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Proverbs 28:19
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
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Psalms 104:14-15
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, And herb for the service of man; That he may bring forth food out of the earth,And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, And oil to make his face to shine, And bread that strengtheneth man’s heart.
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Psalms 115:16
The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah; But the earth hath he given to the children of men.
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Proverbs 13:23
Much food is in the tillage of the poor; But there is that is destroyed by reason of injustice.
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Genesis 1:29-30
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food:and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for food: and it was so.
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Genesis 3:17-19
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
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1 Samuel 8 12-1 Samuel 8 17
and he will appoint them unto him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and he will set some to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.And he will take your men- servants, and your maid- servants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.He will take the tenth of your flocks: and ye shall be his servants.
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1 Chronicles 27 26-1 Chronicles 27 31
And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub:and over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: and over the increase of the vineyards for the wine- cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite:and over the olive- trees and the sycomore- trees that were in the lowland was Baal- hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:and over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai:and over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite: and over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagrite.All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David’s.
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Proverbs 27:23-27
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds:For riches are not for ever; And doth the crown endure unto all generations?The hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.The lambs are for thy clothing, And the goats are the price of the field;And there will be goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, And maintenance for thy maidens.
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1 Kings 4 7-1 Kings 4 23
And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year.And these are their names: Ben- hur, in the hill- country of Ephraim;Ben- deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth- shemesh, and Elon- beth- hanan;Ben- hesed, in Arubboth( to him pertained Socoh, and all the land of Hepher);Ben- abinadab, in all the height of Dor( he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife);Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth- shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from Beth- shean to Abel- meholah, as far as beyond Jokmeam;Ben- geber, in Ramoth- gilead( to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; even to him pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brazen bars);Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;Ahimaaz, in Naphtali( he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon to wife);Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer that was in the land.Judah and Israel were many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days of his life.And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides harts, and gazelles, and roebucks, and fatted fowl.
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Jeremiah 40:10-12
As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to stand before the Chaldeans that shall come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine and summer fruits and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken.Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the children of Ammon, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan;then all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much.
