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 - Prod
uce 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, 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