17 Bible Verses about Farmers
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And again she bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
And Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard.
So he departed from there, 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 over to him, and cast his mantle upon him.
Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning [of the wall], and fortified them.
I went by the field of the sluggard, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding. And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns. The face of it was covered with nettles, and the stone wall of it was broken down. Then I beheld, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:read more.
[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep, so thy poverty shall come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.
But this, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows in blessings will also reap in blessings. Each man as he purposes in his heart, not from regret or from necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to abound all grace for you, so that always in everything having all sufficiency, ye may abound for every good work,read more.
as it is written, He has scattered abroad. He has given to the poor. His righteousness endures into the age. And he who supplies seed to the man who sows, and bread for eating, may he supply and multiply your seed, and may he increase the fruits of your righteousness, being enriched in everything for every generosity, which works gratitude to God through us.
And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The land of a certain rich man brought forth well. And he pondered within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have nowhere I will store my crops? And he said, I will do this. I will dismantle my barns, and I will build greater, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.read more.
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou have many goods laid up for many years. Take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry. But God said to him, Thou foolish man, they demand thy soul from thee this night, and the things that thou prepared, whose will they be? So is he who stores up for himself, and is not being rich toward God.
But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
The sluggard will not plow because of the winter. Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Therefore thus says LORD, the God of hosts, LORD: Wailing shall be in all the broad ways. And they shall say in all the streets, Alas! Alas! And they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful in lamentation to
And LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Then Amos answered, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, nor was I a prophet's son, but I was a herdsman, and a dresser of sycamore trees.
And Judah and all the cities thereof shall dwell in there together, the husbandmen, and those who go about with flocks.
and with thee I will break in pieces the shepherd and his flock, and with thee I will break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke [of oxen], and with thee I will break in pieces governors and deputies.
But having disregarded, they departed, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise,
Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, until it receives the early and latter rain.
