33 verses contain “plow” (in the KJV: 24, in the BSB: 29) — showing 1–33
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For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.
For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without
plowing or harvesting.
Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of
plowing and harvesting, you must rest.
And the elders of that city shall bring down the
heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the
heifer’s neck there in the valley:
bring the
heifer to a valley with running water that has not been
plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.
Thou shalt not
plow with an ox and an
ass together.
Do not
plow with an ox and a
donkey yoked together.
And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not
plowed with my
heifer, ye had not found out my
riddle.
Before
sunset on the seventh day, the men of the city said to
Samson: “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?” So he said to them: “If you had not
plowed with my
heifer, you would not have
solved my
riddle!”
And he will
appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over
fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to
reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his
chariots.
He will
appoint some for himself as commanders of thousands and of
fifties, and others to
plow his ground, to
reap his harvest, to make his weapons of war, and to
equip his
chariots.
But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to
sharpen every man his share, and his
coulter, and his
axe, and his
mattock.
Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to
sharpen their
plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.
Yet they had a
file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to
sharpen the goads.
And that first slaughter, which
Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might
plow.
In that first
assault,
Jonathan and his
armor-bearer struck down about twenty men over half an acre of land.
So he departed thence, and found
Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was
plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the
twelfth: and
Elijah passed by him, and cast his
mantle upon him.
Even as I have seen, they that
plow iniquity, and
sow wickedness,
reap the same.
As I have observed, those who
plow iniquity and those who
sow trouble
reap the same.
Canst thou bind the
unicorn with his band in the
furrow? or will he
harrow the valleys after thee?
Can you hold him to the
furrow with a
harness? Will he
plow the valleys behind you?
The
plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
The
plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.
Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
As when one
plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of
Sheol.
The
sluggard will not
plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he
beg in harvest, and have nothing.
The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.
An high look, and a proud heart, and the
plowing of the wicked, is sin.
Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the guides of the wicked—are sin.
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall
rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into
plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Then He will judge between the nations and
arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into
plowshares and their spears into
pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.
And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the
alien shall be your
plowmen and your vinedressers.
Strangers will stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.
Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the
plowmen were
ashamed, they covered their heads.
The ground is
cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are
ashamed; they cover their heads.
Micah the Morasthite
prophesied in the days of
Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts;
Zion shall be
plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
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Micah the Moreshite
prophesied in the days of
Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘
Zion will be
plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a
heap of
rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’
And Ephraim is as an
heifer that is taught, and loveth to
tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to
ride; Judah shall
plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.
Ephraim is a well-trained
heifer that loves to
thresh; but I will place a yoke on her fair neck. I will
harness Ephraim, Judah will
plow, and Jacob will break the hard ground.
Ye have
plowed wickedness, ye have
reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou
didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.
You have
plowed wickedness and
reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men,
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
Beat your
plowshares into swords and your
pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’
Shall horses run upon the rock? will one
plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into
hemlock:
“Do horses
gallop on the cliffs? Does one
plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into
wormwood—
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the
plowman shall overtake the
reaper, and the
treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall
melt.
“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the
plowman will overtake the
reaper and the
treader of grapes, the
sower of seed. The mountains will
drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow.
Therefore shall
Zion for your sake be
plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
Therefore, because of you,
Zion will be
plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a
heap of
rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.
And he shall judge among many people, and
rebuke strong nations
afar off; and they shall beat their swords into
plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Then He will judge between many peoples and
arbitrate for strong nations far and wide. Then they will beat their swords into
plowshares and their spears into
pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor will they train anymore for war.
And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the
plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
But which of you, having a servant
plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?
Which of you whose servant comes in from
plowing or
shepherding in the field will say to him, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?
Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that
ploweth should
plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be
partaker of his hope.
Isn’t He actually speaking on our behalf? Indeed, this was written for us, because when the
plowman plows and the
thresher threshes, they should also expect to share in the harvest.
Come unto her as one that
ploweth and soweth, and wait for her good fruits: for thou shalt not
toil much in labouring about her, but thou shalt eat of her fruits right soon.
