Topic
Agriculture or Husbandry
113 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 2:15Torrey The occupation of man before the fall
And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
- Genesis 3:17–19Torrey Rendered laborious by the curse on the earth
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy…
- Genesis 3:23Torrey The cultivation of the earth
Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
- Genesis 4:2Torrey PERSONS ENGAGED IN, CALLED — Tillers of the ground
And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
- Genesis 5:29Torrey The labour of, supposed to be lessened by Noah
And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
- Genesis 9:20Torrey Patriarchs engaged in
And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
- Genesis 13:10Torrey Soil of Canaan suited to
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
- Genesis 37:7Torrey OPERATIONS IN — Binding
For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
- Exodus 22:5Torrey ENACTMENTS TO PROTECT — Against the trespass of cattle
¶ If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man’s field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.
- Exodus 22:6Torrey OPERATIONS IN — Stacking
¶ If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
- Exodus 22:25Torrey WAS PROMOTED AMONGST THE JEWS BY — The prohibition against usury
¶ If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
- Exodus 23:10Torrey Not to be engaged in during the Sabbatical year
And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:
Show 101 more
- Exodus 23:11 Torrey Not to be engaged in during the Sabbatical year
- Exodus 33:16 Torrey WAS PROMOTED AMONGST THE JEWS BY — Separation from other nations
- Leviticus 19:9 Torrey OPERATIONS IN — Gleaning
- Leviticus 25:3 Torrey OPERATIONS IN — Pruning
- Leviticus 25:23–28 Torrey WAS PROMOTED AMONGST THE JEWS BY — The rights of redemption
- Leviticus 26:4 Torrey WAS PROMOTED AMONGST THE JEWS BY — The promises of God's blessings on
- Numbers 36:7–9 Torrey WAS PROMOTED AMONGST THE JEWS BY — Allotments to each family
- Deuteronomy 5:21 Torrey ENACTMENTS TO PROTECT — Not to covet the fields of another
- Deuteronomy 7:13 Torrey WAS PROMOTED AMONGST THE JEWS BY — The promises of God's blessings on
- Deuteronomy 8:7–9 Torrey Soil of Canaan suited to
- Deuteronomy 11:10 Torrey Climate of Canaan favourable to
- Deuteronomy 11:11 Torrey Climate of Canaan favourable to
- Deuteronomy 11:14 Torrey WAS PROMOTED AMONGST THE JEWS BY — The promises of God's blessings on
- Deuteronomy 11:15 Torrey WAS PROMOTED AMONGST THE JEWS BY — The promises of God's blessings on
- Deuteronomy 16:9 Torrey IMPLEMENTS OF — The sickle
- Deuteronomy 19:14 Torrey ENACTMENTS TO PROTECT — Not to move landmarks
- Deuteronomy 22:10 Torrey BEASTS USED IN — The ass
- Deuteronomy 23:25 Torrey ENACTMENTS TO PROTECT — Not to cut down crops of another
- Deuteronomy 25:4 Torrey OPERATIONS IN — Threshing
- Judges 6:11 Torrey The Jews loved and followed
- Ruth 2:3 Torrey OPERATIONS IN — Gleaning
- Ruth 3:2 Torrey OPERATIONS IN — Winnowing
- 1 Samuel 6:7 Torrey IMPLEMENTS OF — The cart
- 1 Samuel 13:20 Torrey IMPLEMENTS OF — The plough
- 1 Samuel 13:21 Torrey IMPLEMENTS OF — The fork
- 2 Samuel 12:31 Torrey IMPLEMENTS OF — The harrow
- 1 Kings 5:11 Torrey Produce of, exported
- 1 Kings 19:19 Torrey The Jews loved and followed
- 1 Chronicles 27:26 Torrey Often performed by hirelings
- 2 Chronicles 26:10 Torrey PERSONS ENGAGED IN, CALLED — Husbandmen
- Job 1:14 Torrey OPERATIONS IN — Ploughing
- Job 39:10 Torrey OPERATIONS IN — Harrowing
- Psalms 129:7 Torrey OPERATIONS IN — Mowing
- Proverbs 12:11 Torrey Diligence in, abundantly recompensed
- Proverbs 13:23 Torrey Diligence in, abundantly recompensed
- Proverbs 22:28 Torrey ENACTMENTS TO PROTECT — Not to move landmarks
- Proverbs 27:23–27 Torrey REQUIRES — Diligence
- Proverbs 28:19 Torrey Diligence in, abundantly recompensed
- Proverbs 31:16 Torrey OPERATIONS IN — Planting
- Ecclesiastes 5:9 Torrey Contributes to the support of all
- Ecclesiastes 11:4 Torrey OPERATIONS IN — Sowing
- Ecclesiastes 11:6 Torrey REQUIRES — Diligence
- Isaiah 2:4 Torrey Peace favourable to
- Isaiah 5:2 Torrey OPERATIONS IN — Hedging
- Isaiah 5:5 Torrey OPERATIONS IN — Hedging
- Isaiah 5:6 Torrey OPERATIONS IN — Digging
- Isaiah 5:10 Torrey Produce of, often blasted because of sin
- Isaiah 7:23 Torrey Produce of, often blasted because of sin
- Isaiah 7:25 Torrey IMPLEMENTS OF — The mattock
- Isaiah 17:5 Torrey OPERATIONS IN — Reaping
- Isaiah 18:5 Torrey IMPLEMENTS OF — The pruning-hook
- Isaiah 25:10 Torrey OPERATIONS IN — Manuring
- Isaiah 28:24 Torrey OPERATIONS IN — Harrowing
- Isaiah 28:26 Torrey REQUIRES — Wisdom
- Isaiah 28:27 Torrey IMPLEMENTS OF — The flail, &c
- Isaiah 28:28 Torrey BEASTS USED IN — The horse
- Isaiah 30:24 Torrey IMPLEMENTS OF — The shovel
- Isaiah 32:20 Torrey OPERATIONS IN — Sowing
- Isaiah 41:15 Torrey IMPLEMENTS OF — The teethed threshing instrument
- Isaiah 44:14 Torrey OPERATIONS IN — Planting
- Jeremiah 4:3 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — Culture of the heart
- Jeremiah 5:24 Torrey The providence of God to be acknowledged in the produce of
- Jeremiah 12:13 Torrey Produce of, often blasted because of sin
- Jeremiah 31:5 Torrey OPERATIONS IN — Planting
- Jeremiah 31:24 Torrey Peace favourable to
- Jeremiah 50:16 Torrey War destructive to
- Jeremiah 51:23 Torrey War destructive to
- Ezekiel 27:17 Torrey Produce of, exported
- Hosea 2:6 Torrey OPERATIONS IN — Hedging
- Hosea 2:8 Torrey The providence of God to be acknowledged in the produce of
- Hosea 10:12 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — Culture of the heart
- Joel 1:10 Torrey Produce of, often blasted because of sin
- Joel 1:11 Torrey Produce of, often blasted because of sin
- Joel 3:10 Torrey IMPLEMENTS OF — The pruning-hook
- Amos 5:16 Torrey Grief occasioned by the failure of the fruits of
- Amos 5:17 Torrey Grief occasioned by the failure of the fruits of
- Amos 7:1 Torrey OPERATIONS IN — Mowing
- Amos 9:9 Torrey IMPLEMENTS OF — The sieve
- Matthew 3:12 Torrey OPERATIONS IN — Winnowing
- Matthew 6:26 Torrey OPERATIONS IN — Storing in barns
- Matthew 9:37 Torrey PERSONS ENGAGED IN, CALLED — Labourers
- Matthew 13:3 Torrey OPERATIONS IN — Sowing
- Matthew 13:28 Torrey OPERATIONS IN — Weeding
- Matthew 13:30 Torrey OPERATIONS IN — Binding
- Matthew 20:1 Torrey PERSONS ENGAGED IN, CALLED — Labourers
- Matthew 20:8 Torrey Often performed by hirelings
- Matthew 21:33 Torrey Produce of, given as rent for land
- Matthew 21:34 Torrey Produce of, given as rent for land
- Luke 13:8 Torrey OPERATIONS IN — Digging
- Luke 14:34 Torrey OPERATIONS IN — Manuring
- Luke 14:35 Torrey OPERATIONS IN — Manuring
- Luke 16:3 Torrey OPERATIONS IN — Digging
- Luke 17:7 Torrey Often performed by hirelings
- John 15:2 Torrey OPERATIONS IN — Pruning
- Romans 11:17–19 Torrey OPERATIONS IN — Grafting
- Romans 11:24 Torrey OPERATIONS IN — Grafting
- 1 Corinthians 3:6–8 Torrey OPERATIONS IN — Watering
- 1 Corinthians 3:9 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — Culture of the Church
- 2 Timothy 2:6 Torrey REQUIRES — Toil
- Hebrews 6:7 Torrey Diligence in, abundantly recompensed
- James 5:7 Torrey REQUIRES — Patience in waiting
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 133 references, grouped by sub-topic
- The cultivation of the earth Ge 3:23
- The occupation of man before the fall Ge 2:15
- Rendered laborious by the curse on the earth Ge 3:17-19
- Man doomed to labour in, after the fall Ge 3:23
- Contributes to the support of all Ec 5:9
- The providence of God to be acknowledged in the produce of Jer 5:24; Ho 2:8
- REQUIRES
- Wisdom Isa 28:26
- Diligence Pr 27:23-27; Ec 11:6
- Toil 2Ti 2:6
- Patience in waiting Jas 5:7
- Diligence in, abundantly recompensed Pr 12:11; 13:23; 28:19; Heb 6:7
- PERSONS ENGAGED IN, CALLED
- Peace favourable to Isa 2:4; Jer 31:24
- War destructive to Jer 50:16; 51:23
- Patriarchs engaged in Ge 4:2; 9:20
- The labour of, supposed to be lessened by Noah Ge 5:29; 9:20
- The Jews loved and followed Jud 6:11; 1Ki 19:19; 2Ch 26:10
- Soil of Canaan suited to Ge 13:10; De 8:7-9
- Climate of Canaan favourable to De 11:10,11
- WAS PROMOTED AMONGST THE JEWS BY
- ENACTMENTS TO PROTECT
- Often performed by hirelings 1Ch 27:26; 2Ch 26:10; Mt 20:8; Lu 17:7
- Not to be engaged in during the Sabbatical year Ex 23:10,11
- Produce of, given as rent for land Mt 21:33,34
- Produce of, often blasted because of sin Isa 5:10; 7:23; Jer 12:13; Joe 1:10,11
- Grief occasioned by the failure of the fruits of Joe 1:11; Am 5:16,17
- Produce of, exported 1Ki 5:11; Eze 27:17
- OPERATIONS IN
- Hedging Isa 5:2,5; Ho 2:6
- Ploughing Job 1:14
- Digging Isa 5:6; Lu 13:8; 16:3
- Manuring Isa 25:10; Lu 14:34,35
- Harrowing Job 39:10; Isa 28:24
- Gathering out the stones Isa 5:2
- Sowing Ec 11:4; Isa 32:20; Mt 13:3
- Planting Pr 31:16; Isa 44:14; Jer 31:5
- Watering De 11:10; 1Co 3:6-8
- Weeding Mt 13:28
- Grafting Ro 11:17-19,24
- Pruning Le 25:3; Isa 5:6; Joh 15:2
- Mowing Ps 129:7; Am 7:1
- Reaping Isa 17:5
- Binding Ge 37:7; Mt 13:30
- Gleaning Le 19:9; Ru 2:3
- Stacking Ex 22:6
- Threshing De 25:4; Jud 6:11
- Winnowing Ru 3:2; Mt 3:12
- Storing in barns Mt 6:26; 13:30
- BEASTS USED IN
- IMPLEMENTS OF
- The plough 1Sa 13:20
- The harrow 2Sa 12:31
- The mattock 1Sa 13:20; Isa 7:25
- The sickle De 16:9; 23:25
- The pruning-hook Isa 18:5; Joe 3:10
- The fork 1Sa 13:21
- The axe 1Sa 13:20
- The teethed threshing instrument Isa 41:15
- The flail, &c Isa 28:27
- The cart 1Sa 6:7; Isa 28:27,28
- The shovel Isa 30:24
- The sieve Am 9:9
- The fan Isa 30:24; Mt 3:12
- ILLUSTRATIVE OF
Texts: Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.