Thematic Bible: Cedars


Thematic Bible



His legs are alabaster columns, set on bases of gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, choice as the cedars. Verse ConceptsThings Like Gold

Thus says the Lord GOD: "I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and will set it out. I will break off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. On the mountain height of Israel will I plant it, that it may bear branches and produce fruit and become a noble cedar. And under it will dwell every kind of bird; in the shade of its branches birds of every sort will nest.

"Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars and who was as strong as the oaks; I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath. Verse ConceptsAmoritesCedarRootsGiantsOaks

By your servants you have mocked the Lord, and you have said, With my many chariots I have gone up the heights of the mountains, to the far recesses of Lebanon, to cut down its tallest cedars, its choicest cypresses, to come to its remotest height, its most fruitful forest. Verse ConceptsChariotsCedarFelling TreesTrusting In Chariots

Thus says the Lord GOD: "I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and will set it out. I will break off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. Verse ConceptsTendernessMessianic PropheciesMetaphorical PlantingThe Mountains Of Israel

And for the cleansing of the house he shall take two small birds, with cedarwood and scarlet yarn and hyssop, and shall kill one of the birds in an earthenware vessel over fresh water and shall take the cedarwood and the hyssop and the scarlet yarn, along with the live bird, and dip them in the blood of the bird that was killed and in the fresh water and sprinkle the house seven times. read more.
Thus he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with the fresh water and with the live bird and with the cedarwood and hyssop and scarlet yarn.

the priest shall command them to take for him who is to be cleansed two live clean birds and cedarwood and scarlet yarn and hyssop. And the priest shall command them to kill one of the birds in an earthenware vessel over fresh water. He shall take the live bird with the cedarwood and the scarlet yarn and the hyssop, and dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the fresh water. read more.
And he shall sprinkle it seven times on him who is to be cleansed of the leprous disease. Then he shall pronounce him clean and shall let the living bird go into the open field.

against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up; and against all the oaks of Bashan; Verse ConceptsOaks

Behold, the Lord GOD of hosts will lop the boughs with terrifying power; the great in height will be hewn down, and the lofty will be brought low. He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an axe, and Lebanon will fall by the Majestic One.

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, also carpenters and masons who built David a house. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofCraftsmenMessengers Sent OutCedarCarpentersBuildingMasonsStonesZion, As A PlaceCommerceCedar Wood

He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon. Its length was a hundred cubits and its breadth fifty cubits and its height thirty cubits, and it was built on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars. And it was covered with cedar above the chambers that were on the forty-five pillars, fifteen in each row.

And so I intend to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD said to David my father, 'Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, shall build the house for my name.' Verse ConceptsProperty, HousesThroneSolomon's TempleA Place For God's Name

So he built the house and finished it, and he made the ceiling of the house of beams and planks of cedar. He built the structure against the whole house, five cubits high, and it was joined to the house with timbers of cedar.

The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches. Verse ConceptsCedarThe Mountains Of Israel

On the mountain height of Israel will I plant it, that it may bear branches and produce fruit and become a noble cedar. And under it will dwell every kind of bird; in the shade of its branches birds of every sort will nest. Verse ConceptsBearing Fruit

The trees of the LORD are watered abundantly, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted. Verse ConceptsCedar

I will put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive. I will set in the desert the cypress, the plane and the pine together, Verse ConceptsFir TreesOlivesTreesWaste Places RestoredMyrtleOlive TreesChristmas Tree

And the bramble said to the trees, 'If in good faith you are anointing me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade, but if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon.' Verse ConceptsCedarShadowsBramblesBurning PlantsPerforming The Truth


"Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars and who was as strong as the oaks; I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath. Verse ConceptsAmoritesCedarRootsGiantsOaks

Behold, Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches and forest shade, and of towering height, its top among the clouds. Verse ConceptsBranches, Types OfCedarPride, Examples OfTreesThings On High

Your lips drip nectar, my bride; honey and milk are under your tongue; the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon. Verse ConceptsHoneyRich Foodspouse

King Solomon made himself a carriage from the wood of Lebanon.

So Hiram supplied Solomon with all the timber of cedar and cypress that he desired, while Solomon gave Hiram 20,000 cors of wheat as food for his household, and 20,000 cors of beaten oil. Solomon gave this to Hiram year by year.

He broke off the topmost of its young twigs and carried it to a land of trade and set it in a city of merchants. Then he took of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil. He placed it beside abundant waters. He set it like a willow twig,

O inhabitant of Lebanon, nested among the cedars, how you will be pitied when pangs come upon you, pain as of a woman in labor!" Verse ConceptsCedarLabour Pains

The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches. It sent out its branches to the sea and its shoots to the River.

In your market these traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of blue and embroidered work, and in carpets of colored material, bound with cords and made secure. Verse ConceptsBeauty, In ArtefactsClothing, Kinds OfMarketsRich ApparelCommerceBlue ClothMulti ColouredColorreinforcement

And the king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as the sycamore of the Shephelah. Verse ConceptsCedarSilverSycamoresTreesCedar WoodThe Shephelah

I will prepare destroyers against you, each with his weapons, and they shall cut down your choicest cedars and cast them into the fire. Verse ConceptsFelling TreesThose Who DestroyBurning Plants

say, Thus says the Lord GOD: A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, rich in plumage of many colors, came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar. Verse ConceptsEaglesBirds, Types Of BirdsWings Of BirdsFeathersMulti ColouredColorRainbow

Like palm groves that stretch afar, like gardens beside a river, like aloes that the LORD has planted, like cedar trees beside the waters. Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalSpreadingGardens

And the priest shall take cedarwood and hyssop and scarlet yarn, and throw them into the fire burning the heifer. Verse ConceptsCrimsonWoolRed MaterialCedar Wood

They made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; they took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you. Verse ConceptsCedarFir TreesBoardsCedar Wood

He cuts down cedars, or he chooses a cypress tree or an oak and lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a cedar and the rain nourishes it. Verse ConceptsTreesFelling Treeswoodworkingtoughness

Like palm groves that stretch afar, like gardens beside a river, like aloes that the LORD has planted, like cedar trees beside the waters. Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalSpreadingGardens

He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of the wall. He spoke also of beasts, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fish. Verse ConceptsCedarHyssopPlantsRelation Of Animals To ManBeauty Of NatureFishPets


"The bricks have fallen, but we will build with dressed stones; the sycamores have been cut down, but we will put cedars in their place." Verse ConceptsBricksHousesMasonsProperty, HousesStonesSycamoresFortsStone ItemsCedar WoodThings ImprovedChristmas Treerebuilding

Mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars!

The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD breaks the cedars of Lebanon. Verse ConceptsCedarFelling TreesThe Beauty Of Nature


The cypresses rejoice at you, the cedars of Lebanon, saying, 'Since you were laid low, no woodcutter comes up against us.' Verse ConceptsCedarFir TreesFelling Trees

The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD breaks the cedars of Lebanon. Verse ConceptsCedarFelling TreesThe Beauty Of Nature

And Jehoash king of Israel sent word to Amaziah king of Judah, "A thistle on Lebanon sent to a cedar on Lebanon, saying, 'Give your daughter to my son for a wife,' and a wild beast of Lebanon passed by and trampled down the thistle. Verse ConceptsCedarFablesThornsSarcasmThistlesOld Testament ParablesGiving In Marriage

against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up; and against all the oaks of Bashan; Verse ConceptsOaks

He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of the wall. He spoke also of beasts, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fish. Verse ConceptsCedarHyssopPlantsRelation Of Animals To ManBeauty Of NatureFishPets

The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches. Verse ConceptsCedarThe Mountains Of Israel

The trees of the LORD are watered abundantly, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted. Verse ConceptsCedar

The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD breaks the cedars of Lebanon. Verse ConceptsCedarFelling TreesThe Beauty Of Nature

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