27 Bible Verses about Olive Trees

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Psalm 52:8

But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the loving kindness of God forever and ever.

Revelation 11:4

These men are the two olive trees and the two lampstands, having stood before the Lord of the earth.

Zechariah 4:11

Then I answered, and said to him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side of it?

Romans 11:17

And if some of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and became a joint partaker of the root of the fatness of the olive tree,

Zechariah 4:3

and two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side of it.

Jeremiah 11:16

LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair with goodly fruit. With the noise of a great tumult he has kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.

Isaiah 17:6

Yet there shall be gleanings left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree--two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost branches of a fruitful tree, says LORD, the God of Israel.

Zechariah 4:12

And I answered the second time, and said to him, What are these two olive-branches, which are beside the two golden spouts that empty the golden [oil] out of themselves?

Hosea 14:6

His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

Habakkuk 3:17

For though the fig tree shall not flourish, nor shall fruit be in the vines, the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no food. The flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls.

Deuteronomy 6:11

and houses full of all good things, which thou did not fill, and cisterns hewn out, which thou did not hew, vineyards and olive trees, which thou did not plant, and thou shall eat and be full,

Romans 11:24

For if thou were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural ones, be grafted into their own olive tree.

Judges 9:8

The trees went forth a time to anoint a king over them. And they said to the olive tree, Reign thou over us.

Judges 9:9

But the olive tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness with which by me they honor God and man, and go to wave to and fro over the trees?

Isaiah 41:19

I will put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the oil tree. I will set in the desert the fir tree, the pine, and the box tree together,

Deuteronomy 24:20

When thou beat thine olive tree, thou shall not go over the boughs again. It shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

Deuteronomy 8:8

a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey,

Isaiah 24:13

For thus shall it be in the midst of the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done.

Luke 13:9

Although surely it should bear fruit, and if not, in the coming year thou will cut it down.

Deuteronomy 28:40

Thou shall have olive trees throughout all thy borders, but thou shall not anoint thyself with the oil, for thine olive shall drop off.

Genesis 8:11

And the dove came in to him at evening. And, lo, in her mouth an olive leaf plucked off, so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

Luke 19:4

And having ran ahead, he climbed up in a sycomore tree so that he might see him, because he was going to pass that one.

Romans 11:18

do not boast against the branches. But if thou boast, thou do not bear the root, but the root thee.

Jeremiah 17:8

For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, that spreads out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat comes, but its leaf shall be green, and shall not be worried in the year of drought, nor shall cease from yieldi

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Olive Trees » Canaan abounded in

Deuteronomy 8:8

a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey,

Deuteronomy 6:11

and houses full of all good things, which thou did not fill, and cisterns hewn out, which thou did not hew, vineyards and olive trees, which thou did not plant, and thou shall eat and be full,

Olive Trees » Oil procured from

Deuteronomy 8:8

a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey,

Exodus 27:20

And thou shall command the sons of Israel, that they bring to thee pure beaten olive oil for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually

Olive Trees » Cultivated » In olive yards

1 Samuel 8:14

And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.

Nehemiah 5:11

Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.

Olive Trees » Illustrative » (when wild,) of the gentiles

Romans 11:24

For if thou were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural ones, be grafted into their own olive tree.

Romans 11:17

And if some of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and became a joint partaker of the root of the fatness of the olive tree,

Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of Christ

Romans 11:24

For if thou were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural ones, be grafted into their own olive tree.

Romans 11:17

And if some of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and became a joint partaker of the root of the fatness of the olive tree,

Olive Trees » Described as » Bearing goodly fruit

Jeremiah 11:16

LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair with goodly fruit. With the noise of a great tumult he has kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.

James 3:12

A fig tree, my brothers, cannot make olives, or a grapevine figs. In the same way, no one spring makes water salty and sweet.

Olive Trees » Described as » Fair and beautiful

Hosea 14:6

His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

Jeremiah 11:16

LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair with goodly fruit. With the noise of a great tumult he has kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.

Olive Trees » Illustrative » (gleaning of,) of the remnant of grace

Isaiah 17:6

Yet there shall be gleanings left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree--two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost branches of a fruitful tree, says LORD, the God of Israel.

Isaiah 24:13

For thus shall it be in the midst of the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done.

Olive Trees » Described as » Fat and unctuous

Romans 11:17

And if some of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and became a joint partaker of the root of the fatness of the olive tree,

Judges 9:9

But the olive tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness with which by me they honor God and man, and go to wave to and fro over the trees?

Olive Trees » The fruit of, trodden in presses to extract the oil

Haggai 2:16

Through all that time, when a man came to a heap of twenty [measures], there were but ten. When he came to the wine vat to draw out fifty [vessels], there were but twenty.

Micah 6:15

Thou shall sow, but shall not reap, thou shall tread the olives, but shall not anoint thee with oil, and the vintage, but shall not drink the wine.

Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of the righteous

Psalm 52:8

But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the loving kindness of God forever and ever.

Hosea 14:6

His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

Olive Trees » Kings of israel largely cultivated

1 Chronicles 27:28

And over the olive trees and the sycamore trees that were in the lowland was Baal-hanan the Gederite. And over the cellars of oil was Joash.

Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of the two witnesses

Revelation 11:3-4

And I will give to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days clothed in sackcloth. These men are the two olive trees and the two lampstands, having stood before the Lord of the earth.

Olive Trees » Cultivated » Among rocks

Deuteronomy 32:13

He made him ride on the high places of the earth, and he ate the increase of the field, and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock,

Olive Trees » Gleaning of, left for the poor

Deuteronomy 24:20

When thou beat thine olive tree, thou shall not go over the boughs again. It shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

Olive Trees » Beaten to remove the fruit

Deuteronomy 24:20

When thou beat thine olive tree, thou shall not go over the boughs again. It shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

Olive Trees » Often cast its fruit

Deuteronomy 28:40

Thou shall have olive trees throughout all thy borders, but thou shall not anoint thyself with the oil, for thine olive shall drop off.

Olive Trees » Failure of, a great calamity

Habakkuk 3:17-18

For though the fig tree shall not flourish, nor shall fruit be in the vines, the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no food. The flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls. Yet I will rejoice in LORD. I will joy in the God of my salvation.

Olive Trees » Used for making » The doors and posts of the temple

1 Kings 6:31-33

And for the entrance of the oracle he made doors of olive-wood. The lintel [and] door-posts were a fifth part [of the wall]. So [he made] two doors of olive-wood. And he carved upon them carvings of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold. And he spread the gold upon the cherubim, and upon the palm trees. So he also made for the entrance of the temple door-posts of olive-wood out of a fourth part [of the wall],

Olive Trees » Pruning of, alluded to

Romans 11:18-19

do not boast against the branches. But if thou boast, thou do not bear the root, but the root thee. Thou will therefore say, Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.

Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of the jewish church

Jeremiah 11:16

LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair with goodly fruit. With the noise of a great tumult he has kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.

Olive Trees » Described as » Green

Jeremiah 11:16

LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair with goodly fruit. With the noise of a great tumult he has kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.

Olive Trees » Used for making » Booths at feast of tabernacles

Nehemiah 8:15

and that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth to the mount, and fetch olive branches, and branches of wild olive, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick tre

Olive Trees » Assyria abounded in

2 Kings 18:32

until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and of honey, that ye may live, and not die. And do not hearken to Hezekiah when he per

Olive Trees » Used for making » The cherubim in the temple

1 Kings 6:23

And in the oracle he made two cherubim of olive-wood, each ten cubits high.

Olive Trees » Illustrative » Probable origin of its being the emblem of peace

Genesis 8:11

And the dove came in to him at evening. And, lo, in her mouth an olive leaf plucked off, so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

Olive Trees » Cultivated » On the sides of mountains

Matthew 21:1

And when they came near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethsphage, to the mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

Olive Trees » Fruit of, during sabbatical year left for the poor, &c

Exodus 23:11

but the seventh year thou shall let it rest and lay fallow, that the poor of thy people may eat, and what they leave the beast of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shall deal with thy vineyard, [and] with thy oliveyard.

Olive Trees » Grafting of, alluded to

Romans 11:24

For if thou were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural ones, be grafted into their own olive tree.

Olive Trees » Often grew wild

Romans 11:17

And if some of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and became a joint partaker of the root of the fatness of the olive tree,

Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of children of pious parents

Olive Trees » Shaken when fully ripe

Isaiah 17:6

Yet there shall be gleanings left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree--two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost branches of a fruitful tree, says LORD, the God of Israel.

Olive Trees » Good for the service of God and man

Judges 9:9

But the olive tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness with which by me they honor God and man, and go to wave to and fro over the trees?

Olive Trees » Often cast its flowers

Job 15:33

He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive tree.

Olive Trees » Often suffered from caterpillars

Amos 4:9

I have smitten you with blasting and mildew. The multitude of your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees the palmer-worm has devoured. Yet ye have not returned to me, says LORD.

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