Thematic Bible: Pruning of


Thematic Bible




For before the harvest, when the blossom is over
And the flower becomes a ripening grape,
He will cut off the sprigs [without buds] with pruning knives,
And [He will] remove and cut away the spreading branches.
Verse ConceptsPruningKnivesToolsCutting Off Branches


‘He shouted aloud and said this:
“Cut down the tree and cut off its branches;
Shake off its leaves and scatter its fruit;
Let the living creatures run from under it
And the birds fly from its branches.
Verse ConceptsFelling TreesThings StrippedFoliageBearing Fruit

If anyone does not remain in Me, he is thrown out like a [broken off] branch, and withers and dies; and they gather such branches and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. Verse ConceptsFailureWarnings Against ApostasyCastawaysHell, As Incentive To ActionPrayerlessnessThrowing AwaySanctification, Means And ResultsUnfruitfulnessAbiding With GodPeople WitheredBurning PlantsBranches Of ChristUnconditional Love

But if some of the branches were broken off, and you [Gentiles], being like a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among them to share with them the rich root of the olive tree, Verse ConceptsFellowship With ChristFellowship, In The GospelParticipation, In ChristSeparation From GodJoined To The ChurchGentilesOlive TreesJews

for if God did not spare the natural branches [because of unbelief], He will not spare you either. Verse ConceptsBranches, Figurative UsesNot Sparing