Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.

Bible References

Eaten of it

Leviticus 19:23
"When you have entered the land and planted all sorts of trees for food, regard its fruit as uncircumcised for the first three years for you. It is not to be eaten.
Jeremiah 31:5
You will again plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria where planters had planted and defiled the fruit.

Lest he die

Isaiah 65:22
They won't build for others to inhabit; they won't plant for others to eat for like the lifetime of a tree, so will the lifetime of my people be, and my chosen ones will long enjoy the work of their hands.
Zephaniah 1:13
Therefore their possessions will be seized as plunder and their homes left in ruins. They may build houses, but they won't live in them. They may plant vineyards, but they won't drink their wine."

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