Thematic Bible: Plowing
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Agriculture » Operations in » Plowing
And he left there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, and he was plowing; twelve pairs of oxen were before him, and he was with the twelfth. And Elijah passed by him and threw his mantle on him.
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And there came a messenger to Job and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them.
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And Jesus said to him, No one, 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 who has a servant plowing or feeding will say to him immediately after he has come from the field, Come, recline?
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Or does He say it altogether for our sakes? It was written for us, so that he who plows should plow in hope, and so that he who threshes in hope should be partaker of his hope.
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Agriculture or husbandry » Operations in » Plowing
And there came a messenger to Job and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them.
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Oxen » Used for » Plowing
And he left there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, and he was plowing; twelve pairs of oxen were before him, and he was with the twelfth. And Elijah passed by him and threw his mantle on him.
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And there came a messenger to Job and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them.
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Shall horses run on 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 so says Jehovah to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and do not sow 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 Jehovah, until He comes and rains righteousness on you.
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Plowing » Performed » With oxen
And there came a messenger to Job and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them.
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And this was the first blow, when Jonathan and his armor-bearer struck about twenty men in about half of a furrow of an acre of a field.
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Plowing » Performed » Generally by servants
But which of you who has a servant plowing or feeding will say to him immediately after he has come from the field, Come, recline?
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And strangers will stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the stranger will be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
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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 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 will decide for strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, And they shall not still learn war.
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Plowing » Illustrative » Of a course of sin
As I have seen, the ones who 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 trusted in your way, in the multitude of your mighty men.
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Plowing » Illustrative » Of the labor ministers
Or does He say it altogether for our sakes? It was written for us, so that he who plows should plow in hope, and so that he who 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 an ass together.
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Plowing » Followed by harrowing and sowing
Does the plowman plow all day to sow? Does he open and break the clods of his ground? When he has made the face of it level, does he not cast out the dill and scatter the cummin, and throw in the choice wheat and the chosen barley and the spelt in its border?
Plowing » Performed » Sometimes by the owner of the land himself
And he left there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, and he was plowing; twelve pairs of oxen were before him, and he was with the twelfth. And Elijah passed by him and threw his mantle on him.
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Plowing » Performed » During the cold winter season
The lazy one will not plow; after the autumn he shall beg in harvest and have nothing.
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Plowing » Illustrative » Of repentance and reformation
For so says Jehovah to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and do not sow among thorns.
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Plowing » Noah the supposed inventor of
And he called his name Noah, saying, This one shall comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands, because of the ground which Jehovah has cursed.
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Plowing » Illustrative » Of a severe course of affliction
And Ephraim is like a trained heifer, trying to tread out. But I passed over on the goodness of her neck. I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.
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Plowing » Performed » In long and straight furrows
The plowers plowed on my back; they made their furrows long.
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Plowing » Illustrative » (attention and constancy required in,) of continued devotedness
And Jesus said to him, No one, 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 to him, No one, 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 on 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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