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Agriculture » General references to
And Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard.
And LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
And again she bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year a hundredfold. And LORD blessed him.
Six years thou shall sow thy field, and six years thou shall prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruits of it,
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 over to him, and cast his mantle upon him.
that there came a messenger to Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them,
He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who pursues vanities is void of understanding.
Agriculture or husbandry » Requires » Diligence in, abundantly recompensed
He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who pursues vanities is void of understanding.
Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor, but there is [that is] consumed because of injustice.
He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows after vanity shall have poverty enough.
For the soil that has drunk the rain often coming upon it, and bringing forth vegetation useful for those by whom also it is cultivated, partakes of a blessing from God.
Alliance and society with the enemies of God » Are a proof of folly
He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who pursues vanities is void of understanding.
Business life » Fidelity » Industry
He who gathers in summer is a wise son. He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.
And LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who pursues vanities is void of understanding.
not lazy in diligence, being fervent in the Spirit serving the Lord,
Go to the ant, thou sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise.
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall have increase.
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty. Open thine eyes, [and] thou shall be satisfied with bread.
Following » Those that follow vain people
He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who pursues vanities is void of understanding.
He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows after vanity shall have poverty enough.
Industry » Commended
He who gathers in summer is a wise son. He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.
And LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who pursues vanities is void of understanding.
not lazy in diligence, being fervent in the Spirit serving the Lord,
Go to the ant, thou sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise.
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall have increase.
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty. Open thine eyes, [and] thou shall be satisfied with bread.
Labor » Those that labor
He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who pursues vanities is void of understanding.
He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows after vanity shall have poverty enough.
The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the fullness of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall have increase.
Understanding » Who is void of understanding
This I say therefore, and solemnly declare in Lord, for you to walk no longer as also the other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the callousness of their heart. Who, having become callous, gave themselves over to licentiousness for the work of all uncleanness in greed.
He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who pursues vanities is void of understanding.
He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who would destroy his own soul does it.
Because, although knowing God, they did not glorify him as God, nor were they thankful, but became vain in their reasonings and their heart was darkened without understanding. Professing to be wise, they became foolish, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image like corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed things, and creeping things.
Those who fashion a graven image are all of them vanity. And the things that they delight in shall not profit. And their own witnesses see not, nor know, that they may be put to shame. Who has fashioned a god, or molded an image that is profitable for nothing? Behold, all his fellows shall be put to shame, and the workmen. They are of men. Let them all be gathered together. Let them stand up. They shall fear. They shall be put to shame together. read more.
The smith [makes] an axe, and works in the coals, and fashions it with hammers, and works it with his strong arm. Yea, he is hungry, and his strength fails. He drinks no water, and is faint. The carpenter stretches out a line. He marks it out with a pencil. He shapes it with planes. And he marks it out with the compasses, and shapes it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house. He hews down cedars for him, and takes the holm tree and the oak, and strengthens for himself one among the trees of the forest. He plants a fir tree, and the rain nourishes it. Then it shall be for a man to burn. And he takes of it, and warms himself. Yea, he kindles it, and bakes bread. Yea, he makes a god, and worships it. He makes it a graven image, and falls down to it. He burns part of it in the fire. With part of it he eats flesh. He roasts roast, and is satisfied. Yea, he warms himself, and says, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire. And the residue of it he makes a god, even his graven image. He falls down to it and worships, and prays to it, and says, Deliver me, for thou are my god. They do not know, nor do they consider. For he has shut their eyes, that they cannot see, and their hearts, that they cannot understand. And none calls to mind, nor is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire. Yea, I have also baked bread upon the coals of it. I have roasted flesh and eaten it. And shall I make the residue of it
The smith [makes] an axe, and works in the coals, and fashions it with hammers, and works it with his strong arm. Yea, he is hungry, and his strength fails. He drinks no water, and is faint. The carpenter stretches out a line. He marks it out with a pencil. He shapes it with planes. And he marks it out with the compasses, and shapes it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house. He hews down cedars for him, and takes the holm tree and the oak, and strengthens for himself one among the trees of the forest. He plants a fir tree, and the rain nourishes it. Then it shall be for a man to burn. And he takes of it, and warms himself. Yea, he kindles it, and bakes bread. Yea, he makes a god, and worships it. He makes it a graven image, and falls down to it. He burns part of it in the fire. With part of it he eats flesh. He roasts roast, and is satisfied. Yea, he warms himself, and says, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire. And the residue of it he makes a god, even his graven image. He falls down to it and worships, and prays to it, and says, Deliver me, for thou are my god. They do not know, nor do they consider. For he has shut their eyes, that they cannot see, and their hearts, that they cannot understand. And none calls to mind, nor is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire. Yea, I have also baked bread upon the coals of it. I have roasted flesh and eaten it. And shall I make the residue of it
Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek LORD understand all things.
Many shall purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined, but the wicked shall do wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.
Vanity » Fools follow those given to
He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who pursues vanities is void of understanding.
Virtues » Industry » Commended
He who gathers in summer is a wise son. He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.
And LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who pursues vanities is void of understanding.
not lazy in diligence, being fervent in the Spirit serving the Lord,
Go to the ant, thou sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise.
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall have increase.
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty. Open thine eyes, [and] thou shall be satisfied with bread.
physical Work » Industry in » Commended
He who gathers in summer is a wise son. He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.
And LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who pursues vanities is void of understanding.
not lazy in diligence, being fervent in the Spirit serving the Lord,
Go to the ant, thou sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise.
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall have increase.
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty. Open thine eyes, [and] thou shall be satisfied with bread.