27 Bible Verses about Olive Trees
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But I [am] like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God. I trust the loyal love of God forever and ever.
These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.
And I answered and said to him, "What [are] these two olive trees on the right of the lampstand and on its left?"
Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, [although you] were a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them and became a sharer of the root of the olive tree's richness,
And [there are] two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left."
Your wife [will be] like a fruitful vine {within} your house. Your children [will be] like olive shoots about your table.
Yahweh called your name, 'A leafy olive tree, {beautiful with fine fruit}.' With the sound of a great storm he will set fire to it, and its branches will be good for nothing.
And gleanings will be left over in it, as {when an olive tree is beaten}, two [or] three ripe olive berries in [the] top of a branch, four [or] five on its fruitful branches," {declares} Yahweh, the God of Israel.
And I replied a second [time] and asked him, "What [are] these two twigs of olive trees on the right of the lampstand and on its left?"
His new plant shoots will spread out; his splendor will be like the olive tree, and his scent like the [trees of] Lebanon.
[The] righteous will flourish like the date palm. They will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Though the fig tree [does] not blossom, nor there be fruit on the vines; the yield of [the] olive tree fails, and the cultivated fields do not yield food; [the] flock is cut off from the animal pen, and there is no cattle in the stalls,
and houses full of all [sorts] of good things that you did not fill, and hewn cisterns that you did not hew, vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant, and {you have eaten your fill},
For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these who are {natural branches} be grafted into their own olive tree?
"The trees went certainly, to anoint a king over themselves. And they said to the olive tree, 'Rule over us.'
And the olive tree replied, 'Should I stop [producing] my oil, which by me gods and men are honored, to go sway over the trees?'
I will {put} [the] cedar, acacia, myrtle, and olive oil tree in the wilderness; I will set [the] cypress, elm, and box tree together in the desert
When you beat off the fruit of your olive trees you shall not search through the branches afterward, for it shall be for the alien, for the orphan, and for the widow.
[to] a land of wheat and barley and vines and fig trees and pomegranate trees, a land of olive trees, olive oil and honey;
For it shall be like this in the midst of the earth, among the nations, like [the] beating of an olive tree, like gleanings when a grape harvest is at an end.
And if indeed it produces fruit in the coming [year], [so much the better], but if not, you can cut it down.'"
There shall be olive trees for you in all of your territory, but you shall not anoint [yourself], for your olives shall drop off.
And so, he is like a tree planted by streams of water that gives its fruit in its season; its leaf also does not wither. Therefore all that he does prospers.
And the dove came to him {in the evening}, and behold, a freshly-picked olive tree leaf [was] in her mouth. And Noah knew that the waters had subsided from upon the earth.
And he ran on ahead [and] climbed up into a sycamore tree so that he could see him, because he was going to go through [that way].
do not boast against the branches. But if you boast against [them], you do not support the root, but the root [supports] you.
For he will be like a tree planted by water, and to [the] stream it sends its roots, and it will not fear when heat comes, and its leaves will be luxuriant, and in [the] year of drought it will not be anxious, and it will not cease from the bearing of fruit.
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Olive Trees » Canaan abounded in
[to] a land of wheat and barley and vines and fig trees and pomegranate trees, a land of olive trees, olive oil and honey;
and houses full of all [sorts] of good things that you did not fill, and hewn cisterns that you did not hew, vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant, and {you have eaten your fill},
Olive Trees » Oil procured from
[to] a land of wheat and barley and vines and fig trees and pomegranate trees, a land of olive trees, olive oil and honey;
"And you will command the {Israelites}, and they will bring to you pure, beaten olive oil for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.
Olive Trees » Cultivated » In olive yards
He will take the best of your fields and your vineyards and your olive trees and will give [them] to his servants.
Please restore to them this day their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves, their houses, and the interest on the money, the grain, the grape juice, and the olive oil that you have been taking from them."
Olive Trees » Illustrative » (when wild,) of the gentiles
For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these who are {natural branches} be grafted into their own olive tree?
Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, [although you] were a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them and became a sharer of the root of the olive tree's richness,
Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of Christ
For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these who are {natural branches} be grafted into their own olive tree?
Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, [although you] were a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them and became a sharer of the root of the olive tree's richness,
Olive Trees » Described as » Bearing goodly fruit
Yahweh called your name, 'A leafy olive tree, {beautiful with fine fruit}.' With the sound of a great storm he will set fire to it, and its branches will be good for nothing.
A fig tree is not able, my brothers, to produce olives, or a grapevine figs. Neither can a saltwater spring produce fresh water.
Olive Trees » Described as » Fair and beautiful
His new plant shoots will spread out; his splendor will be like the olive tree, and his scent like the [trees of] Lebanon.
Yahweh called your name, 'A leafy olive tree, {beautiful with fine fruit}.' With the sound of a great storm he will set fire to it, and its branches will be good for nothing.
Olive Trees » Illustrative » (gleaning of,) of the remnant of grace
And gleanings will be left over in it, as {when an olive tree is beaten}, two [or] three ripe olive berries in [the] top of a branch, four [or] five on its fruitful branches," {declares} Yahweh, the God of Israel.
For it shall be like this in the midst of the earth, among the nations, like [the] beating of an olive tree, like gleanings when a grape harvest is at an end.
Olive Trees » Described as » Fat and unctuous
Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, [although you] were a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them and became a sharer of the root of the olive tree's richness,
And the olive tree replied, 'Should I stop [producing] my oil, which by me gods and men are honored, to go sway over the trees?'
Olive Trees » The fruit of, trodden in presses to extract the oil
{from that time when} one came to a heap of twenty [measures], there were [only] ten, and [when] one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty measures, there were [only] twenty.
You yourself will sow, but you will not reap; you will tread olives, but you will not anoint yourself with oil; [you will tread] grapes, but you will not drink wine.
Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of the righteous
But I [am] like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God. I trust the loyal love of God forever and ever.
His new plant shoots will spread out; his splendor will be like the olive tree, and his scent like the [trees of] Lebanon.
Olive Trees » Kings of israel largely cultivated
And over the olive trees and the sycamore trees that [were] in the Shephelah [was] Baal-Hanan the Gederite. And over the treasury houses of olive oil [was] Joash.
Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of the two witnesses
And I will grant [authority] to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy [for one] thousand two hundred sixty days, dressed in sackcloth." These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.
Olive Trees » Cultivated » Among rocks
And he set him on the high places of [the] land, and he fed [him] the crops of [the] field, and he nursed him with honey from crags, and [with] oil from flinty rock,
Olive Trees » Gleaning of, left for the poor
When you beat off the fruit of your olive trees you shall not search through the branches afterward, for it shall be for the alien, for the orphan, and for the widow.
Olive Trees » Beaten to remove the fruit
When you beat off the fruit of your olive trees you shall not search through the branches afterward, for it shall be for the alien, for the orphan, and for the widow.
Olive Trees » Often cast its fruit
There shall be olive trees for you in all of your territory, but you shall not anoint [yourself], for your olives shall drop off.
Olive Trees » Failure of, a great calamity
Though the fig tree [does] not blossom, nor there be fruit on the vines; the yield of [the] olive tree fails, and the cultivated fields do not yield food; [the] flock is cut off from the animal pen, and there is no cattle in the stalls, Yet I will rejoice in Yahweh; I will exult in the God of my salvation.
Olive Trees » Used for making » The doors and posts of the temple
He made doors of olive wood for the doorway of the inner sanctuary, [as well as for] the doorpost of the fifth doorframe. [On] the two doors of olive wood he made carvings of cherubim and palm tree images and budding flowers, and he overlaid them with gold {by beating} out the gold on the cherubim and the palm tree images. Thus he made doorframes of olive wood on four sides for the doorway of the main hall
Olive Trees » Pruning of, alluded to
do not boast against the branches. But if you boast against [them], you do not support the root, but the root [supports] you. Then you will say, "Branches were broken off in order that I could be grafted in."
Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of the jewish church
Yahweh called your name, 'A leafy olive tree, {beautiful with fine fruit}.' With the sound of a great storm he will set fire to it, and its branches will be good for nothing.
Olive Trees » Described as » Green
Yahweh called your name, 'A leafy olive tree, {beautiful with fine fruit}.' With the sound of a great storm he will set fire to it, and its branches will be good for nothing.
Olive Trees » Used for making » Booths at feast of tabernacles
and that they should proclaim and give voice in all of their cities in Jerusalem, saying, "Go out to the hill and bring olive tree branches, olive oil wood branches, myrtle shrub branches, palm tree branches, and other leafy tree branches to make booths, as it is written."
Olive Trees » Assyria abounded in
Until I come and take you to a land like your land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees, olive oil, and honey, that [you may] live and not die! You must not listen to Hezekiah, for he has misled you [by] saying, "Yahweh will deliver us!"
Olive Trees » Used for making » The cherubim in the temple
He made two cherubim of olive wood for the inner sanctuary, ten cubits high.
Olive Trees » Illustrative » Probable origin of its being the emblem of peace
And the dove came to him {in the evening}, and behold, a freshly-picked olive tree leaf [was] in her mouth. And Noah knew that the waters had subsided from upon the earth.
Olive Trees » Cultivated » On the sides of mountains
And when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
Olive Trees » Fruit of, during sabbatical year left for the poor, &c
But the seventh you will let it rest and leave it fallow, and the poor of your people will eat, and their remainder the animals of the field will eat. You will do likewise for your vineyard and for your olive trees.
Olive Trees » Grafting of, alluded to
For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these who are {natural branches} be grafted into their own olive tree?
Olive Trees » Often grew wild
Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, [although you] were a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them and became a sharer of the root of the olive tree's richness,
Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of children of pious parents
Your wife [will be] like a fruitful vine {within} your house. Your children [will be] like olive shoots about your table.
Olive Trees » Shaken when fully ripe
And gleanings will be left over in it, as {when an olive tree is beaten}, two [or] three ripe olive berries in [the] top of a branch, four [or] five on its fruitful branches," {declares} Yahweh, the God of Israel.
Olive Trees » Good for the service of God and man
And the olive tree replied, 'Should I stop [producing] my oil, which by me gods and men are honored, to go sway over the trees?'
Olive Trees » Often cast its flowers
Olive Trees » Often suffered from caterpillars
"I struck you with blight and with mildew. Frequently the cutting locust devoured your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees, yet you did not return to me," [is] the declaration of Yahweh.