Dictionary of Bible Themes » 4000 Creation » 4400 Vegetation and food » 4430 crops
Crops represent God's provision and are regulated by the Mosaic law. Their failure is associated with disobedience.
Crops related to the law of Moses
Deuteronomy 7:12-13 See also Exodus 23:10-11,16; Leviticus 23:39; Leviticus 25:3,15-16,20-22; Leviticus 26:3-4; Deuteronomy 14:28-29; Deuteronomy 16:13 the Feast of Tabernacles; Deuteronomy 22:9; Deuteronomy 26:12; Deuteronomy 28:11; Deuteronomy 30:8-9; Nehemiah 10:35-37; Proverbs 3:9-10; Malachi 3:10-11
Crops representing God's goodness
Psalm 65:9-10; Acts 14:17 See also Genesis 26:12; Jeremiah 2:7; Ezekiel 34:27-29; Ezekiel 36:30; Zechariah 8:12; James 5:17-18
The failure of crops as a result of disobedience
Deuteronomy 11:16-17 See also Genesis 4:10-12; Deuteronomy 28:18,42,49-51; Judges 6:3-4; Job 31:5-8; Psalm 78:46; Psalm 105:34-35; Amos 7:1; Haggai 1:9-10
Crops used metaphorically
James 5:7 See also Isaiah 5:1-2; Matthew 13:8,23; Matthew 21:40-41; Luke 12:16-17; John 4:36; 2 Timothy 2:6; Hebrews 6:7-8; Revelation 22:1-2
See also
1355 providence 4404 food 4406 agriculture 4428 corn 4450 fruit 4456 grain 4458 grape 4464 harvest 4510 sowing & reaping 4540 weeds 4542 wheat 5903 maturity, physical
