Thematic Bible: Plowing
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Agriculture » Operations in » Plowing
So he went away from there and came across Elisha, the son of Shaphat, ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen, he himself walking with the twelfth; and Elijah went up to him and put his robe on him.
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And a man came to Job, and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses were taking their food by their side:
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But Jesus said, No man, having put his hand to the plough and looking back, is good enough for the kingdom of God.
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But which of you, having a servant who is ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he comes in from the field, Come now and be seated and have a meal,
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Or has he us in mind? Yes, it was said for us; because it is right for the ploughman to do his ploughing in hope, and for him who is crushing the grain to do his work hoping for a part in the fruits of it.
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Agriculture or husbandry » Operations in » Plowing
And a man came to Job, and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses were taking their food by their side:
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Oxen » Used for » Plowing
So he went away from there and came across Elisha, the son of Shaphat, ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen, he himself walking with the twelfth; and Elijah went up to him and put his robe on him.
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And a man came to Job, and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses were taking their food by their side:
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Is it possible for horses to go running on the rock? may the sea be ploughed with oxen? for the right to be turned by you into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into a bitter plant?
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Plowing » The breaking up or tilling of the earth
For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: Get your unworked land ploughed up, do not put in your seeds among thorns.
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Put in the seed of righteousness, get in your grain in mercy, let your unploughed earth be turned up: for it is time to make search for the Lord, till he comes and sends righteousness on you like rain.
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Plowing » Performed » With oxen
And a man came to Job, and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses were taking their food by their side:
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And at their first attack, Jonathan and his servant put to the sword about twenty men, all inside the space of half an acre of land.
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Plowing » Performed » Generally by servants
But which of you, having a servant who is ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he comes in from the field, Come now and be seated and have a meal,
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And men from strange countries will be your herdsmen, and those who are not Israelites will be your ploughmen and vine-keepers.
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Plowing » Illustrative » Of peace and prosperity
And he will be the judge between the nations, and the peoples will be ruled by his decisions: and their swords will be turned into plough-blades, and their spears into vine-knives: no longer will the nations be turning their swords against one another, and the knowledge of war will be gone for ever.
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And he will be judge between great peoples, and strong nations far away will be ruled by his decisions; their swords will be hammered into plough-blades and their spears into vine-knives: nations will no longer be lifting up their swords against one another, and knowledge of war will have gone for ever.
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Plowing » Illustrative » Of a course of sin
What I have seen is that those by whom trouble has been ploughed, and evil planted, get the same for themselves.
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You have been ploughing sin, you have got in a store of evil, the fruit of deceit has been your food: for you put faith in your way, in the number of your men of war.
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Plowing » Illustrative » Of the labor ministers
Or has he us in mind? Yes, it was said for us; because it is right for the ploughman to do his ploughing in hope, and for him who is crushing the grain to do his work hoping for a part in the fruits of it.
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Plowing » With an ox and an ass yoked together forbidden to the jews
Do not do your ploughing with an ox and an ass yoked together.
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Plowing » Followed by harrowing and sowing
Is the ploughman for ever ploughing? does he not get the earth ready and broken up for the seed? When the face of the earth has been levelled, does he not put in the different sorts of seed, and the grain in lines, and the barley in its place, and the spelt at the edge?
Plowing » Performed » Sometimes by the owner of the land himself
So he went away from there and came across Elisha, the son of Shaphat, ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen, he himself walking with the twelfth; and Elijah went up to him and put his robe on him.
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Plowing » Performed » During the cold winter season
The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.
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Plowing » Illustrative » Of repentance and reformation
For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: Get your unworked land ploughed up, do not put in your seeds among thorns.
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Plowing » Noah the supposed inventor of
And he gave him the name of Noah, saying, Truly, he will give us rest from our trouble and the hard work of our hands, because of the earth which was cursed by God.
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Plowing » Illustrative » Of a severe course of affliction
And Ephraim is a trained cow, taking pleasure in crushing the grain; but I have put a yoke on her fair neck; I will put a horseman on the back of Ephraim; Judah will be working the plough, Jacob will be turning up the earth.
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Plowing » Performed » In long and straight furrows
Plowing » Illustrative » (attention and constancy required in,) of continued devotedness
But Jesus said, No man, having put his hand to the plough and looking back, is good enough for the kingdom of God.
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Plowing » Performed » By a plow
But Jesus said, No man, having put his hand to the plough and looking back, is good enough for the kingdom of God.
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Plowing » Difficulty of, on rocky ground
Is it possible for horses to go running on the rock? may the sea be ploughed with oxen? for the right to be turned by you into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into a bitter plant?
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