Thematic Bible: Plowing
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Agriculture » Operations in » Plowing
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.
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And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them:
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And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
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But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to eat?
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Or says he 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.
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Agriculture or husbandry » Operations in » Plowing
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them:
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Oxen » Used for » Plowing
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.
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And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them:
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Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for you have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
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Plowing » The breaking up or tilling of the earth
For thus says the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
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Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he comes and rains righteousness upon you.
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Plowing » Performed » With oxen
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them:
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And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armorbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were a half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow.
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Plowing » Performed » Generally by servants
But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to eat?
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And foreigners shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
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Plowing » Illustrative » Of peace and prosperity
And he shall judge between the nations, and shall rebuke many people: 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.
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And he shall judge between many peoples, and rebuke strong nations 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 learn war any more.
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Plowing » Illustrative » Of a course of sin
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
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You have plowed wickedness, you have reaped iniquity; you have eaten the fruit of lies: because you did trust in your way, in the multitude of your mighty men.
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Plowing » Illustrative » Of the labor ministers
Or says he 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.
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Plowing » With an ox and an ass yoked together forbidden to the jews
You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together.
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Plowing » Followed by harrowing and sowing
Does the plowman keep plowing all day to sow? does he keep opening and breaking the clods of his ground? When he has made level the face of it, does he not sow the dill, and scatter the cummin, and plant the wheat in rows and the barley and the spelt in their places?
Plowing » Performed » Sometimes by the owner of the land himself
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.
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Plowing » Performed » During the cold winter season
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
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Plowing » Illustrative » Of repentance and reformation
For thus says the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
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Plowing » Noah the supposed inventor of
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.
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Plowing » Illustrative » Of a severe course of affliction
And Ephraim is as a heifer that is trained, and loves to tread out the grain; but I harnessed her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to pull a plow; Judah shall plow, and Jacob must break his clods.
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Plowing » Performed » In long and straight furrows
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
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Plowing » Illustrative » (attention and constancy required in,) of continued devotedness
And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
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Plowing » Performed » By a plow
And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
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Plowing » Difficulty of, on rocky ground
Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for you have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
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