Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible



then is to remain separate from wine and strong drink. He is not to drink vinegar or strong drink made from wine. He is not to drink grape juice or eat grapes, whether fresh or dried.

You are not to gather your vineyard or pick up the fallen grapes of your vineyard. Leave something for the poor and the resident alien who lives among you. I am the LORD your God."

"I found Israel, as one finds grapes in the wilderness; Your ancestors seemed to me like the fruit gleaned from a fig tree's first harvest. When they went to Baal-peor, they devoted themselves to that filth, and they became loathsome, like what they loved.

You will know them by their fruit. Grapes aren't gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles, are they?

"When you enter your countrymen's vineyard, you may eat the grapes to your satisfaction, but don't take any in a basket.

When you harvest the grapes in your vineyard, don't go back a second time. What remains are for the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow.

"In those days people will no longer say, "The fathers have eaten sour grapes, but the children's teeth have been set on edge.'

"Why do you cite this proverb when you talk about Israel's land: "The fathers eat sour grapes but it's their children's teeth that have become numb.'

because every tree is known by its own fruit. People don't gather figs from thorny plants or pick grapes from a thorn bush.


"When you enter your countrymen's vineyard, you may eat the grapes to your satisfaction, but don't take any in a basket.


"When you enter your countrymen's vineyard, you may eat the grapes to your satisfaction, but don't take any in a basket.