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And the Lord God planted a garden (oasis) in the east, in Eden (delight, land of happiness); and He put the man whom He had formed (created) there.

Verse ConceptsAdam, PriviledgesGarden Of Eden, TheeastLand, Spiritual Aspects OfEcological ConcernsEdenCultivationLiteral PlantingGardens

Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the Lord [in prayer], the Eternal God.

Verse Conceptseternity, nature ofGod, The LordGod, Titles And Names OfGod Is Self ExistentAbraham, The Friend Of GodTamariskLiteral Planting

Then Isaac planted [seed] in that land [as a farmer] and reaped in the same year a hundred times [as much as he had planted], and the Lord blessed and favored him.

Verse ConceptsCropsSowing And ReapingCultivationOne HundredLiteral PlantingBlessed By GodHundredfold ReturnAgriculturePlanting SeedsFarmingSeedsSowing Seedssowing

In the seven abundant years the earth produced handfuls [for each seed planted].

Verse ConceptsSeven YearsFertile LandPlenty In EgyptAbundance

‘When you enter the land and plant all kinds of trees for food, then you shall consider their fruit forbidden. For three years the fruit shall be forbidden to you; it shall not be eaten.

Verse ConceptsForeskinsCultivationThree YearsEating Forbidden FoodFirst fruits


“Like valleys that stretch out,
Like gardens beside the river,
Like aloes planted by the Lord,
Like cedars beside the waters.

Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalSpreadingGardens

What man has planted a vineyard and has not put it to use [harvesting its fruit]? Let him go and return to his house, otherwise he might die in the battle and another man would begin to use its fruit.

Verse ConceptsBattlesEnjoyment, Material ThingsHappinessVineyardPlanting VineyardsCultivationPossibility Of Death


You uprooted a vine (Israel) from Egypt;
You drove out the [Canaanite] nations and planted the vine [in Canaan].

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In OtPlanting VineyardsThe Lord Drove Them Out


Even the stock which Your right hand has planted,
And [look down on] the son that You have reared and strengthened for Yourself.

Verse ConceptsRight Hand Of GodPlanting Vineyards


Planted in the house of the Lord,
They will flourish in the courts of our God.

Verse ConceptsWe Live With GodGardens


The trees of the Lord drink their fill,
The cedars of Lebanon which He has planted,

Verse ConceptsCedar

I made great works: I built houses for myself; I planted vineyards for myself;

Verse ConceptsPlanting Vineyards

I made gardens and orchards for myself and I planted in them all kinds of fruit trees;

Verse ConceptsOrchardsGardens

He has made everything beautiful and appropriate in its time. He has also planted eternity [a sense of divine purpose] in the human heart [a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy, except God]—yet man cannot find out (comprehend, grasp) what God has done (His overall plan) from the beginning to the end.

Verse ConceptsBeautifulBeauty, In NatureAdaptabilityBeginning And EndBeing Found OutHeartbreakBeauty Of ThingsTime ManagementGod's Ways Beyond Human UnderstandingGod's TimingGods TimingBeing BeautifulWaiting For God's Timingeternity


He dug it all around and cleared away its stones,
And planted it with the choicest vine (the people of Judah).
And He built a tower in the center of it;
And also hewed out a wine vat in it.
Then He expected it to produce [the choicest] grapes,
But it produced only worthless ones.

Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsFortsExcavationWineskins And Vats


Because you [Judah] have forgotten the God of your salvation
And have not remembered the Rock of your Stronghold—
Therefore you plant lovely plants
And set the grounds with vine slips of a strange god,

Verse ConceptsFortressesGod, The RockRocksMetaphorical Plantingmindfulness


Scarcely have they been planted,
Scarcely have they been sown,
Scarcely has their stock taken root in the earth,
But He merely blows on them, and they wither,
And a strong wind carries them away like stubble.

Verse ConceptsBreath Of GodRootsWhirlwindsPeople WitheredMetaphorical Planting


“Yet I had planted you [O house of Israel as] a choice vine,
A completely faithful seed.
How then have you turned against Me
Into degenerate shoots of a foreign and wild vine [alien to Me]?

Verse ConceptsDebaucheryRejection Of God, Results OfVines

For the Lord of hosts, who planted you, has pronounced evil and horror against you because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done to provoke Me [to anger] by offering sacrifices and burning incense to Baal.

Verse ConceptsMetaphorical PlantingGod Will Bring Harm


You have planted them, they have also taken root;
They grow, they have even produced fruit.
You are honored by their [hypocritical] lips
But [You are] far from their heart and mind.

Verse ConceptsLipsNominal ReligionRootsMetaphorical PlantingLack Of Meaning


“For he will be [nourished] like a tree planted by the waters,
That spreads out its roots by the river;
And will not fear the heat when it comes;
But its leaves will be green and moist.
And it will not be anxious and concerned in a year of drought
Nor stop bearing fruit.

Verse ConceptsColors, GreenSpring Of WaterUnfading LifeThe Source Of FruitRiver BanksWater For PlantsHot WeatherGreenWater, As A Symbol Of LifeRiversOlive TreesAnxiety And FearWorrying

Say this to him, ‘The Lord speaks in this way, “Behold, what I have built I will break down, and that which I have planted I will uproot, that is, the whole land.”

Verse ConceptsRootsGod DestroyingPlucking Out

He also took some of the seed of the land (Zedekiah, of the royal family) and planted it in fertile soil and a fruitful field; he placed it beside abundant waters and set it like a willow tree.

Verse ConceptsFertile LandWater For PlantsWillowsPlanting Seedsfruitfulness

It was planted in good soil where water was plentiful for it to produce leaves and branches and to bear fruit, so that it might become a splendid vine.”’

Verse ConceptsFertile LandWater For PlantsBearing Fruit


‘Your mother [Jerusalem] was like a vine in your vineyard,
Planted by the waters;
It was fruitful and full of branches
Because of abundant water.

Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, SpiritualRivers And StreamsVineyardAbundance, MaterialWater For PlantsBearing Fruitfruitfulness


Ephraim, as I have seen,
Is planted in a pleasant [and prosperous] meadow like Tyre;
But Ephraim will bring out his children to the executioner [for slaughter].

Verse ConceptsKilling Sons And DaughtersGod's People Planted

He answered, “Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant will be torn up by the roots.

Verse ConceptsRootsPlucking OutOur Father In HeavenRelationship Of Father And SonPlanting Seeds

“Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard and put a wall around it and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower, and rented it out to tenant farmers and went on a journey [to another country].

Verse ConceptsJourneyOccupationsTowersVineyardWallsFortsExcavationTreading GrapesLeasinglent

Jesus began to speak to them [the chief priests, scribes and elders who were questioning Him] in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and put a wall around it, and dug a pit for the wine press and built a tower; and he rented it out to tenant farmers and left the country.

Verse ConceptsJourneyOccupationsPitsTowersVineyardWinepressFortsDigging PitsTreading GrapesBeginning To TeachJesus Using ParablesLeasingHoles In The Ground

Then He began telling them this parable: “A certain man had a fig tree that had been planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it, but did not find any;

Verse ConceptsMetaphorical VineyardsSeeking For Concrete Things

It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his own garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky found shelter and nested in its branches.”

Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalHorticultureParables Of ChristSmall ThingsPlants Growing Up

And the Lord said, “If you have [confident, abiding] faith in God [even as small] as a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree [which has very strong roots], ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea’; and [if the request was in agreement with the will of God] it would have obeyed you.

Verse ConceptsFaith, And Blessings Of GodSmallnessSmall ThingsPlucking OutLiteral PlantingHarming TreesIn The Heart Of The SeaObeying PeopleFaith Moving MountainsSeeds

It was the same as it was in the days of Lot. People were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building [carrying on business as usual, without regard for their sins];

Verse ConceptsLiteral PlantingEating And DrinkingDaysEnd Of Daysalcoholism

Then He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time [to another country].

Verse ConceptsOccupationsFortsAfter A Long TimeLeasingFarming

You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you and I have appointed and placed and purposefully planted you, so that you would go and bear fruit and keep on bearing, and that your fruit will remain and be lasting, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name [as My representative] He may give to you.

Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, SpiritualFruit, SpiritualAdventureelection, responsibilities ofelection, to salvationBeing ChosenConversion, nature ofChosen InstrumentsMission, Of The ChurchPrayer, As A Response To GodPrayer, God's Promises ConcerningPredestination, Of PersonsAsking In Jesus NameAsking For HelpAbiding With GodCalling In Christ's NameChosen DisciplesPotential Of FruitThe FatherGod Answers PrayerfruitfulnessFirst Love

But thanks be to God who puts the same genuine concern for you in the heart of Titus.

Verse ConceptsAffection, ExpressingThanksgiving, OfferedThank God!