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Agriculture or Husbandry
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 Next Topic (Alliance and Society with the Enemies of God)