Bible verses about Agriculture or Husbandry
Scripture references about Agriculture or Husbandry, organized by subject from the classic topical indexes of Orville Nave and R. A. Torrey.
Agriculture or Husbandry in Torrey's Topical Textbook
- The cultivation of the earth: Ge 3:23
- The occupation of man before the fall: Ge 2:15
- Rendered laborious by the curse on the earth: Ge 3:17-19
- Man doomed to labour in, after the fall: Ge 3:23
- Contributes to the support of all: Ec 5:9
- The providence of God to be acknowledged in the produce of: Jer 5:24; Ho 2:8
- REQUIRES
- Wisdom: Isa 28:26
- Diligence: Pr 27:23-27; Ec 11:6
- Toil: 2Ti 2:6
- Patience in waiting: Jas 5:7
- Diligence in, abundantly recompensed: Pr 12:11; 13:23; 28:19; Heb 6:7
- PERSONS ENGAGED IN, CALLED
- Tillers of the ground: Ge 4:2
- Husbandmen: 2Ch 26:10
- Labourers: Mt 9:37; 20:1
- Peace favourable to: Isa 2:4; Jer 31:24
- War destructive to: Jer 50:16; 51:23
- Patriarchs engaged in: Ge 4:2; 9:20
- The labour of, supposed to be lessened by Noah: Ge 5:29; 9:20
- The Jews loved and followed
- Jud 6:11: 1Ki 19:19; 2Ch 26:10
- Soil of Canaan suited to: Ge 13:10; De 8:7-9
- Climate of Canaan favourable to: De 11:10,11
- WAS PROMOTED AMONGST THE JEWS BY
- Allotments to each family: Nu 36:7-9
- The rights of redemption: Le 25:23-28
- Separation from other nations: Ex 33:16
- The prohibition against usury: Ex 22:25
- The promises of God's blessings on: Le 26:4; De 7:13; 11:14,15
- ENACTMENTS TO PROTECT
- Not to covet the fields of another: De 5:21
- Not to move landmarks: De 19:14; Pr 22:28
- Not to cut down crops of another: De 23:25
- Against the trespass of cattle: Ex 22:5
- Against injuring the produce of: Ex 22:5
- Often performed by hirelings: 1Ch 27:26; 2Ch 26:10; Mt 20:8; Lu 17:7
- Not to be engaged in during the Sabbatical year: Ex 23:10,11
- Produce of, given as rent for land: Mt 21:33,34
- Produce of, often blasted because of sin: Isa 5:10; 7:23; Jer 12:13; Joe 1:10,11
- Grief occasioned by the failure of the fruits of: Joe 1:11; Am 5:16,17
- Produce of, exported: 1Ki 5:11; Eze 27:17
- OPERATIONS IN
- Hedging: Isa 5:2,5; Ho 2:6
- Ploughing: Job 1:14
- Digging: Isa 5:6; Lu 13:8; 16:3
- Manuring: Isa 25:10; Lu 14:34,35
- Harrowing: Job 39:10; Isa 28:24
- Gathering out the stones: Isa 5:2
- Sowing: Ec 11:4; Isa 32:20; Mt 13:3
- Planting: Pr 31:16; Isa 44:14; Jer 31:5
- Watering: De 11:10; 1Co 3:6-8
- Weeding: Mt 13:28
- Grafting: Ro 11:17-19,24
- Pruning: Le 25:3; Isa 5:6; Joh 15:2
- Mowing: Ps 129:7; Am 7:1
- Reaping: Isa 17:5
- Binding: Ge 37:7; Mt 13:30
- Gleaning: Le 19:9; Ru 2:3
- Stacking: Ex 22:6
- Threshing: De 25:4; Jud 6:11
- Winnowing: Ru 3:2; Mt 3:12
- Storing in barns: Mt 6:26; 13:30
- BEASTS USED IN
- The ox: De 25:4
- The ass: De 22:10
- The horse: Isa 28:28
- IMPLEMENTS OF
- The plough: 1Sa 13:20
- The harrow: 2Sa 12:31
- The mattock: 1Sa 13:20; Isa 7:25
- The sickle: De 16:9; 23:25
- The pruning-hook: Isa 18:5; Joe 3:10
- The fork: 1Sa 13:21
- The axe: 1Sa 13:20
- The teethed threshing instrument: Isa 41:15
- The flail, &c: Isa 28:27
- The cart: 1Sa 6:7; Isa 28:27,28
- The shovel: Isa 30:24
- The sieve: Am 9:9
- The fan: Isa 30:24; Mt 3:12
- ILLUSTRATIVE OF
- Culture of the Church: 1Co 3:9
- Culture of the heart: Jer 4:3; Ho 10:12