Crops

Crops represent God's provision and are regulated by the Mosaic law. Their failure is associated with disobedience.

Crops related to the law of Moses

Deuteronomy 7:12–13 See also Exodus 23:10–11, Exodus 23:16; Leviticus 23:39, Leviticus 25:3, Leviticus 25:15–16, Leviticus 25:20–22, Leviticus 26:3–4; Deuteronomy 14:28–29, Deuteronomy 16:13 the Feast of Tabernacles; Deuteronomy 22:9, Deuteronomy 26:12, Deuteronomy 28:11, Deuteronomy 30:8–9; Nehemiah 10:35–37; Proverbs 3:9–10; Malachi 3:10–11

If you listen to these ordinances and keep them carefully, then the LORD your God will keep His covenant and the loving devotion that He swore to your fathers. He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land— your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks— in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you.

Crops representing God's goodness

Psalm 65:9–10; Acts 14:17 See also Genesis 26:12; Jeremiah 2:7; Ezekiel 34:27–29, Ezekiel 36:30; Zechariah 8:12; James 5:17–18

You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth. You soak its furrows and level its ridges; You soften it with showers and bless its growth.

Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”

The failure of crops as a result of disobedience

Deuteronomy 11:16–17 See also Genesis 4:10–12; Deuteronomy 28:18, Deuteronomy 28:42, Deuteronomy 28:49–51; Judges 6:3–4; Job 31:5–8; Psalm 78:46, Psalm 105:34–35; Amos 7:1; Haggai 1:9–10

But be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside to worship and bow down to other gods, or the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you. He will shut the heavens so that there will be no rain, nor will the land yield its produce, and you will soon perish from the good land that the LORD is giving you.

Crops used metaphorically

James 5:7 See also Isaiah 5:1–2; Matthew 13:8, Matthew 13:23, Matthew 21:40–41; Luke 12:16–17; John 4:36; 2 Timothy 2:6; Hebrews 6:7–8; Revelation 22:1–2

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.