod Makes PeaceGod Saves From Sin And Death


Ye have plowed wickedness. Ye have reaped iniquity. Ye have eaten the fruit of lies. For thou trusted in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men. Verse ConceptsFaith, Nature OfFalse ConfidencePride, Examples OfFruits Of SinMetaphorical PloughingReapingTrusting Other PeopleGod's People SinningInjustice

or does he speak altogether for our sake? For our sake, for it was written, He who plows ought to plow with hope, and he who threshes with his hope, with hope to share. Verse ConceptsAgriculture, Qualities NeededHope, Nature OfPloughingCultivationPloughmenOther Scriptures FulfilledSharing Material ThingsFor The Sake Of God's People


Does he who plows to sow plow continually? Does he [continually] open and harrow his ground? When he has leveled the face of it, does he not cast abroad the chick-peas, and scatter the cummin, and put in the wheat in rows, and the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in the border of it?

So he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat who was plowing with twelve yoke [of oxen] before him, and he with the twelfth. And Elijah passed over to him, and cast his mantle upon him. Verse ConceptsFarmersCloaksCovering The BodyYokesCultivationPloughingOuter GarmentsPloughmenTwelve Animals



And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, because of the ground which LORD has cursed. Verse ConceptsCurses, DivineAgriculture, Effects Of FallImperfection, Influence OfPunishment, Nature OfWork, And The FallTypes Of ChristComfort, Of FriendsGod CursingThe Fact Of ToilPeople With Apt NamesAgriculture

And Ephraim is a heifer that is taught, that loves to tread out [the grain]. But I have passed over upon her fair neck. I will set a rider on Ephraim. Judah shall plow. Jacob shall break his clods. Verse ConceptsThreshingYokesHeifersMetaphorical PloughingNorthern Kingdom Of Israeltrainingbackstabbing

The plowers plowed upon my back. They made long their furrows. Verse ConceptsFurrowsPloughingMetaphorical Ploughing



Shall horses run upon the rock? Will [a man] plow [there] with oxen? That ye have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood, Verse ConceptsPloughingPoisonTilling The SoilBitter FoodNo Justice