Agriculture or Husbandry

The cultivation of the earth Genesis 3:23
The occupation of man before the fall Genesis 2:15
Rendered laborious by the curse on the earth Genesis 3:17-19
Man doomed to labour in, after the fall Genesis 3:23
Contributes to the support of all Ecclesiastes 5:9
The providence of God to be acknowledged in the produce of Jeremiah 5:24; Hosea 2:8
REQUIRES
- Wisdom Isaiah 28:26
- Diligence Proverbs 27:23-27; Ecclesiastes 11:6
- Toil 2 Timothy 2:6
- Patience in waiting James 5:7
Diligence in, abundantly recompensed Proverbs 12:11; 13:23; 28:19; Hebrews 6:7
PERSONS ENGAGED IN, CALLED
- Tillers of the ground Genesis 4:2
- Husbandmen 2 Chronicles 26:10
- Labourers Matthew 9:37; 20:1
Peace favourable to Isaiah 2:4; Jeremiah 31:24
War destructive to Jeremiah 50:16; 51:23
Patriarchs engaged in Genesis 4:2; 9:20
The labour of, supposed to be lessened by Noah Genesis 5:29; 9:20
The Jews loved and followed Judges 6:11; 1 Kings 19:19; 2 Chronicles 26:10
Soil of Canaan suited to Genesis 13:10; Deuteronomy 8:7-9
Climate of Canaan favourable to Deuteronomy 11:10,11
WAS PROMOTED AMONGST THE JEWS BY
- Allotments to each family Numbers 36:7-9
- The rights of redemption Leviticus 25:23-28
- Separation from other nations Exodus 33:16
- The prohibition against usury Exodus 22:25
- The promises of God's blessings on Leviticus 26:4; Deuteronomy 7:13; 11:14,15
ENACTMENTS TO PROTECT
- Not to covet the fields of another Deuteronomy 5:21
- Not to move landmarks Deuteronomy 19:14; Proverbs 22:28
- Not to cut down crops of another Deuteronomy 23:25
- Against the trespass of cattle Exodus 22:5
- Against injuring the produce of Exodus 22:5
Often performed by hirelings 1 Chronicles 27:26; 2 Chronicles 26:10; Matthew 20:8; Luke 17:7
Not to be engaged in during the Sabbatical year Exodus 23:10,11
Produce of, given as rent for land Matthew 21:33,34
Produce of, often blasted because of sin Isaiah 5:10; 7:23; Jeremiah 12:13; Joel 1:10,11
Grief occasioned by the failure of the fruits of Joel 1:11; Amos 5:16,17
Produce of, exported 1 Kings 5:11; Ezekiel 27:17
OPERATIONS IN
- Hedging Isaiah 5:2,5; Hosea 2:6
- Ploughing Job 1:14
- Digging Isaiah 5:6; Luke 13:8; 16:3
- Manuring Isaiah 25:10; Luke 14:34,35
- Harrowing Job 39:10; Isaiah 28:24
- Gathering out the stones Isaiah 5:2
- Sowing Ecclesiastes 11:4; Isaiah 32:20; Matthew 13:3
- Planting Proverbs 31:16; Isaiah 44:14; Jeremiah 31:5
- Watering Deuteronomy 11:10; 1 Corinthians 3:6-8
- Weeding Matthew 13:28
- Grafting Romans 11:17-19,24
- Pruning Leviticus 25:3; Isaiah 5:6; John 15:2
- Mowing Psalm 129:7; Amos 7:1
- Reaping Isaiah 17:5
- Binding Genesis 37:7; Matthew 13:30
- Gleaning Leviticus 19:9; Ruth 2:3
- Stacking Exodus 22:6
- Threshing Deuteronomy 25:4; Judges 6:11
- Winnowing Ruth 3:2; Matthew 3:12
- Storing in barns Matthew 6:26; 13:30
BEASTS USED IN
- The ox Deuteronomy 25:4
- The ass Deuteronomy 22:10
- The horse Isaiah 28:28
IMPLEMENTS OF
- The plough 1 Samuel 13:20
- The harrow 2 Samuel 12:31
- The mattock 1 Samuel 13:20; Isaiah 7:25
- The sickle Deuteronomy 16:9; 23:25
- The pruning-hook Isaiah 18:5; Joel 3:10
- The fork 1 Samuel 13:21
- The axe 1 Samuel 13:20
- The teethed threshing instrument Isaiah 41:15
- The flail, &c Isaiah 28:27
- The cart 1 Samuel 6:7; Isaiah 28:27,28
- The shovel Isaiah 30:24
- The sieve Amos 9:9
- The fan Isaiah 30:24; Matthew 3:12
ILLUSTRATIVE OF
- Culture of the Church 1 Corinthians 3:9
- Culture of the heart Jeremiah 4:3; Hosea 10:12

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