Thematic Bible: Olive


Thematic Bible



“Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil from crushed olives for the light, in order to keep the lamp burning continually. Verse ConceptsOilOlivesOlive OilUnceasingAlways Being ActiveOil For Lamps

12½ pounds of cassia (by the sanctuary shekel), and one gallon of olive oil. Verse ConceptsWeights Of Other Things

“Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil from crushed olives for the light, in order to keep the lamp burning continually. Verse ConceptsOilOlivesOlive OilUnceasingAlways Being ActiveOil For Lamps

And I questioned him further, “What are the two olive branches beside the two gold conduits, from which golden oil pours out?” Verse ConceptsBranches, Types OfOlive OilOil For LampsWhat Is This?Speaking AgainWater ChannelOlive TreesMoral Decay

the pure gold lampstand, with its lamps arranged and all its utensils, as well as the oil for the light; Verse ConceptsOilOil For LampsGold Items For The Tabernacl

a land of wheat, barley, vines, figs, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey; Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialBarleyTreesHoneyPomegranatesOlive Trees

But during the seventh year you are to let it rest and leave it uncultivated, so that the poor among your people may eat from it and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove. Verse Conceptsethics, socialLeisure, Nature And Purpose OfPoverty, Attitudes TowardsPoverty, Remedies ForVineyardOrchardsUnusedAgricultureRestFarming

houses full of every good thing that you did not fill them with, wells dug that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant—and when you eat and are satisfied, Verse ConceptsFilling PlacesPlanting VineyardsOrchardsCultivationLiving In HousesOlive Trees

These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. Verse ConceptsTwo Plant ProductsTwo Other ThingsOlive Trees

He asked me, "What do you see?" I replied, "I see a solid gold lampstand there with a bowl on its top. It has seven lamps on it and seven channels for each of the lamps on its top. There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left." Then I asked the angel who was speaking with me, "What are these, my lord?" read more.
"Don't you know what they are?" replied the angel who was speaking with me. I said, "No, my lord." So he answered me, "This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: 'Not by strength or by might, but by My Spirit,' says the Lord of Hosts. 'What are you, great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain. And he will bring out the capstone accompanied by shouts of: Grace, grace to it!' " Then the word of the Lord came to me: "Zerubbabel's hands have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will complete it. Then you will know that the Lord of Hosts has sent me to you. For who scorns the day of small things? These seven eyes of the Lord, which scan throughout the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the plumb line in Zerubbabel's hand." I asked him, "What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?" And I questioned him further, "What are the two olive branches beside the two gold conduits, from which golden [oil] pours out?"

Only gleanings will be left in Israel,
as if an olive tree had been beaten—
two or three berries at the very top of the tree,
four or five on its fruitful branches.
This is the declaration of the Lord,
the God of Israel.
Verse ConceptsRemnantSmall RemnantsTwo Or ThreeOlive Trees

When you knock down the fruit from your olive tree, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow. Verse ConceptsBranches, Types OfDoing Things TwiceOlive Trees

For if you were cut off from your native wild olive and against nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these—the natural branches—be grafted into their own olive tree? Verse ConceptsOlivesParticipation, In ChristTreesCutting Off BranchesJoined To The ChurchOlive Treescutting

Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, though a wild olive branch, were grafted in among them, and have come to share in the rich root of the cultivated olive tree, do not brag that you are better than those branches. But if you do brag-you do not sustain the root, but the root sustains you. Then you will say, "Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in." read more.
True enough; they were broken off by unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid. For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will not spare you either.

In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim 15 feet high out of olive wood. Verse ConceptsWoodDimensions Of Temple FurnitureTwo AngelsCherubim Depicted

For the entrance of the inner sanctuary, he made olive wood doors. The pillars of the doorposts were five-sided. The two doors were made of olive wood. He carved cherubim, palm trees and flower blossoms on them and overlaid them with gold, hammering gold over the cherubim and palm trees. In the same way, he made four-sided olive wood doorposts for the sanctuary entrance.

He will be like a vine that drops its unripe grapes
and like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.
Verse ConceptsOlives


You will have olive trees throughout your territory but not anoint yourself with oil, because your olives will drop off. Verse ConceptsAnointing With OilOilOrchardsOlive Trees

When the dove came to him at evening, there was a plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the water on the earth’s surface had gone down. Verse ConceptsOlivesBreaking SticksKnowing FactsWaters SubsidingOlive TreesFloodsRainbow

So they proclaimed and spread this news throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hill country and bring back branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees to make booths, just as it is written.” Verse ConceptsBranches, Types OfOlivesFoliageMyrtle

The trees set out
to anoint a king over themselves.
They said to the olive tree, “Reign over us.”
Verse ConceptsAnointing KingsMetaphorical TreesOlive TreesMoralityJudging Others Actions

But I am like a flourishing olive tree
in the house of God;
I trust in God’s faithful love forever and ever.
Verse ConceptsExamples Of FaithMercy, Response To God'sOlivesOptimismTrust, Importance OfColors, GreenTreesGod Shows His LovingkindnessOlive Treessteadfast

Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, though a wild olive branch, were grafted in among them and have come to share in the rich root of the cultivated olive tree, Verse ConceptsFellowship With ChristFellowship, In The GospelParticipation, In ChristSeparation From GodJoined To The ChurchGentilesOlive TreesJews

These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. Verse ConceptsTwo Plant ProductsTwo Other ThingsOlive Trees

houses full of every good thing that you did not fill them with, wells dug that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant—and when you eat and are satisfied, Verse ConceptsFilling PlacesPlanting VineyardsOrchardsCultivationLiving In HousesOlive Trees

But the olive tree said to them,
“Should I stop giving my oil
that honors both God and man,
and rule over the trees?”
Verse ConceptsTreesThe Honourable Will Be HonouredOlive Trees

There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.” Verse ConceptsTwo Plant ProductsOlive Trees

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