Thematic Bible: Plowing
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Agriculture » Operations in » Plowing
And he goeth thence, and findeth Elisha son of Shaphat, and he is plowing; twelve yoke are before him, and he is with the twelfth; and Elijah passeth over unto him, and casteth his robe upon him,
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And a messenger hath come in unto Job and saith, 'The oxen have been plowing, and the she-asses feeding by their sides,
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and Jesus said unto him, 'No one having put his hand on a plough, and looking back, is fit for the reign of God.'
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But, who is he of you -- having a servant ploughing or feeding -- who, to him having come in out of the field, will say, Having come near, recline at meat?
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or because of us by all means doth He say it? yes, because of us it was written, because in hope ought the plower to plow, and he who is treading ought of his hope to partake in hope.
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Agriculture or husbandry » Operations in » Plowing
And a messenger hath come in unto Job and saith, 'The oxen have been plowing, and the she-asses feeding by their sides,
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Oxen » Used for » Plowing
And he goeth thence, and findeth Elisha son of Shaphat, and he is plowing; twelve yoke are before him, and he is with the twelfth; and Elijah passeth over unto him, and casteth his robe upon him,
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And a messenger hath come in unto Job and saith, 'The oxen have been plowing, and the she-asses feeding by their sides,
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Do horses run on a rock? Doth one plough it with oxen? For ye have turned to gall judgment, And the fruit of righteousness to wormwood.
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Plowing » The breaking up or tilling of the earth
For thus said Jehovah, To the man of Judah, and to Jerusalem: Till for yourselves tillage, And do not sow unto the thorns.
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Sow for yourselves in righteousness, Reap according to loving-kindness, Till for yourselves tillage of knowledge, To seek Jehovah, Till he come and shew righteousness to you.
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Plowing » Performed » With oxen
And a messenger hath come in unto Job and saith, 'The oxen have been plowing, and the she-asses feeding by their sides,
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And the first smiting which Jonathan and the bearer of his weapons have smitten is of about twenty men, in about half a furrow of a yoke of a field,
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Plowing » Performed » Generally by servants
But, who is he of you -- having a servant ploughing or feeding -- who, to him having come in out of the field, will say, Having come near, recline at meat?
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And strangers have stood and fed your flock, Sons of a foreigner are your husbandmen, And your vine-dressers.
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Plowing » Illustrative » Of peace and prosperity
And He hath judged between the nations, And hath given a decision to many peoples, And they have beat their swords to ploughshares, And their spears to pruning-hooks, Nation doth not lift up sword unto nation, Nor do they learn any more -- war.
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And He hath judged between many peoples, And given a decision to mighty nations afar off, They have beaten their swords to ploughshares, And their spears to pruning-hooks, Nation lifteth not up sword unto nation, Nor do they learn war any more.
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Plowing » Illustrative » Of a course of sin
As I have seen -- ploughers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it!
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Ye have ploughed wickedness, Perversity ye have reaped, Ye have eaten the fruit of lying, For thou hast trusted in thy way, In the abundance of thy might.
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Plowing » Illustrative » Of the labor ministers
or because of us by all means doth He say it? yes, because of us it was written, because in hope ought the plower to plow, and he who is treading ought of his hope to partake in hope.
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Plowing » With an ox and an ass yoked together forbidden to the jews
'Thou dost not plow with an ox and with an ass together.
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Plowing » Followed by harrowing and sowing
The whole day plougheth the ploughman to sow? He openeth and harroweth his ground! Hath he not, if he have made level its face, Then scattered fitches, and cummin sprinkle, And hath placed the principal wheat, And the appointed barley, And the rie in its own border?
Plowing » Performed » Sometimes by the owner of the land himself
And he goeth thence, and findeth Elisha son of Shaphat, and he is plowing; twelve yoke are before him, and he is with the twelfth; and Elijah passeth over unto him, and casteth his robe upon him,
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Plowing » Performed » During the cold winter season
Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.
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Plowing » Illustrative » Of repentance and reformation
For thus said Jehovah, To the man of Judah, and to Jerusalem: Till for yourselves tillage, And do not sow unto the thorns.
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Plowing » Noah the supposed inventor of
and calleth his name Noah, saying, 'This one doth comfort us concerning our work, and concerning the labour of our hands, because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed.'
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Plowing » Illustrative » Of a severe course of affliction
And Ephraim is a trained heifer -- loving to thresh, And I -- I have passed over on the goodness of its neck, I cause one to ride Ephraim, Plough doth Judah, harrow for him doth Jacob.
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Plowing » Performed » In long and straight furrows
Over my back have ploughers ploughed, They have made long their furrows.
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Plowing » Illustrative » (attention and constancy required in,) of continued devotedness
and Jesus said unto him, 'No one having put his hand on a plough, and looking back, is fit for the reign of God.'
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Plowing » Performed » By a plow
and Jesus said unto him, 'No one having put his hand on a plough, and looking back, is fit for the reign of God.'
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Plowing » Difficulty of, on rocky ground
Do horses run on a rock? Doth one plough it with oxen? For ye have turned to gall judgment, And the fruit of righteousness to wormwood.
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