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Literally, it refers to the earth or ground, the medium in which plants grow and from which humans and animals derive sustenance. Metaphorically, soil is used to represent the condition of the human heart and its receptivity to God's word.<br><br><b>Biblical References:</b><br><br>1. <b>Creation and Sustenance:</b> <br> In <a href="/genesis/2-7.htm">Genesis 2:7</a>, the Bible describes the creation of man from the soil: "Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being." This highlights the fundamental connection between humans and the earth, emphasizing humanity's dependence on the soil for life and sustenance.<br><br>2. <b>Parable of the Sower:</b> <br> One of the most significant uses of soil in the New Testament is found in the Parable of the Sower (<a href="/matthew/13-3.htm">Matthew 13:3-9</a>, <a href="/mark/4-3.htm">Mark 4:3-8</a>, <a href="/luke/8-5.htm">Luke 8:5-8</a>). In this parable, Jesus describes different types of soil representing the varied responses of human hearts to the word of God. The "good soil" is described as those who hear the word, understand it, and produce a fruitful harvest (<a href="/matthew/13-23.htm">Matthew 13:23</a>): "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&#8212;a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold."<br><br>3. <b>Covenant and Land:</b> <br> The Promised Land, described as a land flowing with milk and honey, is a recurring theme in the Old Testament. The fertility of the soil in this land is a sign of God's blessing and faithfulness to His covenant with Israel. <a href="/deuteronomy/8-7.htm">Deuteronomy 8:7-9</a> states: "For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land with streams and pools of water, with springs flowing in the valleys and hills; a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey; a land where bread will not be scarce and you will lack nothing."<br><br>4. <b>Judgment and Restoration:</b> <br> The condition of the soil is also used to symbolize judgment and restoration. In times of disobedience, the land becomes barren and unproductive, as seen in <a href="/jeremiah/12-4.htm">Jeremiah 12:4</a> : "How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field wither? Because of the evil of its residents, the beasts and birds have perished, for they said, 'He will not see what happens to us.'" Conversely, restoration is depicted through the renewal of the land's fertility, as in <a href="/isaiah/35.htm">Isaiah 35:1</a> : "The wilderness and the land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose."<br><br>5. <b>Human Responsibility:</b> <br> The Bible also emphasizes human responsibility in caring for the soil. In <a href="/genesis/2-15.htm">Genesis 2:15</a> , God places Adam in the Garden of Eden "to work it and take care of it," indicating the stewardship role humans have over the earth. This stewardship is further underscored in the laws given to Israel, such as the Sabbatical Year, where the land was to rest every seventh year (<a href="/leviticus/25-4.htm">Leviticus 25:4</a>): "But in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land&#8212;a Sabbath to the LORD. You are not to sow your field or prune your vineyard."<br><br><b>Theological Implications:</b> <br>Soil, as a symbol of the human heart, challenges believers to examine their receptivity to God's word. The parable of the sower calls for self-reflection on the condition of one's heart and the fruitfulness of one's life in response to divine truth. Additionally, the biblical mandate for stewardship of the earth underscores the responsibility to care for God's creation, reflecting His glory and provision.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>v. t.</I>) To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an enclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (such food having the effect of purging them), to purge by feeding on green food; as, to soil a horse.<p>2. (<I>n.</I>) The upper stratum of the earth; the mold, or that compound substance which furnishes nutriment to plants, or which is particularly adapted to support and nourish them.<p>3. (<I>n.</I>) Land; country.<p>4. (<I>n.</I>) Dung; feces; compost; manure; as, night soil.<p>5. (<I>v. t.</I>) To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.<p>6. (<I>n.</I>) A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or tract of water, sought for by other game, as deer.<p>7. (<I>n.</I>) To make dirty or unclean on the surface; to foul; to dirty; to defile; as, to soil a garment with dust.<p>8. (<I>n.</I>) To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.<p>9. (<I>v. i.</I>) To become soiled; as, light colors soil sooner than dark ones.<p>10. (<I>n.</I>) That which soils or pollutes; a soiled place; spot; stain.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/5529b.htm"><span class="l">5529b. chous -- earth, <b>soil</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> chous. 5530 . earth, <b>soil</b>. Transliteration: chous Short Definition: dust. <b>...</b> of a<br> derivation of cheo (to pour) Definition earth, <b>soil</b> NASB Word Usage dust (2). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5529b.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p><a href="/greek/3435.htm"><span class="l">3435. moluno -- to stain, defile</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to stain, defile. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: moluno Phonetic Spelling:<br> (mol-oo&#39;-no) Short Definition: I <b>soil</b>, stain, pollute, defile Definition: I <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3435.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/1093.htm"><span class="l">1093. ge -- the earth, land</span></a> <br><b>...</b> the earth, land. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: ge Phonetic Spelling:<br> (ghay) Short Definition: the earth, <b>soil</b>, land Definition: the earth, <b>soil</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1093.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/1090.htm"><span class="l">1090. georgeo -- to till</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to till. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: georgeo Phonetic Spelling:<br> (gheh-or-gheh&#39;-o) Short Definition: I work the <b>soil</b>, cultivate the earth Definition: <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1090.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/1092.htm"><span class="l">1092. georgos -- a husbandman, vinedresser</span></a> <br><b>...</b> vinedresser. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: georgos Phonetic Spelling:<br> (gheh-ore-gos&#39;) Short Definition: a worker of the <b>soil</b>, husbandman, vine <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1092.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/4695.htm"><span class="l">4695. spiloo -- to stain, defile</span></a> <br><b>...</b> defile. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: spiloo Phonetic Spelling:<br> (spee-lo&#39;-o) Short Definition: I defile, spot Definition: I defile, spot, stain, <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4695.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/1475.htm"><span class="l">1475. edaphos -- a basis, bottom, ground</span></a> <br><b>...</b> ground. From the base of hedraios; a basis (bottom), ie The <b>soil</b> -- ground. see<br> GREEK hedraios. (edaphos) -- 1 Occurrence. 1474, 1475. edaphos. 1476 . <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1475.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/5476.htm"><span class="l">5476. chamai -- on or to the ground</span></a> <br><b>...</b> on the ground. Adverb perhaps from the base of chasma through the idea of a fissure<br> in the <b>soil</b>; earthward, ie Prostrate -- on (to) the ground. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5476.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/3075.htm"><span class="l">3075. lumainomai -- to outrage, to corrupt</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to ravage, destroy. Middle voice from a probably derivative of luo (meaning filth);<br> properly, to <b>soil</b>, ie (figuratively) insult (maltreat) -- make havock of. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3075.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/5517.htm"><span class="l">5517. choikos -- earthy, made of dust</span></a> <br><b>...</b> earthy. From choos; dusty or dirty (<b>soil</b>-like), ie (by implication) terrene -- earthy.<br> see GREEK choos. (choikoi) -- 1 Occurrence. (choikos) -- 2 Occurrences. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5517.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/2936.htm"><span class="l">2936. tanaph -- to <b>soil</b>, defile</span></a><br><b>...</b> to <b>soil</b>, defile. Transliteration: tanaph Phonetic Spelling: (taw-naf&#39;) Short Definition:<br> dirty. <b>...</b> root Definition to <b>soil</b>, defile NASB Word Usage dirty (1). defile <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2936.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2981.htm"><span class="l">2981. yebul -- produce (of the <b>soil</b>)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2980, 2981. yebul. 2982 . produce (of the <b>soil</b>). Transliteration: yebul<br> Phonetic Spelling: (yeb-ool&#39;) Short Definition: produce. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2981.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7704.htm"><span class="l">7704. sadeh -- field, land</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1), country (14), countryside (1), countryside* (1), field (235), fields (32), ground<br> (3), ground* (1), land (16), lands (1), mainland (2), <b>soil</b> (2), territory <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7704.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/127.htm"><span class="l">127. adamah -- ground, land</span></a><br><b>...</b> adam Definition ground, land NASB Word Usage country (1), dirt (1), dust (3), earth<br> (32), farming* (1), fields (1), ground (64), land (112), lands (2), <b>soil</b> (7 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/127.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2643.htm"><span class="l">2643. chaph -- clean</span></a><br><b>...</b> innocent. From chophaph (in the moral sense of covered from <b>soil</b>); pure -- innocent.<br> see HEBREW chophaph. 2642, 2643. chaph. 2644 . Strong&#39;s Numbers. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2643.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2610.htm"><span class="l">2610. chaneph -- to be polluted or profane</span></a><br><b>...</b> corrupt, defile, greatly, pollute, profane. A primitive root; to <b>soil</b>, especially<br> in a moral sense -- corrupt, defile, X greatly, pollute, profane. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2610.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5214.htm"><span class="l">5214. nir -- to break up, freshly till</span></a><br><b>...</b> break up. A root probably identical with that of niyr, through the idea of the gleam<br> of a fresh furrow; to till the <b>soil</b> -- break up. see HEBREW niyr. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5214.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/1351.htm"><span class="l">1351. gaal -- to defile</span></a><br><b>...</b> A primitive root, (rather identified with ga&#39;al, through the idea of freeing, ie<br> Repudiating); to <b>soil</b> or (figuratively) desecrate -- defile, pollute, stain. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1351.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/8327.htm"><span class="l">8327. sharash -- to deal with the roots</span></a><br><b>...</b> take, cause to take root out. A primitive root; to root, ie Strike into the <b>soil</b>,<br> or (by implication) to pluck from it -- (take, cause to take) root (out). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/8327.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6083.htm"><span class="l">6083. aphar -- dry earth, dust</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin from an unused word Definition dry earth, dust NASB Word Usage ashes<br> (2), debris (2), dirt (1), dry <b>soil</b> (1), dust (91), dusty (1), earth (5 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6083.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/peabody/mornings_in_the_college_chapel/lxxix_the_soil_and_the.htm"><span class="l">The <b>Soil</b> and the Seed</span></a> <br><b>...</b> LXXIX THE <b>SOIL</b> AND THE SEED. Matthew xiii.1-9. It takes two things to make a<br> seed grow. One is a good seed, and the other is a good <b>soil</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../peabody/mornings in the college chapel/lxxix the soil and the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/jowett/my_daily_meditation_for_the_circling_year/february_the_twelfth_the_bulb.htm"><span class="l">February the Twelfth the Bulb and the <b>Soil</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> FEBRUARY The Twelfth THE BULB AND THE <b>SOIL</b>. <b>...</b> Some one sent me a bulb which requires<br> a certain kind of <b>soil</b>, but he also sent me the <b>soil</b> in which to grow it. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../my daily meditation for the circling year/february the twelfth the bulb.htm</font><p><a href="/library/gordon/quiet_talks_with_world_winners/sowing_ourselves_in_lifes_soil.htm"><span class="l">Sowing Ourselves in Life&#39;s <b>Soil</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Each One of Us Sowing Ourselves in Life&#39;s <b>Soil</b>. <b>...</b> It is men, saved men. We are to<br> sow our saved selves, our lives, in the <b>soil</b> of men&#39;s lives. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../gordon/quiet talks with world winners/sowing ourselves in lifes soil.htm</font><p><a href="/library/bede/bedes_ecclesiastical_history_of_england/chap_xxviii_how_the_same.htm"><span class="l">Chap. xxviii. How the Same St. Cuthbert, Living the Life of an <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Cuthbert, living the life of an Anchorite, by his prayers obtained a spring in a<br> dry <b>soil</b>, and had a crop from seed sown by the labour of his hands out of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../bede/bedes ecclesiastical history of england/chap xxviii how the same.htm</font><p><a href="/library/pamphilius/the_life_of_constantine/chapter_xxvii_how_constantine_commanded_the.htm"><span class="l">How Constantine Commanded the Materials of the Idol Temple, and <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book III. Chapter XXVII."How Constantine commanded the Materials of the Idol<br> Temple, and the <b>Soil</b> itself, to be removed at a Distance. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the life of constantine/chapter xxvii how constantine commanded the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/the_heath_in_the_desert.htm"><span class="l">The Heath in the Desert and the Tree by the River</span></a> <br><b>...</b> sides. The fierce &#39;sunbeams like swords&#39; slay every green thing. The salt<br> particles in the <b>soil</b> glitter in the light. No living <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the heath in the desert.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kinkead/baltimore_catechism_no_4/lesson_1_on_the_end.htm"><span class="l">On the End of Man</span></a> <br><b>...</b> We see that the <b>soil</b> is made for the plants and trees to grow in; because if there<br> was no need of things growing, it would be better to have a nice clean solid <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/kinkead/baltimore catechism no 4/lesson 1 on the end.htm</font><p><a href="/library/bevan/three_friends_of_god/chapter_xxiii_the_summer_fields.htm"><span class="l">The Summer Fields</span></a> <br><b>...</b> When he sees that the sun begins to shine forth, he clips and cuts his trees, and<br> digs up his ground, and turns over the <b>soil</b> with toil and care. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../bevan/three friends of god/chapter xxiii the summer fields.htm</font><p><a href="/library/chadwick/the_gospel_of_st_mark/chapter_4_3-9_14-20_the_sower_2.htm"><span class="l">The Sower Cont.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> St. Paul sowed upon just such <b>soil</b> in Galatia. There his hearers spoke of such<br> blessedness that they would have plucked out their eyes for him. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 4 3-9 14-20 the sower 2.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kuyper/the_work_of_the_holy_spirit/xv_good_works.htm"><span class="l">Good Works.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> In a garden where the conditions are all equal, and there is the same <b>soil</b>,<br> the same fertilizer, etc., different fruit-trees are planted. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/xv good works.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/s/soil.htm"><span class="l"><b>Soil</b> (59 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (such food having the effect<br> of purging them), to purge by feeding on green food; as, to <b>soil</b> a horse. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/soil.htm - 23k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/earth.htm"><span class="l">Earth (10501 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Easton's Bible Dictionary. (1.) In the sense of <b>soil</b> or ground, the translation<br> of the word adamah'. In Genesis 9:20 &quot;husbandman&quot; is <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/earth.htm - 26k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/land.htm"><span class="l">Land (19790 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 4. (n.) Ground, in respect to its nature or quality; <b>soil</b>; as, wet land; good<br> or bad land. <b>...</b> The <b>soil</b> is deep, rich loam, of amazing fertility. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/land.htm - 21k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/plough.htm"><span class="l">Plough (11 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2. (n.) A well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or other power, for<br> turning up the <b>soil</b> to prepare it for bearing crops; also used to furrow or <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/plough.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/fell.htm"><span class="l">Fell (331 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Matthew 13:5 Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn't have much <b>soil</b>, and<br> immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/fell.htm - 36k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/plow.htm"><span class="l">Plow (11 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> shoulder. These plows literally scratch the <b>soil</b>, as the Hebrew word implies. <b>...</b><br> continually? Does he keep turning the <b>soil</b> and breaking the clods? <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/plow.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/rocky.htm"><span class="l">Rocky (14 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Matthew 13:5 Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn't have much <b>soil</b>, and<br> immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/rocky.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/depth.htm"><span class="l">Depth (22 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Matthew 13:5 Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn't have much <b>soil</b>, and<br> immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/depth.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/bay.htm"><span class="l">Bay (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> The Hebrew word so rendered is ereh, which simply means &quot;native born&quot;, ie, a tree<br> not transplanted, but growing on its native <b>soil</b>, and therefore luxuriantly. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/bay.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/clay.htm"><span class="l">Clay (50 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> CLAY. kla (chomer, chacaph, TiT, meleT, `abhi, ma`abheh, abhTiT; pelos, &quot;wet clay,&quot;<br> &quot;mud&quot;): True clay, which is a highly aluminous <b>soil</b>, is found in certain <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/clay.htm - 25k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/applying-the-Bible.html">What is the key to applying the Bible to my life? &#124; GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/spiritual-harvest.html">What is a spiritual harvest and how can I achieve one? &#124; GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/parable-growing-seed.html">What is the meaning of the Parable of the Growing Seed (Mark 4:26-29)? &#124; GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/soil.htm">Soil: Dictionary and Thesaurus &#124; Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> &#8226; <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> &#8226; <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> &#8226; <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> &#8226; <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Soil (59 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/13-5.htm">Matthew 13:5</a></span><br />Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn't have much <span class="boldtext">soil</span>, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.<br /><span class="source">(WEB WEY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/13-8.htm">Matthew 13:8</a></span><br />Others fell on good <span class="boldtext">soil</span>, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/13-23.htm">Matthew 13:23</a></span><br />What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit, and brings forth, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty."<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/4-5.htm">Mark 4:5</a></span><br />Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little <span class="boldtext">soil</span>, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.<br /><span class="source">(WEB WEY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/4-8.htm">Mark 4:8</a></span><br />Others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing. Some brought forth thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times as much."<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/4-20.htm">Mark 4:20</a></span><br />Those which were sown on the good ground are those who hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times."<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/4-26.htm">Mark 4:26</a></span><br />He said, "The Kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/4-28.htm">Mark 4:28</a></span><br />For the earth bears fruit: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/4-31.htm">Mark 4:31</a></span><br />It's like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are on the earth,<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/6-49.htm">Luke 6:49</a></span><br />But he who has heard and not practised is like a man who has built a house upon the soft <span class="boldtext">soil</span> without a foundation, against which the torrent bursts, and immediately it collapses, and terrible is the wreck and ruin of that house."<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/8-6.htm">Luke 8:6</a></span><br />Other seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/8-8.htm">Luke 8:8</a></span><br />Other fell into the good ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit one hundred times." As he said these things, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/8-13.htm">Luke 8:13</a></span><br />Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/8-15.htm">Luke 8:15</a></span><br />That in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and bring forth fruit with patience.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/13-7.htm">Luke 13:7</a></span><br />He said to the vine dresser,'Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why does it waste the <span class="boldtext">soil</span>?'<br /><span class="source">(WEB NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/13-19.htm">Luke 13:19</a></span><br />It is like a mustard seed which a man drops into the <span class="boldtext">soil</span> in his garden, and it grows and becomes a tree in whose branches the birds roost."<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/14-35.htm">Luke 14:35</a></span><br />It is fit neither for the <span class="boldtext">soil</span> nor for the manure pile. It is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear."<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/colossians/3-8.htm">Colossians 3:8</a></span><br />But now you must rid yourselves of every kind of sin--angry and passionate outbreaks, ill-will, evil speaking, foul-mouthed abuse--so that these may never <span class="boldtext">soil</span> your lips.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/james/5-7.htm">James 5:7</a></span><br />Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/4-2.htm">Genesis 4:2</a></span><br />Again she gave birth, to Cain's brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/4-3.htm">Genesis 4:3</a></span><br />As time passed, it happened that Cain brought an offering to Yahweh from the fruit of the ground.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/9-20.htm">Genesis 9:20</a></span><br />Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/47-20.htm">Genesis 47:20</a></span><br />And Joseph bought all the <span class="boldtext">soil</span> of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them; and the land became Pharaoh's.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/23-19.htm">Exodus 23:19</a></span><br />The first of the first fruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of Yahweh your God. "You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk. <br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/34-26.htm">Exodus 34:26</a></span><br />"You shall bring the first of the first fruits of your ground to the house of Yahweh your God. "You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk." <br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/26-19.htm">Leviticus 26:19</a></span><br />I will break the pride of your power, and I will make your sky like iron, and your <span class="boldtext">soil</span> like brass;<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/26-20.htm">Leviticus 26:20</a></span><br />and your strength will be spent in vain; for your land won't yield its increase, neither will the trees of the land yield their fruit.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/27-30.htm">Leviticus 27:30</a></span><br />"'All the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is Yahweh's. It is holy to Yahweh.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/26-2.htm">Deuteronomy 26:2</a></span><br />that you shall take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you shall bring in from your land that Yahweh your God gives you; and you shall put it in a basket, and shall go to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/26-10.htm">Deuteronomy 26:10</a></span><br />Now, behold, I have brought the first of the fruit of the ground, which you, Yahweh, have given me." You shall set it down before Yahweh your God, and worship before Yahweh your God.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/7-46.htm">1 Kings 7:46</a></span><br />In the circuit of the Jordan hath the king cast them, in the thick <span class="boldtext">soil</span> of the ground, between Succoth and Zarthan.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/18-38.htm">1 Kings 18:38</a></span><br />Then the fire of Yahweh fell, and consumed the burnt offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/27-26.htm">1 Chronicles 27:26</a></span><br />Over those who did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub: <br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-17.htm">2 Chronicles 4:17</a></span><br />In the circuit of the Jordan hath the king cast them, in the thick <span class="boldtext">soil</span> of the ground, between Succoth and Zeredathah.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-10.htm">2 Chronicles 26:10</a></span><br />He built towers in the wilderness, and dug out many cisterns, for he had much livestock; in the lowland also, and in the plain: and he had farmers and vineyard keepers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields; for he loved farming.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/5-6.htm">Job 5:6</a></span><br />For affliction doesn't come forth from the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/8-19.htm">Job 8:19</a></span><br />Behold, this is the joy of his way: out of the earth, others shall spring.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/14-8.htm">Job 14:8</a></span><br />Though its root grows old in the earth, and its stock dies in the ground,<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/14-19.htm">Job 14:19</a></span><br />The waters wear the stones. The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth. So you destroy the hope of man. <br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/37-35.htm">Psalms 37:35</a></span><br />I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native <span class="boldtext">soil</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/105-35.htm">Psalms 105:35</a></span><br />ate up every plant in their land; and ate up the fruit of their ground. <br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/137-4.htm">Psalms 137:4</a></span><br />How should we sing a song of Jehovah's upon a foreign <span class="boldtext">soil</span>? <br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/songs/5-3.htm">Song of Songs 5:3</a></span><br />I have taken off my robe. Indeed, must I put it on? I have washed my feet. Indeed, must I <span class="boldtext">soil</span> them?<br /><span class="source">(WEB RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/28-24.htm">Isaiah 28:24</a></span><br />Does he who plows to sow plow continually? Does he keep turning the <span class="boldtext">soil</span> and breaking the clods? <br /><span class="source">(WEB NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/30-24.htm">Isaiah 30:24</a></span><br />And the oxen and the young asses which are used for ploughing, will have salted grain which has been made free from the waste with fork and basket.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/32-13.htm">Isaiah 32:13</a></span><br />And for the land of my people, where thorns will come up; even for all the houses of joy in the glad town.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/34-7.htm">Isaiah 34:7</a></span><br />And the strong oxen will go down to death together with the smaller cattle. <br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/34-9.htm">Isaiah 34:9</a></span><br />And its streams will be turned into boiling oil, and its dust into burning stone, and all the land will be on fire.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/23-8.htm">Jeremiah 23:8</a></span><br />but, As Yahweh lives, who brought up and who led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all the countries where I had driven them. They shall dwell in their own land.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/42-12.htm">Jeremiah 42:12</a></span><br />I will grant you mercy, that he may have mercy on you, and cause you to return to your own land.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-5.htm">Ezekiel 17:5</a></span><br />He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful <span class="boldtext">soil</span>; he placed it beside many waters; he set it as a willow tree.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-8.htm">Ezekiel 17:8</a></span><br />It was planted in a good <span class="boldtext">soil</span> by many waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/26-4.htm">Ezekiel 26:4</a></span><br />They shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/26-12.htm">Ezekiel 26:12</a></span><br />They shall make a spoil of your riches, and make a prey of your merchandise; and they shall break down your walls, and destroy your pleasant houses; and they shall lay your stones and your timber and your dust in the midst of the waters.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joel/1-11.htm">Joel 1:11</a></span><br />Be confounded, you farmers! Wail, you vineyard keepers; for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field has perished.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/amos/7-17.htm">Amos 7:17</a></span><br />Therefore thus says Yahweh:'Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line; and you yourself shall die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.'"<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/micah/5-5.htm">Micah 5:5</a></span><br />He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land, and when he marches through our fortresses, then we will raise against him seven shepherds, and eight leaders of men.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/zechariah/13-5.htm">Zechariah 13:5</a></span><br />but he will say,'I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondservant from my youth.'<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/malachi/3-11.htm">Malachi 3:11</a></span><br />I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before its time in the field," says Yahweh of Armies.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/s/soil.htm">Soil</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/soil.htm">Soil (59 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/cormorant.htm">Cormorant (4 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/soiling.htm">Soiling (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/shabby.htm">Shabby (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/stain.htm">Stain (6 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/hoopoe.htm">Hoopoe (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/hat.htm">Hat</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/discomfiture.htm">Discomfiture (6 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/j/jude.htm">Jude (4 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/herod.htm">Herod (45 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/peter.htm">Peter (181 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/first.htm">First (4693 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/e/epistle.htm">Epistle (13 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/s/softy.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Softy"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Softy" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/s/soiled.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Soiled"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Soiled" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF2 --> <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>

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