Genesis 3:18-19
18thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you;and you shall eat the plants of the field.
19By the sweat of your face
you shall eat bread,
till you return to the ground,
for out of it you were taken;
afor you are dust,
and bto dust you shall return.”
Genesis 3:23
23therefore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden cto work the ground from which he was taken.Genesis 4:2
2And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground.Genesis 5:29
29and called his name Noah, saying, “Out of the ground dthat the Lord has cursed, this one shall bring us relief ▼▼ Noah sounds like the Hebrew for rest
from our work and from the painful toil of our hands.” Proverbs 10:11
11 fThe mouth of the righteous is ga fountain of life,but the mouth of the wicked hconceals violence.
Proverbs 12:11
11 iWhoever works his land jwill have plenty of bread,kbut he who follows lworthless pursuits lacks sense.
Ecclesiastes 5:9
9But this is gain for a land in every way: a king committed to cultivated fields. ▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain
Isaiah 28:24-26
24Does he who plows for sowing plow continually?Does he continually open and harrow his ground?
25 nWhen he has leveled its surface,
does he not scatter dill, sow cumin,
and put in wheat in rows
and barley in its proper place,
and emmer ▼
▼A type of wheat
as the border?26 pFor he is rightly instructed;
his God teaches him.
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