Thematic Bible: Plowing
Thematic Bible
Agriculture » Operations in » Plowing
So he departed thence, 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.
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
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 meat?
Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.
Agriculture or husbandry » Operations in » Plowing
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
Oxen » Used for » Plowing
So he departed thence, 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.
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
Plowing » The breaking up or tilling of the earth
For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
Plowing » Performed » With oxen
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow.
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 meat?
And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
Plowing » Illustrative » Of peace and prosperity
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: 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.
And he shall judge among many people, 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.
Plowing » Illustrative » Of a course of sin
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.
Plowing » Illustrative » Of the labor ministers
Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.
Plowing » With an ox and an ass yoked together forbidden to the jews
Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.
Plowing » Followed by harrowing and sowing
Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground? When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?
Plowing » Performed » Sometimes by the owner of the land himself
So he departed thence, 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.
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.
Plowing » Illustrative » Of repentance and reformation
For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
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 hath cursed.
Plowing » Illustrative » Of a severe course of affliction
And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.
Plowing » Performed » In long and straight furrows
Plowing » Illustrative » (attention and constancy required in,) of continued devotedness
And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
Plowing » Performed » By a plow
And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
Plowing » Difficulty of, on rocky ground
Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock: