Soil

Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.

So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD,

Now Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.

Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”

Is the soil fertile or unproductive? Are there trees in it or not? Be courageous and bring back some of the fruit of the land.” (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)

…you are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name,

All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.

“If you will not,” said Naaman, “please let me, your servant, be given as much soil as a pair of mules can carry. For your servant will never again make a burnt offering or a sacrifice to any other god but the LORD.

Ezri son of Chelub was in charge of the workers in the fields who tilled the soil.

…then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.

Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.

If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,

…as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.

They devoured every plant in their land and consumed the produce of their soil.

As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

I have taken off my robe—must I put it back on? I have washed my feet—must I soil them again?

Does the plowman plow for planting every day? Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil?

And the wild oxen will fall with them, the young bulls with the strong ones. Their land will be drenched with blood, and their soil will be soaked with fat.

Edom’s streams will be turned to tar, and her soil to sulfur; her land will become a blazing pitch.

He took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil; he placed it by abundant waters and set it out like a willow.

It had been planted in good soil by abundant waters in order to yield branches and bear fruit and become a splendid vine.’

They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil from her and make her a bare rock.

They will plunder your wealth and pillage your merchandise. They will demolish your walls, tear down your beautiful homes, and throw your stones and timber and soil into the water.

Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be divided by a measuring line, and you yourself will die on pagan soil. And Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”

Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.

Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.

Still other seed fell on good soil and produced a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.

But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.”

Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.

Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.

Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprouted, grew up, and produced a crop—one bearing thirtyfold, another sixtyfold, and another a hundredfold.”

Still others are like the seeds sown on good soil. They hear the word, receive it, and produce a crop—thirtyfold, sixtyfold, or a hundredfold.”

Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprang up and produced a crop—a hundredfold.” As Jesus said this, He called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop.

So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’

It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile, and it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.