Thematic Bible: Vineyards


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"Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey. Verse ConceptsJourneyOccupationsTowersVineyardWallsFortsExcavationTreading GrapesLeasinglent

Then he began to speak to them in parables: "A man planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey. Verse ConceptsJourneyOccupationsPitsTowersVineyardWinepressFortsDigging PitsTreading GrapesBeginning To TeachJesus Using ParablesLeasingHoles In The Ground

He built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns, for he owned many herds in the lowlands and on the plain. He had workers in the fields and vineyards in the hills and in Carmel, for he loved agriculture. Verse ConceptsFortificationsCisternsVineyardWatchmanAgricultureFarming

Once again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria. Those who plant them will once again enjoy their fruit. Verse ConceptsEnjoyment, Material ThingsOccupationsSamaritansSowing And ReapingPlanting VineyardsLiteral PlantingFarming

Many foreign rulers will ruin the land where I planted my people. They will trample all over my chosen land. They will turn my beautiful land into a desolate wasteland. Verse ConceptsShepherds, As Kings And LeadersVineyardInadequate ShepherdingDestroying VineyardsNames And Titles For The ChurchDisorganization

Now after Jesus entered the temple courts, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?" Verse ConceptsChief priestsLeaders, SpiritualEntering The TempleChrist TeachingChrist In The TempleGod Appointing His SonResolving Conflict

Indeed Israel is the vineyard of the Lord who commands armies, the people of Judah are the cultivated place in which he took delight. He waited for justice, but look what he got -- disobedience! He waited for fairness, but look what he got -- cries for help! Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalGod, Will OfHorticultureNeglectOppression, Examples OfMetaphorical VineyardsKilling The InnocentOutcryGardens

When that time comes, sing about a delightful vineyard! Verse ConceptsAlcoholMetaphorical Vineyardsfruitfulness

He built a hedge around it, removed its stones, and planted a vine. He built a tower in the middle of it, and constructed a winepress. He waited for it to produce edible grapes, but it produced sour ones instead. Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsFortsExcavationWineskins And Vats

Now I will inform you what I am about to do to my vineyard: I will remove its hedge and turn it into pasture, I will break its wall and allow animals to graze there. Verse ConceptsWallsFigurative Fields

Then the angel of the Lord stood in a path among the vineyards, where there was a wall on either side. Verse ConceptsVineyardNarrow Things

I saw that thorns had grown up all over it, the ground was covered with weeds, and its stone wall was broken down. Verse ConceptsNettlesArchaeologySlothfulnessWeedGrowing

Do not stare at me because I am dark, for the sun has burned my skin. My brothers were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards. Alas, my own vineyard I could not keep! Verse ConceptsAfrican AmericansScorchingLooking Intently At PeopleBlack PeopleUnnamed People Angry With OthersSunMothers And SonsColorSunshine

"What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work in the vineyard today.' The boy answered, 'I will not.' But later he had a change of heart and went. The father went to the other son and said the same thing. This boy answered, 'I will, sir,' but did not go.

Indeed, a large vineyard will produce just a few gallons, and enough seed to yield several bushels will produce less than a bushel." Verse ConceptsSowing And ReapingUnfruitfulnessWeights And Measures, DistancesWeights And Measures, DryWeights And Measures, LiquidComparative Measures

Moreover, I have called for a drought that will affect the fields, the hill country, the grain, new wine, fresh olive oil, and everything that grows from the ground; it also will harm people, animals, and everything they produce.'" Verse Conceptsdrought, physicalOilShortage Of WineProvision Of OilBoth Men And Animals AffectedDoing One's Work

You expected a large harvest, but instead there was little, and when you brought it home it disappeared right away. Why?' asks the Lord who rules over all. 'Because my temple remains in ruins, thanks to each of you favoring his own house! Verse ConceptsPoverty, Causes OfProfitsUnreliabilityGathering MuchLittle FoodDestruction Of The TempleGod's DwellingBuilding HousesCatastrophic EventsAgricultureFinancesFamily Problems

"Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey. Verse ConceptsJourneyOccupationsTowersVineyardWallsFortsExcavationTreading GrapesLeasinglent

The Beloved to Her Lover: Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-Hamon; he leased out the vineyard to those who maintained it. Each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit. Verse ConceptsLeasing

You must not pick your vineyard bare, and you must not gather up the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You must leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the Lord your God. Verse ConceptsGrapesOppression, God's Attitude ToPoverty, Remedies ForRightsVineyardStrangersGleaningLoving ForeignersThe Lord Is GodLaws About AgricultureAliens

When you gather the grapes of your vineyard you must not do so a second time; they should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow. Verse ConceptsGrapesVineyardDoing Things Twice

At that time every place where there had been a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels will be overrun with thorns and briers. Verse ConceptsCoinageVinesWeedsA Thousand Things

The Beloved to Her Lover: Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-Hamon; he leased out the vineyard to those who maintained it. Each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit. Verse ConceptsLeasing

You must not gather in the aftergrowth of your harvest and you must not pick the grapes of your unpruned vines; the land must have a year of complete rest.

That fiftieth year will be your jubilee; you must not sow the land, harvest its aftergrowth, or pick the grapes of its unpruned vines. Verse ConceptsLaws About AgricultureReaping What You Sow

Who ever serves in the army at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not consume its milk? Verse Conceptsethics, basis ofGrapesMilkSoldiersVineyardPlanting VineyardsPerspective

They cultivated fields, and planted vineyards, which yielded a harvest of fruit. Verse ConceptsHarvestPlanting Vineyardssowingfruitfulness

But in the seventh year you must let it lie fallow and leave it alone so that the poor of your people may eat, and what they leave any animal in the field may eat; you must do likewise with your vineyard and your olive grove. Verse Conceptsethics, socialLeisure, Nature And Purpose OfPoverty, Attitudes TowardsPoverty, Remedies ForVineyardOrchardsUnusedAgricultureRestFarming

but in the seventh year the land must have a Sabbath of complete rest -- a Sabbath to the Lord. You must not sow your field or prune your vineyard. Verse ConceptsSabbatical YearAgricultureRestFarmingoverworking

"I destroyed your crops with blight and disease. Locusts kept devouring your orchards, vineyards, fig trees, and olive trees. Still you did not come back to me." The Lord is speaking! Verse ConceptsFig treeGarden, NaturalBlightHorticultureLocustsMildewOlivesDestroying VineyardsNot Returning To GodScorching

You will plant vineyards and cultivate them, but you will not drink wine or gather in grapes, because worms will eat them. Verse ConceptsGrapesVineyardPlanting VineyardsCultivationMaggotsworms

But he left behind some of the poor of the land and gave them fields and vineyards. Verse ConceptsFarmersRemnantSmall RemnantsPloughmenImmigrants

"Foreigners will take care of your sheep; foreigners will work in your fields and vineyards. Verse ConceptsForeignersVineyardForeigners Included Among The PeopleStock KeepingStrangers in israelAliens


Their wealth will be stolen and their houses ruined! They will not live in the houses they have built, nor will they drink the wine from the vineyards they have planted. Verse ConceptsVineyardPlanting VineyardsDestruction Of HousesLiving In HousesNot Drinking WineDrawbacks To RichesHouses Under Attack

"Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey. Verse ConceptsJourneyOccupationsTowersVineyardWallsFortsExcavationTreading GrapesLeasinglent

He built a hedge around it, removed its stones, and planted a vine. He built a tower in the middle of it, and constructed a winepress. He waited for it to produce edible grapes, but it produced sour ones instead. Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsFortsExcavationWineskins And Vats

My vineyard, which belongs to me, is at my disposal alone. The thousand shekels belong to you, O Solomon, and two hundred shekels belong to those who maintain it for its fruit.

Shimei the Ramathite was in charge of the vineyards; Zabdi the Shiphmite was in charge of the wine stored in the vineyards. Verse ConceptsVineyardWineCellars

When you enter the vineyard of your neighbor you may eat as many grapes as you please, but you must not take away any in a container. Verse ConceptsFraudCovenant breakersBaskets, Uses OfGrapesVineyard

I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one who lacks wisdom. I saw that thorns had grown up all over it, the ground was covered with weeds, and its stone wall was broken down.

Or who among you has planted a vineyard and not benefited from it? He may go home, lest he die in battle and someone else benefit from it. Verse ConceptsBattlesEnjoyment, Material ThingsHappinessVineyardPlanting VineyardsCultivationPossibility Of Death

You must not plant your vineyard with two kinds of seed; otherwise the entire yield, both of the seed you plant and the produce of the vineyard, will be defiled. Verse ConceptsCropsSeedSowing And ReapingVineyardMixing MaterialsPlanting SeedsFarmingSeedsSowing Seedsnegativitysowing

Then in the fifth year you may eat its fruit to add its produce to your harvest. I am the Lord your God. Verse ConceptsIncreasing FruitThe Lord Is GodFifthFood Permitted

In the fourth year all its fruit will be holy, praise offerings to the Lord. Verse ConceptsPraise To God Is Fitting

"'When you enter the land and plant any fruit tree, you must consider its fruit to be forbidden. Three years it will be forbidden to you; it must not be eaten. Verse ConceptsForeskinsCultivationThree YearsEating Forbidden FoodFirst fruits

Do not build houses. Do not plant crops. Do not plant a vineyard or own one. Live in tents all your lives. If you do these things you will live a long time in the land that you wander about on.' We and our wives and our sons and daughters have obeyed everything our ancestor Jonadab commanded us. We have never drunk wine. We have not built any houses to live in. We do not own any vineyards, fields, or crops.

Threshing season will extend for you until the season for harvesting grapes, and the season for harvesting grapes will extend until sowing season, so you will eat your bread until you are satisfied, and you will live securely in your land. Verse ConceptsGrapesHarvestSafetyThreshingVintageLiving In The Land

So I weep along with Jazer over the vines of Sibmah. I will saturate you with my tears, Heshbon and Elealeh, for the conquering invaders shout triumphantly over your fruit and crops. Joy and happiness disappear from the orchards, and in the vineyards no one rejoices or shouts; no one treads out juice in the wine vats -- I have brought the joyful shouts to an end.

I will weep for the grapevines of Sibmah just like the town of Jazer weeps over them. Their branches once spread as far as the Dead Sea. They reached as far as the town of Jazer. The destroyer will ravage her fig, date, and grape crops. Verse ConceptsGrapesVinesSummerVintageSummer Fruit

"For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. And after agreeing with the workers for the standard wage, he sent them into his vineyard.

There were others who said, "We are putting up our fields, our vineyards, and our houses as collateral in order to obtain grain during the famine." Then there were those who said, "We have borrowed money to pay our taxes to the king on our fields and our vineyards.

When the harvest time was near, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his portion of the crop. Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TalentsServants Of PeopleGod Sends Prophets

Joy and happiness disappear from the orchards, and in the vineyards no one rejoices or shouts; no one treads out juice in the wine vats -- I have brought the joyful shouts to an end. Verse ConceptsAlcoholWinepressDestroying VineyardsVintageCessationTreading GrapesLack Of Rejoicing

This is what will happen throughout the earth, among the nations. It will be like when they beat an olive tree, and just a few olives are left at the end of the harvest. Verse ConceptsGleaningHarvestOrchardsVintagePotential Of FruitOlive Trees

In a year's time you carefree ones will shake with fear, for the grape harvest will fail, and the fruit harvest will not arrive. Verse ConceptsHarvestUnfruitfulnessAfflictions Of The WickedVintageOne Year


"If a man grazes his livestock in a field or a vineyard, and he lets the livestock loose and they graze in the field of another man, he must make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard. Verse ConceptsAgriculture, RestrictionsCarelessnessShepherds, As OccupationsVineyardAnimals Eating

When that time comes, sing about a delightful vineyard! Verse ConceptsAlcoholMetaphorical Vineyardsfruitfulness

He built a hedge around it, removed its stones, and planted a vine. He built a tower in the middle of it, and constructed a winepress. He waited for it to produce edible grapes, but it produced sour ones instead. Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsFortsExcavationWineskins And Vats

Daughter Zion is left isolated, like a hut in a vineyard, or a shelter in a cucumber field; she is a besieged city. Verse ConceptsCucumbersFruitBoothsAttacks On Jerusalem Foretold

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