Now no shrub of the field had yet grown on the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.

And Yahweh God took the man and set him in the garden of Eden to cultivate it and to keep it.

So the Lord God expelled him from the orchard in Eden to cultivate the ground from which he had been taken.

When you try to cultivate the ground it will no longer yield its best for you. You will be a homeless wanderer on the earth."

And Noah began to farm and cultivate the ground and he planted a vineyard.

Joseph said to the people, "Since I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh, here is seed for you. Cultivate the land.

You will plant vineyards and cultivate them, but you will not drink wine or gather in grapes, because worms will eat them.

You will cultivate the land for him -- you and your sons and your servants. You will bring its produce and it will be food for your master's grandson to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master's grandson, will be a regular guest at my table." (Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.)

Trust in the Lord and do good;
Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

He causes grass to grow for the cattle,
And all that the earth produces for cultivation by man,
So that he may bring food from the earth—

Do not devise evil against your neighbor,
Who lives securely beside you.

For you ignore the God who rescues you; you pay no attention to your strong protector. So this is what happens: You cultivate beautiful plants and plant exotic vines.

"Cultivate your land like the Nile, you daughter of Tarshish; for there is no longer a harbor.

Does the plowman plow every day to plant seed?
Does he continuously break up and cultivate the soil?

But the nation which will bow its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, that nation I will let remain on its own land,” says the Lord, “to cultivate it and live in it.”’”

The city workers who cultivate it are to come from all the tribes of Israel.

And the orchard worker answered him, "Leave it alone for [just] this year, sir, until I cultivate it and fertilize it.

For through the authority graciously given to me I warn every individual among you not to value himself unduly, but to cultivate sobriety of judgement in accordance with the amount of faith which God has allotted to each one.

distribute to the necessity of the saints; cultivate hospitality.

cultivate the same disposition, one to ward another: mind not high things, but conform yourselves to things that are lowly. Be not wise in your own conceits;

Now I entreat you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to cultivate a spirit of harmony--all of you--and that there be no divisions among you, but rather a perfect union through your having one mind and one judgement.

But you must cultivate the higher endowments.

Pursue [this] love [with eagerness, make it your goal], yet earnestly desire and cultivate the spiritual gifts [to be used by believers for the benefit of the church], but especially that you may prophesy [to foretell the future, to speak a new message from God to the people].

So, my brothers, cultivate the gift of prophetic speaking, but stop preventing others from speaking in ecstasy.

They refresh my spirit as they do yours. So cultivate the acquaintance of such men.

but it is just you should cultivate my affection for you upon all proper occasions, and not only when I am present with you.

I have confidence in you through the Lord, that you will cultivate no other disposition: but he that troubles you, who ever he may be, shall bear his condemnation.

Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, cultivate your own salvation with fear and trembling.

Cultivate these things, devote yourself to them, so that everyone will see your progress.

they who cultivate peace, enjoy the reward of their virtue.

Therefore, brothers, be all the more in earnest to make certain to yourselves God's call and choice of you. For if you cultivate these qualities, you will never slip,

These men are grumblers, dissatisfied with life. They go where their passions lead, their talk is arrogant and they cultivate people in the hope of gain.

and thereby cultivate the divine favour, in the expectation of eternal life by the mercy of Jesus Christ our Lord.