Plow

Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

Shares of, sharpened by the smiths of the Philistines

• 1 Samuel 13:20 Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.

Used by Elisha with twelve yoke (pairs) of oxen

• 1 Kings 19:19 So Elijah departed and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve teams of oxen, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak around him.

By Job' s servants

• Job 1:14 a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,

Figurative

Of afflictions

• Psalm 129:3 The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.