Dictionary of Bible Themes » 4000 Creation » 4400 Vegetation and food » 4498 ploughing
Cutting up the furrows in soil and turning it up before work can be done on the land.
Ploughing as a way of life
1 Kings 19:19-21; Luke 17:7 See also 1 Samuel 8:12; Samuel 13:19-21; Job 1:14; Proverbs 20:4; Isaiah 28:24; Ezekiel 36:9; Amos 9:13
Rules concerning ploughing
Exodus 23:10-11; Exodus 34:21; Deuteronomy 22:10
Ploughing used figuratively
Job 4:8; Luke 9:62 See also Judges 14:18; Psalm 129:3; Psalm 141:7; Isaiah 2:4; Jeremiah 4:3; Hosea 10:11-12; Amos 6:12; 1 Corinthians 9:10
See also
4208 land, divine responsibility 4406 agriculture 4464 harvest 4510 sowing & reaping 4970 seasons of year 5056 rest 7482 Year of Jubilee
