Genesis 9:20
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20 Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant a vineyard.
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1 Corinthians 9:7
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7 Who at any time pays the expenses for doing military service? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat any of its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not get any of its milk?(A)
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Isaiah 28:24-26
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24 Do those who plow for sowing plow continually?
Do they continually open and harrow their ground?
25 When they have leveled its surface,
do they not scatter dill, sow cumin,
and plant wheat in rows
and barley in its proper place[a]
and spelt as the border?
26 For they are well instructed;
their God teaches them.
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- 28.25 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Ecclesiastes 5:9
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9 But all things considered, this is an advantage for a land: a king for a plowed field.[a]
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- 5.9 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Proverbs 24:30
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30 I passed by the field of one who was lazy,
by the vineyard of a stupid person,(A)
Proverbs 12:11
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11 Those who till their land will have plenty of food,
but those who follow worthless pursuits have no sense.(A)
Proverbs 10:11
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11 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,
but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.(A)
Deuteronomy 28:30
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30 You shall become engaged to a woman, but another man shall lie with her. You shall build a house but not live in it. You shall plant a vineyard but not enjoy its fruit.(A)
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Deuteronomy 20:6
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6 Has anyone planted a vineyard but not yet enjoyed its fruit? He should go back to his house, lest he die in the battle and another be first to enjoy its fruit.(A)
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Genesis 5:29
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29 he named him Noah, saying, “Out of the ground that the Lord has cursed this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the toil of our hands.”(A)
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Genesis 4:2
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2 Next she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a tiller of the ground.(A)
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Genesis 3:23
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23 therefore the Lord God sent them forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which they were taken.(A)
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Genesis 3:18-19
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18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you;
and you shall eat the plants of the field.(A)
19 By the sweat of your face
you shall eat bread
until you return to the ground,
for out of it you were taken;
you are dust,
and to dust you shall return.”(B)
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