Job 8:17
It entwines its roots around a pile of rocks and looks for a place among the stones.
Job 18:16
His roots dry up below and his branches wither above.
Job 29:19
My roots spread out to the waters, with the dew all night on my branches.
Isaiah 5:24
You will go up in flames like straw and hay! You have rejected the law of the holy God Jehovah the All-Powerful Holy One of Israel. Now your roots will rot, and your blossoms will turn to dust.
Isaiah 40:24
No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner do they take root in the ground, than he blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.
Jeremiah 12:1-2
Jehovah, if I argued my case with you, you would prove to be right. Indeed, I must question you about matters of justice. Why are the wicked so prosperous? Why do dishonest people succeed with impunity?
Mark 11:20
They passed by in the morning and saw the fig tree withered away from the roots.
Jude 1:12
These men are hidden rocks in your love feasts when they feast (entertain) with you. They are shepherds that without fear feed themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by winds. They are autumn leaves without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots.