27 Bible Verses about Olive Trees
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And I am as a green olive tree in the house of God: I trusted in the mercy of God forever and ever.
These are the two olive trees, and the two chandeliers which having stood before the God of the earth.
And I shall answer and say to him, What these two olive trees upon the right of the candlestick and upon its left?
And if certain of the young shoots were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in them, and wert a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
And two olive trees upon it, one from the right of the bowl and one from its left.
Thy wife as a vine bearing fruit in the sides of thy house: thy sons as plants of olives round about thy table.
A green olive tree, fair, of fruit of figure, Jehovah called thy name; by the voice of a great noise he kindled a fire upon her, and its branches were evil.
And he left in it gleaning, as the beating of the olive tree, two, three berries upon the head of the summit, four, five in the branches of its fruit, says Jehovah, God of Israel.
And I shall answer the second time, and say to him, What these two twigs of the olive trees which by the hand of the two tubes of gold. emptying from them the gold?
His sprouts shall go, and his strength shall be as the olive tree, and the odor to him as Lebanon.
The just one shall flourish as the palm tree: he shall become great as the cedar in Lebanon.
If the fig tree shall not blossom, and no produce in the vines; the work of the olive failed, and the fields made not food; and the sheep being cut off from the fold, and no oxen in the stalls.
And houses full of all good which thou filledst not, and wells hewed out which thou hewedst not, and vineyards and olives which thou didst not plant; and thou atest and wert satisfied:
For if thou according to nature wert cut out of the wild olive tree, and against nature wert grafted into the cultivated olive tree: how much more these, according to nature, shall be grafted into their own olive tree
The trees going forth went to anoint over them a king; and they will say to the olive, Reign thou over us.
And the olive will say to them, Left I my fatness which by me they will honor God and men, and went I to wander about over the trees?
I will give in the desert the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the tree of oil; I will set in the sterile region the the elm and the box tree together.
When thou shalt beat thine olive thou shalt not go over the boughs after thee: to the stranger, to the orphan, and to the widow it shall be.
A land of wheat and barley and the vine and the fig tree and the pomegranate, a land of the olive tree, of oil and honey;
For thus it shall be in the midst of the land in the midst of the peoples, as the beating of the olive, as the gleanings if the vintage was finished.
Whereas also it might bear fruit: and if not, afterwards thou shalt cut it off.
Olive trees shall be to thee in all thy boundaries, and thou shalt not be anointed with oil, for thine olive shall slip away.
And he was as a tree planted by the streams of water which will give its fruit in its time; his leaf shall not fall away, and all which he shall do shall be prospered.
And the dove will come in to him at the time of evening, and lo, an olive leaf plucked off, in her mouth. And Noah will know that the waters were diminished from over the earth.
And having run before, he went up upon an Egyptian fig tree, that he might see him: for he was about to pass through that.
Act not proudly to the young shoots. And if thou boastest, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
And he was as a tree planted by the waters, and it shall spread out its roots by the river, and it shall not see when heat shall come, and its leaf was green; and it shall not be afraid in the year of restraint, and it shall not withdraw from making fruit.
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Olive Trees » Canaan abounded in
A land of wheat and barley and the vine and the fig tree and the pomegranate, a land of the olive tree, of oil and honey;
And houses full of all good which thou filledst not, and wells hewed out which thou hewedst not, and vineyards and olives which thou didst not plant; and thou atest and wert satisfied:
Olive Trees » Oil procured from
A land of wheat and barley and the vine and the fig tree and the pomegranate, a land of the olive tree, of oil and honey;
And thou shalt command the sons of Israel, and they shall take to thee pure olive oil, beaten for the light, to lift up the light continually.
Olive Trees » Cultivated » In olive yards
And your fields and your vineyards, and your olive trees, the good he will take and give to his servants.
Turn back now to them according to this day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive trees, and their houses, and the hundredth of the silver and the grain, the new wine and the new oil which ye impose upon them.
Olive Trees » Illustrative » (when wild,) of the gentiles
For if thou according to nature wert cut out of the wild olive tree, and against nature wert grafted into the cultivated olive tree: how much more these, according to nature, shall be grafted into their own olive tree
And if certain of the young shoots were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in them, and wert a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of Christ
For if thou according to nature wert cut out of the wild olive tree, and against nature wert grafted into the cultivated olive tree: how much more these, according to nature, shall be grafted into their own olive tree
And if certain of the young shoots were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in them, and wert a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
Olive Trees » Described as » Bearing goodly fruit
A green olive tree, fair, of fruit of figure, Jehovah called thy name; by the voice of a great noise he kindled a fire upon her, and its branches were evil.
The fig tree, my brethren, cannot make olives, or the vine, figs: so no fountain can make salt and sweet water.
Olive Trees » Described as » Fair and beautiful
His sprouts shall go, and his strength shall be as the olive tree, and the odor to him as Lebanon.
A green olive tree, fair, of fruit of figure, Jehovah called thy name; by the voice of a great noise he kindled a fire upon her, and its branches were evil.
Olive Trees » Illustrative » (gleaning of,) of the remnant of grace
And he left in it gleaning, as the beating of the olive tree, two, three berries upon the head of the summit, four, five in the branches of its fruit, says Jehovah, God of Israel.
For thus it shall be in the midst of the land in the midst of the peoples, as the beating of the olive, as the gleanings if the vintage was finished.
Olive Trees » Described as » Fat and unctuous
And if certain of the young shoots were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in them, and wert a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
And the olive will say to them, Left I my fatness which by me they will honor God and men, and went I to wander about over the trees?
Olive Trees » The fruit of, trodden in presses to extract the oil
Who were ye coming to the heap of twenty and it was ten? coming to the wine-vat to draw fifty of the wine-press, and there was twenty?
Thou shalt sow and thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olive and thou shalt not anoint thyself with oil; and new wine, and thou shalt not drink wine.
Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of the righteous
And I am as a green olive tree in the house of God: I trusted in the mercy of God forever and ever.
His sprouts shall go, and his strength shall be as the olive tree, and the odor to him as Lebanon.
Olive Trees » Kings of israel largely cultivated
And over the olive trees and the sycamores which are in the low country, Baal-Hanan the Gederite: and over the treasures of oil, Joash:
Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of the two witnesses
And I will give to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, surrounded with sackcloth. These are the two olive trees, and the two chandeliers which having stood before the God of the earth.
Olive Trees » Cultivated » Among rocks
He will cause him to ride upon the heights of the land; He shall eat the produce of the field; And he shall suck honey from the rock, And oil from the flint of the rock
Olive Trees » Gleaning of, left for the poor
When thou shalt beat thine olive thou shalt not go over the boughs after thee: to the stranger, to the orphan, and to the widow it shall be.
Olive Trees » Beaten to remove the fruit
When thou shalt beat thine olive thou shalt not go over the boughs after thee: to the stranger, to the orphan, and to the widow it shall be.
Olive Trees » Often cast its fruit
Olive trees shall be to thee in all thy boundaries, and thou shalt not be anointed with oil, for thine olive shall slip away.
Olive Trees » Failure of, a great calamity
If the fig tree shall not blossom, and no produce in the vines; the work of the olive failed, and the fields made not food; and the sheep being cut off from the fold, and no oxen in the stalls. I will exult in Jehovah, I will rejoice in the God saving me.
Olive Trees » Used for making » The doors and posts of the temple
And the openings of the oracle he made doors of the woods of oil: the projection of door-posts the fifth. And two doors of woods of oil; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims, and palm-trees, and opening flower-buds, and he overlaid with gold, and he brought down gold upon the cherubims and upon the palm-trees. And thus be made for the door of the temple, door-posts of woods of oil from the fourth.
Olive Trees » Pruning of, alluded to
Act not proudly to the young shoots. And if thou boastest, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee. Thou wilt say then, That the young shoots were broken off, that I might be grafted in.
Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of the jewish church
A green olive tree, fair, of fruit of figure, Jehovah called thy name; by the voice of a great noise he kindled a fire upon her, and its branches were evil.
Olive Trees » Described as » Green
A green olive tree, fair, of fruit of figure, Jehovah called thy name; by the voice of a great noise he kindled a fire upon her, and its branches were evil.
Olive Trees » Used for making » Booths at feast of tabernacles
And that they will cause to hear and will cause a voice to pass over in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go ye forth to the mountain and bring leaves of olive, and leaves of the tree of oil, and leaves of myrtle, and leaves of palms, and leaves of the tree interwoven, to make booths according to the writing.
Olive Trees » Assyria abounded in
Till my coming and I took you to a land as your land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive-oil and honey; and live ye, and ye shall not die: and ye shall not hear to Hezekiah, for he will seduce you, saying, Jehovah will deliver us.
Olive Trees » Used for making » The cherubim in the temple
And he will make in the oracle two cherubims of woods of oil, ten cubits its height
Olive Trees » Illustrative » Probable origin of its being the emblem of peace
And the dove will come in to him at the time of evening, and lo, an olive leaf plucked off, in her mouth. And Noah will know that the waters were diminished from over the earth.
Olive Trees » Cultivated » On the sides of mountains
And when they drew near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, to the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, saying to them,
Olive Trees » Fruit of, during sabbatical year left for the poor, &c
And the seventh thou shalt remit, and let it be; and the poor of thy people shall eat; and the remains, the beast of the field shall eat. So shalt thou do to thy vineyard and to thy olive tree.
Olive Trees » Grafting of, alluded to
For if thou according to nature wert cut out of the wild olive tree, and against nature wert grafted into the cultivated olive tree: how much more these, according to nature, shall be grafted into their own olive tree
Olive Trees » Often grew wild
And if certain of the young shoots were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in them, and wert a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of children of pious parents
Thy wife as a vine bearing fruit in the sides of thy house: thy sons as plants of olives round about thy table.
Olive Trees » Shaken when fully ripe
And he left in it gleaning, as the beating of the olive tree, two, three berries upon the head of the summit, four, five in the branches of its fruit, says Jehovah, God of Israel.
Olive Trees » Good for the service of God and man
And the olive will say to them, Left I my fatness which by me they will honor God and men, and went I to wander about over the trees?
Olive Trees » Often cast its flowers
Olive Trees » Often suffered from caterpillars
I struck you with blasting and with yellowness: the multitudes of your gardens and your vineyards and your fig-trees and your olives the creeping locust shall eat: and ye turned not back even to me, says Jehovah.