Genesis 3:18-19

3:18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you,

but you will eat the grain of the field.

3:19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat food

until you return to the ground,

for out of it you were taken;

for you are dust, and to dust you will return.”

Genesis 3:23

3:23 So the Lord God expelled him from the orchard in Eden to cultivate the ground from which he had been taken.

Genesis 4:2

4:2 Then she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel took care of the flocks, while Cain cultivated the ground.

Genesis 5:29

5:29 He named him Noah, saying, “This one will bring us comfort from our labor and from the painful toil of our hands because of the ground that the Lord has cursed.”

Proverbs 10:11

10:11 The teaching of the righteous is a fountain of life,

but the speech of the wicked conceals violence.

Proverbs 12:11

12:11 The one who works his field will have plenty of food,

but whoever chases daydreams lacks wisdom.

Ecclesiastes 5:9

5:9 The produce of the land is seized by all of them,

even the king is served by the fields.

Isaiah 28:24-26

28:24 Does a farmer just keep on plowing at planting time?

Does he keep breaking up and harrowing his ground?

28:25 Once he has leveled its surface,

does he not scatter the seed of the caraway plant,

sow the seed of the cumin plant,

and plant the wheat, barley, and grain in their designated places?

28:26 His God instructs him;

he teaches him the principles of agriculture.