What the Bible says about
Agriculture
61 references · Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · tap any verse for study tools
“Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.”— Genesis 2:15 BSB
“By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.””— Genesis 3:19 BSB
“Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.”— Genesis 3:23 BSB
“Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.”— Genesis 4:2 BSB
“So Elijah departed and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve teams of oxen, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak around him.”— 1 Kings 19:19 BSB
“Ezri son of Chelub was in charge of the workers in the fields who tilled the soil.”— 1 Chronicles 27:26-31 BSB
“Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.”— 2 Chronicles 26:10 BSB
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