Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

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Bible References

A fruitful vine

Genesis 49:22
"Joseph is descended from a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine planted near springs of water. His branches climb over walls.
Proverbs 5:15
Drink water from your own cistern, and fresh water from your own well.
Ezekiel 19:10
"Your mother was like a vine entwining a pomegranate, planted by water, full of fruit, and full of branches because it had been watered generously.

Olive plants

Psalm 52:8
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the gracious love of God forever and ever.
Psalm 144:12
May our sons in their youth be like full-grown plants, and our daughters like pillars destined to decorate a palace.
Jeremiah 11:16
The LORD once called you a green olive tree, with beautiful shape and fruit. With a great roaring sound, he has set fire to it and its branches will be destroyed.
Hosea 14:6
Israel's branches will spread out, and its beauty will be like an olive tree, with its scent like that of Lebanon.
Romans 11:24
After all, if you were cut off from what is naturally a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much easier it will be for these natural branches to be grafted back into their own olive tree!

Round about

Psalm 127:5
How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them! He will not be ashamed as they confront their enemies at the city gate. A Song of Ascents

General references

Genesis 1:22
God blessed them by saying, "Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the oceans. Let the birds multiply throughout the earth!"
Genesis 26:5
I'm going to do this because Abraham did what I told him to do. He kept my instructions, commands, statutes, and laws."
Deuteronomy 28:4
"Blessed will your children be, as well as the produce of your land, the offspring of your beasts and cattle, and the offspring of your flock.

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