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