Bible Dictionary
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of land, including plowing, sowing, harvesting, threshing, vineyards, orchards, and raising animals. It formed a major part of Israel’s life and its covenant responsibilities.
Biblical Usage
Scripture repeatedly uses agricultural work and its products in laws, narratives, proverbs, and teaching. It regulates sowing, harvest, land rest, gleaning, field boundaries, tithes, and the treatment of animals. Jesus and the prophets frequently draw illustrations from fields, seed, vines, harvest, and shepherding.
Scripture References
Genesis 2:15
Genesis 4:2
Genesis 4:3
Genesis 4:12
Deuteronomy 11:14
Jeremiah 5:24
Hosea 6:3
Zechariah 10:1
James 5:7
Job 29:23
Psalms 1:3
Psalms 65:10
Proverbs 21:1
Isaiah 30:25
Isaiah 32:2
Isaiah 32:20
Hosea 12:11
1 Kings 5:11
Ezekiel 27:17
Genesis 26:12
Matthew 13:23
Numbers 13:23
Deuteronomy 33:24
Leviticus 25:1-7
Deuteronomy 15:1-10
Deuteronomy 22:9
Deuteronomy 23:24
Deuteronomy 23:25
Matthew 12:1
Leviticus 19:9
Leviticus 19:10
Deuteronomy 24:19
Deuteronomy 22:10
Job 1:14
Luke 9:62
1 Samuel 6:7
Isaiah 30:24
Isaiah 28:24
Judges 3:31
1 Samuel 13:21
Matthew 13:3-8
Job 39:10
Genesis 37:7
Leviticus 23:10-15
Ruth 2:7
Ruth 2:15
Job 24:10
Jeremiah 9:22
Micah 4:12
Matthew 6:26
Deuteronomy 25:4
Isaiah 28:28
Ruth 2:17
Isaiah 28:27
Isaiah 41:15
Amos 1:3
2 Samuel 24:22
1 Chronicles 21:23
Isaiah 3:15
Jeremiah 4:11
Psalms 35:5
Job 21:18
Isaiah 17:13
Isaiah 5:24
Deuteronomy 28:8
Proverbs 3:10
Matthew 13:30
Luke 12:18
Leviticus 25:23
Leviticus 25:8-16
Leviticus 11:1
Job 31:40
Job 15:33
Job 24:6
Job 29:19
Isaiah 7:25
Jeremiah 4:3
Hosea 10:12
Isaiah 5:2
Job 5:5
Proverbs 24:30
Proverbs 24:31
Matthew 13:8
Amos 2:13
Genesis 1:10
Genesis 1:11
2 Samuel 24:16
2 Samuel 24:18
Psalms 83:10
2 Kings 9:37
Jeremiah 8:2
Ruth 3:2
Matthew 3:12
Amos 9:9
Numbers 22:24
Psalms 80:13
Isaiah 5:5
Matthew 21:33
Judges 6:11
2 Samuel 9:10
Matthew 21:34
2 Samuel 23:24-25
Leviticus 24:19