12 Bible Verses about Fig tree
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When the Lamb broke the sixth seal I looked, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became as dark as sackcloth, and the whole disc of the moon became like blood. The stars in the sky also fell to the earth, as when a fig-tree, upon being shaken by a gale of wind, casts its unripe figs to the ground.
With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in God's likeness. Out of the same mouth there proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, this ought not to be. In a fountain, are fresh water and bitter sent forth from the same opening?read more.
Can a fig-tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine yield figs? No; and neither can salt water yield sweet.
"Beware of the false teachers--men who come to you in sheep's fleeces, but beneath that disguise they are ravenous wolves. By their fruits you will easily recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thorns or figs from brambles? Just so every good tree produces good fruit, but a poisonous tree produces bad fruit.read more.
A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor a poisonous tree good fruit. Every tree which does not yield good fruit is cut down and thrown aside for burning. So by their fruits at any rate, you will easily recognize them.
"There is no good tree that yields unsound fruit, nor again any unsound tree that yields good fruit. Every tree is known by its own fruit. It is not from thorns that men gather figs, nor from the bramble that they can get a bunch of grapes. A good man from the good stored up in his heart brings out what is good; and an evil man from the evil stored up brings out what is evil; for from the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.
And He gave them the following parable. "A man," He said, "who had a fig-tree growing in his garden came to look for fruit on it and could find none. So he said to the gardener, "'See, this is the third year I have come to look for fruit on this fig-tree and cannot find any. Cut it down. Why should so much ground be actually wasted?' "But the gardener pleaded, "'Leave it, Sir, this year also, till I have dug round it and manured it.read more.
If after that it bears fruit, well and good; if it does not, then you shall cut it down.'"
"Now learn from the fig-tree the lesson it teaches. As soon as its branches have now become soft and it is bursting into leaf, you all know that summer is near. So you also, when you see all these signs, may be sure that He is near--at your very door. I tell you in solemn truth that the present generation will certainly not pass away without all these things having first taken place.read more.
Earth and sky will pass away, but it is certain that my words will not pass away.
"Learn from the fig-tree the lesson it teaches. As soon as its branch has become soft and it is bursting into leaf, you know that summer is near. So also do you, when you see these things happening, be sure that He is near, at your very door. I tell you in solemn truth that the present generation will certainly not pass away without all these things having first taken place.read more.
Earth and sky will pass away, but it is certain that my words will not pass away.
And He spoke a parable to them. "See," He said, "the fig-tree and all the trees. As soon as they have shot out their leaves, you know at a glance that summer is now near. So also, when you see these things happening, you may be sure that the Kingdom of God is near.
Early in the morning as He was on His way to return to the city He was hungry, and seeing a fig-tree on the road-side He went up to it, but found nothing on it but leaves. "On you," He said, "no fruit shall ever again grow." And immediately the fig-tree withered away. When the disciples saw it they exclaimed in astonishment, "How instantaneously the fig-tree has withered away!"read more.
"I solemnly tell you," said Jesus, "that if you have an unwavering faith, you shall not only perform such a miracle as this of the fig-tree, but that even if you say to this mountain, 'Be thou lifted up and hurled into the sea,' it shall be done; and everything, whatever it be, that you ask for in your prayers, if you have faith, you shall obtain."
The next day, after they had left Bethany, He was hungry. But in the distance He saw a fig-tree in full leaf, and went to see whether perhaps He could find some figs on it. When however He came to it, He found nothing but leaves (for it was not fig time) and He said to the tree, "Let no one ever again eat fruit from thee!" And His disciples heard this.
In the early morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig-tree withered to the roots; and Peter, recollecting, said to Him, "Look, Rabbi, the fig-tree which you cursed is withered up." Jesus said to them, "Have faith in God.read more.
In solemn truth I tell you that if any one shall say to this mountain, 'Remove, and hurl thyself into the sea,' and has no doubt about it in his heart, but stedfastly believes that what he says will happen, it shall be granted him. That is why I tell you, as to whatever you pray and make request for, if you believe that you have received it it shall be yours.
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Fig tree » Barren, parable of
And He gave them the following parable. "A man," He said, "who had a fig-tree growing in his garden came to look for fruit on it and could find none. So he said to the gardener, "'See, this is the third year I have come to look for fruit on this fig-tree and cannot find any. Cut it down. Why should so much ground be actually wasted?' "But the gardener pleaded, "'Leave it, Sir, this year also, till I have dug round it and manured it. read more.
If after that it bears fruit, well and good; if it does not, then you shall cut it down.'"
And He spoke a parable to them. "See," He said, "the fig-tree and all the trees. As soon as they have shot out their leaves, you know at a glance that summer is now near. So also, when you see these things happening, you may be sure that the Kingdom of God is near.
Fig tree » Figurative
"Now learn from the fig-tree the lesson it teaches. As soon as its branches have now become soft and it is bursting into leaf, you all know that summer is near.
The stars in the sky also fell to the earth, as when a fig-tree, upon being shaken by a gale of wind, casts its unripe figs to the ground.
Fig tree » Jeremiah's parable of
Fig tree » In an allegory
Fig tree » Fruit of, formed after winter
Fig tree » Fruit of, illustrative » (untimely and dropping,) of the wicked ripe for judgment
The stars in the sky also fell to the earth, as when a fig-tree, upon being shaken by a gale of wind, casts its unripe figs to the ground.
Fig tree » Sent as presents
Fig tree » Abounded in » Canaan
Fig tree » The jews punished by » Barking and eating of, by locusts, &c
Fig tree » The jews punished by » Failure of fruit on
Fig tree » Illustrative » (barren,) of mere professors of religion
and seeing a fig-tree on the road-side He went up to it, but found nothing on it but leaves. "On you," He said, "no fruit shall ever again grow." And immediately the fig-tree withered away.
And He gave them the following parable. "A man," He said, "who had a fig-tree growing in his garden came to look for fruit on it and could find none. So he said to the gardener, "'See, this is the third year I have come to look for fruit on this fig-tree and cannot find any. Cut it down. Why should so much ground be actually wasted?'
Fig tree » Fruit of » Used in the miraculous healing of hezekiah
Fig tree » Fruit of » First ripe esteemed
Fig tree » Illustrative » (sitting under one's own,) of prosperity and peace
Fig tree » Afforded a thick shade
"How do you know me?" Nathanael asked. "Before Philip called you," said Jesus, "when you were under the fig-tree I saw you."
"Because I said to you, 'I saw you under the fig-tree,'" replied Jesus, "do you believe? You shall see greater things than that."
Fig tree » Fruit of » Eaten fresh from the tree
Early in the morning as He was on His way to return to the city He was hungry, and seeing a fig-tree on the road-side He went up to it, but found nothing on it but leaves. "On you," He said, "no fruit shall ever again grow." And immediately the fig-tree withered away.
Fig tree » Fruit of, illustrative » (bad,) of wicked men
Fig tree » Fruit of, illustrative » (good,) of saints
Fig tree » Fruit of » Eaten dried in cakes
Fig tree » A species of, produced vile and worthless fruit
Fig tree » Sold in the markets
Fig tree » The jews punished by » Enemies devouring fruit of
Fig tree » Fruit of » Gathered and kept in baskets
Fig tree » Leaves of, put forth, a sign of the approach of summer
"Now learn from the fig-tree the lesson it teaches. As soon as its branches have now become soft and it is bursting into leaf, you all know that summer is near.
Fig tree » Failure of, a great calamity
Fig tree » Fruit of, illustrative » Of good works
By their fruits you will easily recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thorns or figs from brambles?
Fig tree » Abounded in » Egypt
Fig tree » Not found in desert places
Fig tree » Leaves of, used by adam for covering
Fig tree » Produces a rich sweet fruit
Fig tree » Fruit of, illustrative » (first ripe,) of the fathers of the jewish church
Fig tree » The jews punished by » God's breaking down
Fig tree » Reasonableness of expecting fruit upon, when full of leaves
But in the distance He saw a fig-tree in full leaf, and went to see whether perhaps He could find some figs on it. When however He came to it, He found nothing but leaves (for it was not fig time)
Fig tree » Sometimes planted in vineyards
And He gave them the following parable. "A man," He said, "who had a fig-tree growing in his garden came to look for fruit on it and could find none.
Fig tree » Required cultivation
"But the gardener pleaded, "'Leave it, Sir, this year also, till I have dug round it and manured it.
Fig tree » Often unfruitful
So he said to the gardener, "'See, this is the third year I have come to look for fruit on this fig-tree and cannot find any. Cut it down. Why should so much ground be actually wasted?'
Fig tree » Often grew wild
Fig tree » Propagated by the jews
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Parable Of The Fig Tree
Luke 13:6-9And He gave them the following parable. "A man," He said, "who had a fig-tree growing in his garden came to look for fruit on it and could find none.
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