New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Agriculture or Husbandry

• The cultivation of the earth Gen. 3:23
• The occupation of man before the fall Gen. 2:15
• Rendered laborious by the curse on the earth Gen. 3:17-19
• Man doomed to labor in, after the fall Gen. 3:23
• Contributes to the support of all Eccl. 5:9
• The providence of God to be acknowledged in the produce of Jer. 5:24; Hos. 2:8
• Requires
  • Wisdom Isa. 28:26
  • Diligence Pr. 27:23-27; Eccl. 11:6
  • Toil 2 Tim. 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
  • Tillers of the ground Gen. 4:2
  • Husbandmen 2 Chr. 26:10
  • Laborers Mt. 9:37, 20:1
• Peace favorable to Isa. 2:4; Jer. 31:24
• War destructive to Jer. 50:16, 51:23
• Patriarchs engaged in Gen. 4:2, 9:20
• The labor of, supposed to be lessened by Noah Gen. 5:29, 9:20
• The Jews loved and followed Judg. 6:11; 1 Ki. 19:19; 2 Chr. 26:10
• Soil of Canaan suited to Gen. 13:10; Dt. 8:7-9
• Climate of Canaan favorable to Dt. 11:10, 11
• Was promoted amongst the jews by
  • Allotments to each family Num. 36:7-9
  • The rights of redemption Lev. 25:23-28
  • Separation from other nations Ex. 33:16
  • The prohibition against usury Ex. 22:25
  • The promises of God's blessings on Lev. 26:4; Dt. 7:13, 11:14, 15
• Enactments to protect
  • Not to covet the fields of another Dt. 5:21
  • Not to move landmarks Dt. 19:14; Pr. 22:28
  • Not to cut down crops of another Dt. 23:25
  • Against the trespass of cattle Ex. 22:6
  • Against injuring the produce of Ex. 22:5
• Often performed by hirelings 1 Chr. 27:26; 2 Chr. 26:10; Mt. 20:8; Lk. 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; Joel 1:10, 11
• Grief occasioned by the failure of the fruits of Joel 1:11; Amos 5:16, 17
• Produce of, exported 1 Ki. 5:11; Ezek. 27:17
• Operations in
  • Hedging Isa. 5:2, 5; Hos. 2:6
  • Plowing Job 1:14
  • Digging Isa. 5:6; Lk. 13:8, 16:3
  • Manuring Isa. 25:10; Lk. 14:34, 35
  • Harrowing Job 39:10; Isa. 28:24
  • Gathering out the stones Isa. 5:2
  • Sowing Eccl. 11:4; Isa. 32:20; Mt. 13:3
  • Planting Pr. 31:16; Isa. 44:14; Jer. 31:5
  • Watering Dt. 11:10; 1 Cor. 3:6-8
  • Weeding Mt. 13:28
  • Grafting Rom. 11:17-19, 24
  • Pruning Lev. 25:3; Isa. 5:6; Jn. 15:2
  • Mowing Ps. 129:7; Amos 7:1
  • Reaping Isa. 17:5
  • Binding Gen. 37:7; Mt. 13:30
  • Gleaning Lev. 19:9; Ruth 2:3
  • Stacking Ex. 22:6
  • Threshing Dt. 25:4; Judg. 6:11
  • Winnowing Ruth 3:2; Mt. 3:12
  • Storing in barns Mt. 6:26, 13:30
• Beasts used in
  • The ox Dt. 25:4
  • The ass Dt. 22:10
  • The horse Isa. 28:28
• Implements of
  • The plow 1 Sam. 13:20
  • The harrow 2 Sam. 12:31
  • The mattock 1 Sam. 13:20; Isa. 7:25
  • The sickle Dt. 16:9, 23:25
  • The pruning-hook Isa. 18:5; Joel 3:10
  • The fork 1 Sam. 13:21
  • The axe 1 Sam. 13:20
  • The teethed threshing instrument Isa. 41:15
  • The flail, &c Isa. 28:27
  • The cart 1 Sam. 6:7; Isa. 28:27, 28
  • The shovel Isa. 30:24
  • The sieve Amos 9:9
  • The fan Isa. 30:24; Mt. 3:12
• Illustrative of
  • Culture of the Church 1 Cor. 3:9
  • Culture of the heart Jer. 4:3; Hos. 10:12