11 Bible Verses about Palm Trees

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Ezekiel 40:16

And the rooms and their uprights had sloping windows inside the doorway all round, and in the same way the covered way had windows all round on the inside: and on every upright there were palm-trees.

Ezekiel 41:18

And it had pictured forms of winged beings and palm-trees; a palm-tree between two winged ones, and every winged one had two faces;

Deuteronomy 34:3

And the South, and the circle of the valley of Jericho, the town of palm-trees, as far as Zoar.

Joel 1:12

The vine has become dry and the fig-tree is feeble; the pomegranate and the palm-tree and the apple-tree, even all the trees of the field, are dry: because joy has gone from the sons of men.

1 Kings 6:29-35

And all the walls of the house inside and out were ornamented with forms of winged ones and palm-trees and open flowers. And the floor of the house was covered with gold, inside and out. For the way into the inmost room he made doors of olive-wood, the arch and the door supports forming a five-sided opening.read more.
On the olive-wood doors were cut designs of winged ones and palm-trees and open flowers, all of them, with the doors, plated with gold. Then he made pillars of olive-wood for the way into the Temple; the pillars were square: And two folding doors of cypress-wood, with two leaves. These were ornamented with designs of winged ones and palm-trees and open flowers, plated over with gold.

Leviticus 23:40-42

On the first day, take the fruit of fair trees, branches of palm-trees, and branches of thick trees and trees from the riverside, and be glad before the Lord for seven days. And let this feast be kept before the Lord for seven days in the year: it is a rule for ever from generation to generation; in the seventh month let it be kept. For seven days you will be living in tents; all those who are Israelites by birth are to make tents their living-places:

Exodus 15:27

And they came to Elim where there were twelve water-springs and seventy palm-trees: and they put up their tents there by the waters.

Judges 4:5

(And she had her seat under the palm-tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in the hill-country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel came up to her to be judged.)

Song of Solomon 7:7

You are tall like a palm-tree, and your breasts are like the fruit of the vine.

1 Kings 6:31-33

For the way into the inmost room he made doors of olive-wood, the arch and the door supports forming a five-sided opening. On the olive-wood doors were cut designs of winged ones and palm-trees and open flowers, all of them, with the doors, plated with gold. Then he made pillars of olive-wood for the way into the Temple; the pillars were square:

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Jericho » A city » Called » City of » Palm trees

Deuteronomy 34:3

And the South, and the circle of the valley of Jericho, the town of palm-trees, as far as Zoar.

Palm trees » Represented in carved work on the walls and doors of the temple of solomon

1 Kings 6:29

And all the walls of the house inside and out were ornamented with forms of winged ones and palm-trees and open flowers.

1 Kings 6:32

On the olive-wood doors were cut designs of winged ones and palm-trees and open flowers, all of them, with the doors, plated with gold.

1 Kings 6:35

These were ornamented with designs of winged ones and palm-trees and open flowers, plated over with gold.

2 Chronicles 3:5

And the greater house was roofed with cypress-wood, plated with the best gold and ornamented with designs of palm-trees and chains.

Palm trees » Jericho celebrated for

Deuteronomy 34:3

And the South, and the circle of the valley of Jericho, the town of palm-trees, as far as Zoar.

Judges 1:16

Now Hobab the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, had come up out of the town of palm-trees, with the children of Judah, into the waste land of Arad; and he went and was living among the Amalekites;

Palm trees » Illustrative of » The church

Song of Songs 7:7-8

You are tall like a palm-tree, and your breasts are like the fruit of the vine. I said, Let me go up the palm-tree, and let me take its branches in my hands: your breasts will be as the fruit of the vine, and the smell of your breath like apples;

Palm trees » Described as » Tall

Song of Songs 7:7

You are tall like a palm-tree, and your breasts are like the fruit of the vine.

Palm trees » The fruit of, called dates

2 Chronicles 31:5

And when the order was made public, straight away the children of Israel gave, in great amounts, the first-fruits of their grain and wine and oil and honey, and of the produce of their fields; and they took in a tenth part of everything, a great store.

Palm trees » The branches of, were » Carried at feast of tabernacles

Leviticus 23:40

On the first day, take the fruit of fair trees, branches of palm-trees, and branches of thick trees and trees from the riverside, and be glad before the Lord for seven days.

Palm trees » The branches of, were » The emblem of victory

Revelation 7:9

After these things I saw a great army of people more than might be numbered, out of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and languages, taking their places before the high seat and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, and with branches in their hands,

Palm trees » The branches of, were » Used for constructing booths

Nehemiah 8:15

And that they were to give out an order, and make it public in all their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, Go out to the mountain and get olive branches and branches of field olives and of myrtle, and palm branches and branches of thick trees, to make tents, as it says in the book.

Palm trees » Illustrative of » The upright appearance of idols

Jeremiah 10:5

It is like a pillar in a garden of plants, and has no voice: it has to be lifted, for it has no power of walking. Have no fear of it; for it has no power of doing evil and it is not able to do any good.

Palm trees » Described as » Upright

Jeremiah 10:5

It is like a pillar in a garden of plants, and has no voice: it has to be lifted, for it has no power of walking. Have no fear of it; for it has no power of doing evil and it is not able to do any good.

Palm trees » Requires a moist and fertile soil

Exodus 15:27

And they came to Elim where there were twelve water-springs and seventy palm-trees: and they put up their tents there by the waters.

Palm trees » First mention of, in scripture

Exodus 15:27

And they came to Elim where there were twelve water-springs and seventy palm-trees: and they put up their tents there by the waters.

Palm trees » Illustrative of » The righteous

Palm trees » Described as » Fruitful to a great age

Palm trees » Described as » Flourishing

Palm trees » Tents often pitched under the shade of

Judges 4:5

(And she had her seat under the palm-tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in the hill-country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel came up to her to be judged.)

Palm trees » Spread before Christ

Palm trees » Blasted as a punishment

Joel 1:12

The vine has become dry and the fig-tree is feeble; the pomegranate and the palm-tree and the apple-tree, even all the trees of the field, are dry: because joy has gone from the sons of men.

Righteous » Compared with » Palm trees

compared to Saints » Palm trees

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