the profit

Genesis 1:29, 30
Then God said, "Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food. . . .

Genesis 3:17-19
And to Adam He said: "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree from which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. . . .

Psalm 104:14, 15
He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth: . . .

Psalm 115:16
The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind.

Proverbs 13:23
Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.

Proverbs 27:23-27
Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds; . . .

Proverbs 28:19
The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

Jeremiah 40:10-12
As for me, I will stay in Mizpah to represent you before the Chaldeans who come to us. As for you, gather in wine, summer fruit, and oil, place them in your storage jars, and live in the cities you have taken over." . . .

the king

1 Samuel 8:12-17
He will appoint some for himself as commanders of thousands and of fifties, and others to plow his ground, to reap his harvest, and to make his weapons of war and equip his chariots. . . .

1 Kings 4:7-23
Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel to provide food for the king and his household. Each one would arrange provisions for one month of the year, . . .

1 Chronicles 27:26-31
Ezri son of Chelub was in charge of the workers in the fields who tilled the soil. . . .