Thematic Bible: Plowing


Thematic Bible



So he departed from thence, and found Elisha son of Shaphat, as he was plowing, with twelve yoke of oxen before him, he being with the twelfth, - so Elijah crossed over unto him, and cast his mantle towards him; Verse ConceptsFarmersCloaksCovering The BodyYokesCultivationPloughingOuter GarmentsPloughmenTwelve Animals

And, a messenger, came in unto Job, and said, - The oxen, were plowing, and, the asses, feeding beside them; Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsMessengerPloughingTilling The SoilAnimals Eating


But, who from among you, having, a servant, plowing or keeping sheep, when he hath come in out of the field, will say to him - Straightway, come, and recline; - Verse ConceptsPloughingSittingReclining To EatPloughmenStock Keepingservanthood

Or, for our sakes altogether, is he saying it? For our sakes, it was written; because, he that ploweth, ought, to plow, in hope, - and, he that thresheth, to thresh in hope of partaking. Verse ConceptsAgriculture, Qualities NeededHope, Nature OfPloughingCultivationPloughmenOther Scriptures FulfilledSharing Material ThingsFor The Sake Of God's People

And, a messenger, came in unto Job, and said, - The oxen, were plowing, and, the asses, feeding beside them; Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsMessengerPloughingTilling The SoilAnimals Eating

So he departed from thence, and found Elisha son of Shaphat, as he was plowing, with twelve yoke of oxen before him, he being with the twelfth, - so Elijah crossed over unto him, and cast his mantle towards him; Verse ConceptsFarmersCloaksCovering The BodyYokesCultivationPloughingOuter GarmentsPloughmenTwelve Animals

And, a messenger, came in unto Job, and said, - The oxen, were plowing, and, the asses, feeding beside them; Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsMessengerPloughingTilling The SoilAnimals Eating

Shall horses run upon crag? or will a man plough there with oxen? For ye have turned to poison the sentence of justice, and the fruit of righteousness, to wormwood: Verse ConceptsPloughingPoisonTilling The SoilBitter FoodNo Justice

For thus saith Yahweh Unto the men of Judah and unto Jerusalem, Till ye the untilled ground, - And do not sow among thorns. Verse ConceptsPloughingNot SowingMetaphorical PloughingFallow Landa new beginningBreakupsFarmingSpilling Your Seed On The Groundsowingtransition

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap ye at thc bidding of lovingkindness, furrow to yourselves the newly-ploughed soil, - then will be the time to seek Yahweh, until he come, that he may rain down righteousness for you. Verse ConceptsBeing PreparedPresent, TheRighteousness, Of BelieversSeedSeeking GodHoly Spirit, Types OfFruits Of RighteousnessSowing GoodReapingFallow LandBreakupsReaping What You SowPlanting SeedsSeedsSowing Seedssowing

And, a messenger, came in unto Job, and said, - The oxen, were plowing, and, the asses, feeding beside them; Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsMessengerPloughingTilling The SoilAnimals Eating

And the first smiting wherewith Jonathan and his armour-bearer smote, was about twenty men, - within, as it were, half a furrow's length of a yoke of land. Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesTwenty

But, who from among you, having, a servant, plowing or keeping sheep, when he hath come in out of the field, will say to him - Straightway, come, and recline; - Verse ConceptsPloughingSittingReclining To EatPloughmenStock Keepingservanthood

Then shall strangers stay and feed your flocks, - And, the sons of the foreigner, shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. Verse ConceptsForeignersVineyardForeigners Included Among The PeopleStock KeepingStrangers in israelAliens

And he will judge between the nations, And be umpire to many peoples, - And they will beat their swords into ploughshares and their spears into pruning-hooks, Nation - against nation, shall not lift up sword, Neither shall they learn any more to make war, Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgePruningPloughingSecuritySpearsToolsWarfare, Nature OfWeaponsNationsPeace, Effects OfDisarmamentMessianic PropheciesGod Makes PeaceMillennial Kingdom, Universal Peace And Blessing

And he will judge between many peoples, and be umpire to strong nations far and wide, - and they will beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks, Nation - against nation - shall not lift up sword, neither shall they learn - any more - to make war. Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgePruningDisarmamentSpearsToolsWarfare, Nature OfWeaponsAmbivalenceCutting Off BranchesTilling The SoilFruitless LearningFar From HereGod Makes PeaceGod Saves From Sin And Death


Ye have plowed lawlessness, perversity, have ye reaped, ye have eaten the fruit of deception, - because thou didst trust in thy chariots, in the multitude of thy mighty men. Verse ConceptsFaith, Nature OfFalse ConfidencePride, Examples OfFruits Of SinMetaphorical PloughingReapingTrusting Other PeopleGod's People SinningInjustice

Or, for our sakes altogether, is he saying it? For our sakes, it was written; because, he that ploweth, ought, to plow, in hope, - and, he that thresheth, to thresh in hope of partaking. Verse ConceptsAgriculture, Qualities NeededHope, Nature OfPloughingCultivationPloughmenOther Scriptures FulfilledSharing Material ThingsFor The Sake Of God's People


All day long, doth the plowman plow for sowing? Doth he continue laying open and harrowing his soil? Doth he not when he hath levelled the face thereof, Cast abroad the fennel? And, the cummin, doth he not scatter? And plant wheat in rows, And barley in a lot, And spelt in the border thereof?

So he departed from thence, and found Elisha son of Shaphat, as he was plowing, with twelve yoke of oxen before him, he being with the twelfth, - so Elijah crossed over unto him, and cast his mantle towards him; Verse ConceptsFarmersCloaksCovering The BodyYokesCultivationPloughingOuter GarmentsPloughmenTwelve Animals


For thus saith Yahweh Unto the men of Judah and unto Jerusalem, Till ye the untilled ground, - And do not sow among thorns. Verse ConceptsPloughingNot SowingMetaphorical PloughingFallow Landa new beginningBreakupsFarmingSpilling Your Seed On The Groundsowingtransition

and he called his name Noah saying, - This, one shall give us rest from our work, And from the grievous toil of our hands, By reason of the ground which Yahweh hath 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

But, Ephraim, shall be a heifer broken in, loving to tread out corn, when, I, have passed over upon her fair neck, - I will drive Ephraim, Judah, shall plow, Jacob, shall harrow to him. Verse ConceptsThreshingYokesHeifersMetaphorical PloughingNorthern Kingdom Of Israeltrainingbackstabbing

Upon my back, have ploughmen ploughed, They have lengthened their furrow! Verse ConceptsFurrowsPloughingMetaphorical Ploughing



Shall horses run upon crag? or will a man plough there with oxen? For ye have turned to poison the sentence of justice, and the fruit of righteousness, to wormwood: Verse ConceptsPloughingPoisonTilling The SoilBitter FoodNo Justice