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• 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