11 occurrences

'Plowed' in the Bible

and bring the heifer down to a wadi with flowing water, to a valley that is neither plowed nor sown. There at the wadi they are to break the heifer's neck.

Verse ConceptsFlowing WaterDislocatingUnused

On the seventh day, before the sun set, the men of the city said to him, "What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?" He said to them, "If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!"

Verse ConceptsPloughingHeifersThe Seventh Day Of The WeekStrength Of AnimalsMetaphorical PloughingSweetnessDay 7

You saturate its furrows, and soak its plowed ground. With rain showers you soften its soil, and make its crops grow.

Verse ConceptsFurrowsShowersSoftnessGod BlessesChange And Growth

The plowers plowed my back; they made their furrows long.

Verse ConceptsFurrowsPloughingMetaphorical Ploughing

"Micah from Moresheth prophesied during the time Hezekiah was king of Judah. He told all the people of Judah, 'The Lord who rules over all says, "Zion will become a plowed field. Jerusalem will become a pile of rubble. The temple mount will become a mere wooded ridge."'

Verse ConceptsForestsProphecy, Methods Of OtZion, As A SymbolArchaeologyProphesyingDestruction Of JerusalemMetaphorical PloughingNamed Prophets Of The Lord

For indeed, I am on your side; I will turn to you, and you will be plowed and planted.

Verse ConceptsPloughingTilling The SoilMetaphorical PloughingMetaphorical PlantingGod For Us

The desolate land will be plowed, instead of being desolate in the sight of everyone who passes by.

Verse ConceptsTilling The SoilCultivation

They utter empty words, taking false oaths and making empty agreements. Therefore legal disputes sprout up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a plowed field.

Verse ConceptsBad LanguageInjustice, Examples OfLawsuitsPerjuryFurrowsPoisonTreatyWeedsCursingSwearing Oaths FalselyMere TalkNo Justice

But you have plowed wickedness; you have reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of deception. Because you have depended on your chariots; you have relied on your many warriors.

Verse ConceptsFaith, Nature OfFalse ConfidencePride, Examples OfFruits Of SinMetaphorical PloughingReapingTrusting Other PeopleGod's People SinningInjustice

Is there idolatry in Gilead? Certainly its inhabitants will come to nothing! Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Surely their altars will be like stones heaped up on a plowed field!

Verse ConceptsFurrowsUseless IdolsCairnsSacrificing Cattle

Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed up like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, and the Temple Mount will become a hill overgrown with brush!

Verse ConceptsZion, As A SymbolArchaeologyDestruction Of JerusalemMetaphorical PloughingThings On HighWhy It Happened

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