Thematic Bible: A tree


Thematic Bible



He cuts cedars for himself, and takes a cypress or an oak and lets it grow strong for himself among the trees of the forest. He plants a fir, and the rain nourishes it. Verse ConceptsTreesFelling Treeswoodworkingtoughness

He cuts cedars for himself, and takes a cypress or an oak and lets it grow strong for himself among the trees of the forest. He plants a fir, and the rain nourishes it. Verse ConceptsTreesFelling Treeswoodworkingtoughness


Sharp arrows of the warrior,
With the burning coals of the broom tree.
Verse ConceptsArrows, Described AsSymbolsArrows


“They pluck [and eat] saltwort (mallows) among the bushes,
And their food is the root of the broom shrub.
Verse ConceptsRootsSaltGod Is HolyTreestoughness

But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a lone broom or juniper tree and asked that he might die. He said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am no better than my fathers. As he lay asleep under the broom or juniper tree, behold, an angel touched him and said to him, Arise and eat.


“I will put the cedar in the wilderness,
The acacia, the myrtle and the olive tree;
I will place the juniper in the desert
Together with the box tree and the cypress,
Verse ConceptsFir TreesOlivesTreesWaste Places RestoredMyrtleOlive TreesChristmas Tree


“The glory of Lebanon will come to you,
The cypress, the juniper, and the cedar together,
To beautify the place of My sanctuary;
And I will honor and make the place of My feet glorious.
Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfAdornment, Of BuildingsFir TreesTreesGod Bestowing GloryMillenial SacrificesChristmas Tree

So they proclaimed and published an announcement in all their cities and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hills and bring olive branches, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy branches to make booths, as it is written.” Verse ConceptsBranches, Types OfOlivesFoliageMyrtle


They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains
And burn incense on the hills,
Under oaks, poplars, and terebinths,
Because the shade is pleasant there.
Therefore your daughters play the prostitute
And your brides commit adultery.
Verse ConceptsHillsTreesOaksThose Who Committed AdulterySacrificing On The High Places

Then Jacob took branches of fresh poplar and almond and plane trees, and peeled white stripes in them, exposing the white in the branches. Verse ConceptsAlmondsWhiteTreesPolesSkinningBlack And White

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