Thematic Bible: Plowing


Thematic Bible



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. Verse ConceptsFarmersCloaksCovering The BodyYokesCultivationPloughingOuter GarmentsPloughmenTwelve Animals

And a man came to Job, and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses were taking their food by their side: Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsMessengerPloughingTilling The SoilAnimals Eating


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, Verse ConceptsPloughingSittingReclining To EatPloughmenStock Keepingservanthood

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. Verse ConceptsAgriculture, Qualities NeededHope, Nature OfPloughingCultivationPloughmenOther Scriptures FulfilledSharing Material ThingsFor The Sake Of God's People

And a man came to Job, and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses were taking their food by their side: Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsMessengerPloughingTilling The SoilAnimals Eating

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. Verse ConceptsFarmersCloaksCovering The BodyYokesCultivationPloughingOuter GarmentsPloughmenTwelve Animals

And a man came to Job, and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses were taking their food by their side: Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsMessengerPloughingTilling The SoilAnimals Eating

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? Verse ConceptsPloughingPoisonTilling The SoilBitter FoodNo Justice

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. Verse ConceptsPloughingNot SowingMetaphorical PloughingFallow Landa new beginningBreakupsFarmingSpilling Your Seed On The Groundsowingtransition

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. Verse ConceptsBeing PreparedPresent, TheRighteousness, Of BelieversSeedSeeking GodHoly Spirit, Types OfFruits Of RighteousnessSowing GoodReapingFallow LandBreakupsReaping What You SowPlanting SeedsSeedsSowing Seedssowing

And a man came to Job, and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses were taking their food by their side: Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsMessengerPloughingTilling The SoilAnimals Eating

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. Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesTwenty

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, Verse ConceptsPloughingSittingReclining To EatPloughmenStock Keepingservanthood

And men from strange countries will be your herdsmen, and those who are not Israelites will be your ploughmen and vine-keepers. Verse ConceptsForeignersVineyardForeigners Included Among The PeopleStock KeepingStrangers in israelAliens

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. Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgePruningPloughingSecuritySpearsToolsWarfare, Nature OfWeaponsNationsPeace, Effects OfDisarmamentMessianic PropheciesGod Makes PeaceMillennial Kingdom, Universal Peace And Blessing

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. Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgePruningDisarmamentSpearsToolsWarfare, Nature OfWeaponsAmbivalenceCutting Off BranchesTilling The SoilFruitless LearningFar From HereGod Makes PeaceGod Saves From Sin And Death


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. Verse ConceptsFaith, Nature OfFalse ConfidencePride, Examples OfFruits Of SinMetaphorical PloughingReapingTrusting Other PeopleGod's People SinningInjustice

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. Verse ConceptsAgriculture, Qualities NeededHope, Nature OfPloughingCultivationPloughmenOther Scriptures FulfilledSharing Material ThingsFor The Sake Of God's People

Do not do your ploughing with an ox and an ass yoked together. Verse ConceptsDonkeysPloughingCaring For AnimalsTilling The SoilMixing MaterialsNetworking

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?

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. Verse ConceptsFarmersCloaksCovering The BodyYokesCultivationPloughingOuter GarmentsPloughmenTwelve Animals


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. Verse ConceptsPloughingNot SowingMetaphorical PloughingFallow Landa new beginningBreakupsFarmingSpilling Your Seed On The Groundsowingtransition

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. 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 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. Verse ConceptsThreshingYokesHeifersMetaphorical PloughingNorthern Kingdom Of Israeltrainingbackstabbing




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? Verse ConceptsPloughingPoisonTilling The SoilBitter FoodNo Justice

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