6 occurrences in 18 translations

'Sour Grapes' in the Bible

All the days of his separation you will not eat from anything that is made from the grapevine, from sour grapes to the skin [of grapes].

He shall wrong - like a vine - his sour grapes, and shall cast off - as an olive-tree - his blossom.

Verse ConceptsOlives

For before the harvest, when the season of budding is over, and sour grapes ripen into mature grapes, he cuts off the shoots with pruning knives, clearing away the spreading branches as he lops them off.

Verse ConceptsPruningKnivesToolsCutting Off Branches

But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.

Verse ConceptsResponsibility, To GodPersonal Responsibility

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