Farming

Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.

I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; — read the full passage →

And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. — read the full passage →

But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. — read the full passage →

For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:

Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.

Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;

Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.

I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. — read the full passage →

Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.

Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.

And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.

But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.