27 Bible Verses about Olive Trees
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But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever.
These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.
Then I said to him, "What are these two olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?"
But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree,
And there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left."
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table.
The LORD once called you 'a green olive tree, beautiful with good fruit.' But with the roar of a great tempest he will set fire to it, and its branches will be consumed.
Gleanings will be left in it, as when an olive tree is beaten-- two or three berries in the top of the highest bough, four or five on the branches of a fruit tree, declares the LORD God of Israel.
And a second time I answered and said to him, "What are these two branches of the olive trees, which are beside the two golden pipes from which the golden oil is poured out?"
his shoots shall spread out; his beauty shall be like the olive, and his fragrance like Lebanon.
The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls,
and houses full of all good things that you did not fill, and cisterns that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant--and when you eat and are full,
For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree.
The trees once went out to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us.'
But the olive tree said to them, 'Shall I leave my abundance, by which gods and men are honored, and go hold sway over the trees?'
I will put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive. I will set in the desert the cypress, the plane and the pine together,
When you beat your olive trees, you shall not go over them again. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.
a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey,
For thus it shall be in the midst of the earth among the nations, as when an olive tree is beaten, as at the gleaning when the grape harvest is done.
Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.'"
You shall have olive trees throughout all your territory, but you shall not anoint yourself with the oil, for your olives shall drop off.
He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.
And the dove came back to him in the evening, and behold, in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the earth.
So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way.
do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you.
He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit."
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Olive Trees » Canaan abounded in
a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey,
and houses full of all good things that you did not fill, and cisterns that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant--and when you eat and are full,
Olive Trees » Oil procured from
a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey,
"You shall command the people of Israel that they bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light, that a lamp may regularly be set up to burn.
Olive Trees » Cultivated » In olive yards
He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive orchards and give them to his servants.
Return to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive orchards, and their houses, and the percentage of money, grain, wine, and oil that you have been exacting from them."
Olive Trees » Illustrative » (when wild,) of the gentiles
For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree.
But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree,
Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of Christ
For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree.
But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree,
Olive Trees » Described as » Bearing goodly fruit
The LORD once called you 'a green olive tree, beautiful with good fruit.' But with the roar of a great tempest he will set fire to it, and its branches will be consumed.
Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water.
Olive Trees » Described as » Fair and beautiful
his shoots shall spread out; his beauty shall be like the olive, and his fragrance like Lebanon.
The LORD once called you 'a green olive tree, beautiful with good fruit.' But with the roar of a great tempest he will set fire to it, and its branches will be consumed.
Olive Trees » Illustrative » (gleaning of,) of the remnant of grace
Gleanings will be left in it, as when an olive tree is beaten-- two or three berries in the top of the highest bough, four or five on the branches of a fruit tree, declares the LORD God of Israel.
For thus it shall be in the midst of the earth among the nations, as when an olive tree is beaten, as at the gleaning when the grape harvest is done.
Olive Trees » Described as » Fat and unctuous
But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree,
But the olive tree said to them, 'Shall I leave my abundance, by which gods and men are honored, and go hold sway over the trees?'
Olive Trees » The fruit of, trodden in presses to extract the oil
how did you fare? When one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were but twenty.
You shall sow, but not reap; you shall tread olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil; you shall tread grapes, but not drink wine.
Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of the righteous
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever.
his shoots shall spread out; his beauty shall be like the olive, and his fragrance like Lebanon.
Olive Trees » Kings of israel largely cultivated
Over the olive and sycamore trees in the Shephelah was Baal-hanan the Gederite; and over the stores of oil was Joash.
Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of the two witnesses
And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth." These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.
Olive Trees » Cultivated » Among rocks
He made him ride on the high places of the land, and he ate the produce of the field, and he suckled him with honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock.
Olive Trees » Gleaning of, left for the poor
When you beat your olive trees, you shall not go over them again. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.
Olive Trees » Beaten to remove the fruit
When you beat your olive trees, you shall not go over them again. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.
Olive Trees » Often cast its fruit
You shall have olive trees throughout all your territory, but you shall not anoint yourself with the oil, for your olives shall drop off.
Olive Trees » Failure of, a great calamity
Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD; I will take joy in the God of my salvation.
Olive Trees » Used for making » The doors and posts of the temple
For the entrance to the inner sanctuary he made doors of olivewood; the lintel and the doorposts were five-sided. He covered the two doors of olivewood with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. He overlaid them with gold and spread gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees. So also he made for the entrance to the nave doorposts of olivewood, in the form of a square,
Olive Trees » Pruning of, alluded to
do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you. Then you will say, "Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in."
Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of the jewish church
The LORD once called you 'a green olive tree, beautiful with good fruit.' But with the roar of a great tempest he will set fire to it, and its branches will be consumed.
Olive Trees » Described as » Green
The LORD once called you 'a green olive tree, beautiful with good fruit.' But with the roar of a great tempest he will set fire to it, and its branches will be consumed.
Olive Trees » Used for making » Booths at feast of tabernacles
and that they should proclaim it and publish it in all their towns and in Jerusalem, "Go out to the hills and bring branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees to make booths, as it is written."
Olive Trees » Assyria abounded in
until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey, that you may live, and not die. And do not listen to Hezekiah when he misleads you by saying, The LORD will deliver us.
Olive Trees » Used for making » The cherubim in the temple
In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olivewood, each ten cubits high.
Olive Trees » Illustrative » Probable origin of its being the emblem of peace
And the dove came back to him in the evening, and behold, in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the earth.
Olive Trees » Cultivated » On the sides of mountains
Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
Olive Trees » Fruit of, during sabbatical year left for the poor, &c
but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the beasts of the field may eat. You shall do likewise with your vineyard, and with your olive orchard.
Olive Trees » Grafting of, alluded to
For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree.
Olive Trees » Often grew wild
But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree,
Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of children of pious parents
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table.
Olive Trees » Shaken when fully ripe
Gleanings will be left in it, as when an olive tree is beaten-- two or three berries in the top of the highest bough, four or five on the branches of a fruit tree, declares the LORD God of Israel.
Olive Trees » Good for the service of God and man
But the olive tree said to them, 'Shall I leave my abundance, by which gods and men are honored, and go hold sway over the trees?'
Olive Trees » Often cast its flowers
He will shake off his unripe grape like the vine, and cast off his blossom like the olive tree.
Olive Trees » Often suffered from caterpillars
"I struck you with blight and mildew; your many gardens and your vineyards, your fig trees and your olive trees the locust devoured; yet you did not return to me," declares the LORD.
