11 Bible Verses about Branches, Figurative Uses
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My roots have spread out and have found water, and dew settles at night on my branches.
"Joseph is descended from a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine planted near springs of water. His branches climb over walls.
I am the vine, you are the branches. The one who abides in me while I abide in him produces much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. Unless a person abides in me, he is thrown away like a pruned branch and dries up. People gather such branches, throw them into a fire, and they are burned up.
If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch. If the root is holy, so are the branches. Now if some of the branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive branch, have been grafted in their place to share the rich root of the olive tree, do not boast about being better than the other branches. If you boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you. read more.
Then you will say, "Branches were cut off so that I could be grafted in."
This message from the LORD came to me, asking, "What do you see, Jeremiah?" I replied, "I see an almond branch." The LORD told me, "You have observed well, because I'm watching over my message, to make sure it comes about."
So the LORD has cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed in a single day the elder and the dignitary is the head, and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail.
If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch. If the root is holy, so are the branches.
For if God did not spare the natural branches, he certainly will not spare you, either.
"A shoot will come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch will bear fruit from his roots.
This is what I saw in the visions of my head while I was in bed: I was looking and listen carefully! I saw a tree in the middle of the earth, the height of which was very great. The tree grew large, became strong, and its top reached the sky. It could be seen to the ends of the earth. Its foliage was beautiful, its fruit bountiful, and its food sufficient for everyone. The animals of the field found shade under it, the birds of the sky lived in its branches, and every creature was fed from it.
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