17 Bible Verses about Ploughmen

Does the plowman keep plowing all day to sow? does he keep opening and breaking the clods of his ground?

Give ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.

Behold, the days come, says the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that sows seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall flow with it.

And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

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.

And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest: in plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.

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.

But the captain of the guard left some of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.

But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for farmers.

But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, says the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell in it.

And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub:

And he will appoint himself captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his weapons of war, and equipment for his chariots.

And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel.

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?

But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an farmer; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.

Be ashamed, O you farmers; wail, O you vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field has perished.