Torrey's Topical Index
Ploughing
The breaking up or tilling of the earth—Jer
4:3; Ho
10:12
Noah the supposed inventor of—Ge
5:29
PERFORMED
- By a plough
- —Lu 9:62
- With oxen
- —1Sa 14:14; Job 1:14
- During the cold winter season
- —Pr 20:4
- In long and straight furrows
- —Ps 129:3
- Generally by servants
- —Isa 61:5; Lu 17:7
- Sometimes by the owner of the land himself
- —1Ki 19:19
With an ox and an ass yoked together forbidden to the Jews—De
22:10
Difficulty of, on rocky ground—Am
6:12
Followed by harrowing and sowing—Isa
28:24,25
ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of repentance and reformation
- —Jer 4:3
- Of peace and prosperity
- —Isa 2:4; Mic 4:3
- Of a severe course of affliction
- —Ho 10:11
- Of a course of sin
- —Job 4:8; Ho 10:13
- Of the labour ministers
- —1Co 9:10
- (Attention and constancy required in,) of continued
- devotedness—Lu 9:62