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