'Ploughing' in the Bible

For these two years have been years of need, and there are still five more years to come in which there will be no ploughing or cutting of grain.

Six days let work be done, but on the seventh day take your rest: at ploughing time and at the grain-cutting you are to have a day for rest.

Do not do your ploughing with an ox and an ass yoked together.

Then on the seventh day, before he went into the bride's room, the men of the town said to him, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If you had not been ploughing with my cow you would not have got the answer to my question.

And he will make them captains of thousands and of fifties; some he will put to work ploughing and cutting his grain and making his instruments of war and building his war-carriages.

So he went away from there and came across Elisha, the son of Shaphat, ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen, he himself walking with the twelfth; and Elijah went up to him and put his robe on him.

And a man came to Job, and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses were taking their food by their side:

The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.

By ploughing his land a man will have bread in full measure; but he who goes after good-for-nothing persons will be poor enough.

Is the ploughman for ever ploughing? does he not get the earth ready and broken up for the seed?

And the oxen and the young asses which are used for ploughing, will have salted grain which has been made free from the waste with fork and basket.

You have been ploughing sin, you have got in a store of evil, the fruit of deceit has been your food: for you put faith in your way, in the number of your men of war.

But which of you, having a servant who is ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he comes in from the field, Come now and be seated and have a meal,

Or has he us in mind? Yes, it was said for us; because it is right for the ploughman to do his ploughing in hope, and for him who is crushing the grain to do his work hoping for a part in the fruits of it.