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 by him and cast his mantle upon him. Verse ConceptsFarmersCloaksCovering The BodyYokesCultivationPloughingOuter GarmentsPloughmenTwelve Animals

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


But which of you, having a slave plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by when he is come from the field, Go and sit down at the table? Verse ConceptsPloughingSittingReclining To EatPloughmenStock Keepingservanthood

Or does he say it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that plows should plow in hope, and that he that threshes in hope should be partaker of his hope. Verse ConceptsAgriculture, Qualities NeededHope, Nature OfPloughingCultivationPloughmenOther Scriptures FulfilledSharing Material ThingsFor The Sake Of God's People

and a messenger came unto Job and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses 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 by him and cast his mantle upon him. Verse ConceptsFarmersCloaksCovering The BodyYokesCultivationPloughingOuter GarmentsPloughmenTwelve Animals

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

Shall horses run upon the rocks? will one plow there with oxen? why have ye turned judgment into hemlock, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood? Verse ConceptsPloughingPoisonTilling The SoilBitter FoodNo Justice

For thus has the LORD said to every man of Judah and of Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and do not sow among thorns. Verse ConceptsPloughingNot SowingMetaphorical PloughingFallow Landa new beginningBreakupsFarmingSpilling Your Seed On The Groundsowingtransition

Sow yourselves unto righteousness, reap yourselves unto mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is the time to seek the LORD until he comes and teaches you righteousness. Verse ConceptsBeing PreparedPresent, TheRighteousness, Of BelieversSeedSeeking GodHoly Spirit, Types OfFruits Of RighteousnessSowing GoodReapingFallow LandBreakupsReaping What You SowPlanting SeedsSeedsSowing Seedssowing

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

And that first slaughter which Jonathan and his armourbearer made was about twenty men within as it were a half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow. Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesTwenty

But which of you, having a slave plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by when he is come from the field, Go and sit down at the table? Verse ConceptsPloughingSittingReclining To EatPloughmenStock Keepingservanthood

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

And he shall judge among the Gentiles and shall rebuke many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruninghooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgePruningPloughingSecuritySpearsToolsWarfare, Nature OfWeaponsNationsPeace, Effects OfDisarmamentMessianic PropheciesGod Makes PeaceMillennial Kingdom, Universal Peace And Blessing

And he shall judge among many peoples and correct strong nations even afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruninghooks; nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they train for war any more. 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 shall eat the fruit of lies because thou didst trust in thy way and 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 say it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that plows should plow in hope, and that he that threshes in hope should be partaker of his hope. Verse ConceptsAgriculture, Qualities NeededHope, Nature OfPloughingCultivationPloughmenOther Scriptures FulfilledSharing Material ThingsFor The Sake Of God's People


Does the plowman plow all day to sow? does he open and break the clods of his ground? When he has levelled the face thereof, does he not cast abroad the fitches and scatter the cummin and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rye in their place?

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 by him and cast his mantle upon him. Verse ConceptsFarmersCloaksCovering The BodyYokesCultivationPloughingOuter GarmentsPloughmenTwelve Animals


For thus has the LORD said to every man of Judah and of Jerusalem, Break up your fallow 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 same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands because of the ground which the 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

Ephraim is a heifer that is taught and loves to tread out the wheat; but I shall pass over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to draw; Judah shall plow, and 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 rocks? will one plow there with oxen? why have ye turned judgment into hemlock, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood? Verse ConceptsPloughingPoisonTilling The SoilBitter FoodNo Justice