Thematic Bible: Plowing
Thematic Bible
Agriculture » Operations in » Plowing
So he departed thence, 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 unto him, and cast his mantle upon him.
that there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them;
But Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
But who is there of you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say unto him, when he is come in from the field, Come straightway and sit down to meat;
or saith he it assuredly for our sake? Yea, for our sake it was written: because he that ploweth ought to plow in hope, and he that thresheth, to thresh in hope of partaking.
Agriculture or husbandry » Operations in » Plowing
that there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them;
Oxen » Used for » Plowing
So he departed thence, 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 unto him, and cast his mantle upon him.
that there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them;
Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? that ye have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood;
Plowing » The breaking up or tilling of the earth
For thus saith Jehovah to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness; break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Jehovah, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
Plowing » Performed » With oxen
that there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them;
And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armorbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were half a furrow's length in an acre of land.
Plowing » Performed » Generally by servants
But who is there of you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say unto him, when he is come in from the field, Come straightway and sit down to meat;
And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vine-dressers.
Plowing » Illustrative » Of peace and prosperity
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 they learn war any more.
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, neither shall they learn war any more.
Plowing » Illustrative » Of a course of sin
According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same.
Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies; for thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.
Plowing » Illustrative » Of the labor ministers
or saith he it assuredly for our sake? Yea, for our sake it was written: because he that ploweth ought to plow in hope, and he that thresheth, to thresh in hope of partaking.
Plowing » With an ox and an ass yoked together forbidden to the jews
Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.
Plowing » Followed by harrowing and sowing
Doth he that ploweth to sow plow continually? doth he continually open and harrow his ground? When he hath levelled the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and put in the wheat in rows, and the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in the border thereof?
Plowing » Performed » Sometimes by the owner of the land himself
So he departed thence, 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 unto him, and cast his mantle upon him.
Plowing » Performed » During the cold winter season
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Plowing » Illustrative » Of repentance and reformation
For thus saith Jehovah to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
Plowing » Noah the supposed inventor of
and he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, which cometh because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed.
Plowing » Illustrative » Of a severe course of affliction
And Ephraim is a heifer that is taught, that loveth 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.
Plowing » Performed » In long and straight furrows
Plowing » Illustrative » (attention and constancy required in,) of continued devotedness
But Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
Plowing » Performed » By a plow
But Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
Plowing » Difficulty of, on rocky ground
Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? that ye have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood;