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 mercy of God forever and ever.
These are the two olive trees, and the two lampstands standing before the God of the earth.
Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the lampstand and upon its left side?
And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them partake of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon its left side.
Your wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of your house: your children like olive plants round about your table.
The LORD called your name, A green olive tree, fair, and with good fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he has kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
Yet gleaning grapes shall be 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 its outmost fruitful branches, says the LORD God of Israel.
And I answered again, and said unto him, What are these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes pour out the golden oil?
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his fragrance as Lebanon.
Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be on 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:
And houses full of all good things, which you filled not, and wells dug, which you dug not, vineyards and olive trees, which you planted not; when you shall have eaten and be full;
For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, who are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
The trees went forth once to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign you over us.
But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, with which by me they honor God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the cypress tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:
When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil, and honey;
When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be like the shaking of an olive tree, and like the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done.
And if it bears fruit, well: and if not, then after that you shall cut it down.
You shall have olive trees throughout all your borders, but you shall not anoint yourself with the oil; for your olives shall drop off.
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he does shall prosper.
And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was a plucked off olive leaf: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
And he ran on ahead, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.
Boast not against the branches. But if you boast, you bear not the root, but the root you.
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreads out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when the heat comes, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be anxious in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
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Olive Trees » Canaan abounded in
A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil, and honey;
And houses full of all good things, which you filled not, and wells dug, which you dug not, vineyards and olive trees, which you planted not; when you shall have eaten and be full;
Olive Trees » Oil procured from
A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil, and honey;
And you shall command the children of Israel, that they bring you pure beaten olive oil for the light, to cause the lamp to burn continually.
Olive Trees » Cultivated » In olive yards
And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, the wine, and the oil, that you exact of them.
Olive Trees » Illustrative » (when wild,) of the gentiles
For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, who are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them partake of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of Christ
For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, who are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them partake of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
Olive Trees » Described as » Bearing goodly fruit
The LORD called your name, A green olive tree, fair, and with good fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he has kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
Olive Trees » Described as » Fair and beautiful
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his fragrance as Lebanon.
The LORD called your name, A green olive tree, fair, and with good 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
Yet gleaning grapes shall be 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 its outmost fruitful branches, says the LORD God of Israel.
When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be like the shaking of an olive tree, and like the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done.
Olive Trees » Described as » Fat and unctuous
And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them partake of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, with which by me they honor God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
Olive Trees » The fruit of, trodden in presses to extract the oil
Since those days were, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the winepress to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.
You shall sow, but you shall not reap; you shall tread the olives, but you shall not anoint yourself with oil; and make sweet wine, but shall 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 mercy of God forever and ever.
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his fragrance as Lebanon.
Olive Trees » Kings of israel largely cultivated
And over the olive trees and the sycamore trees that were in the lowlands was Baal-hanan the Gederite: and over the stores of oil was Joash:
Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of the two witnesses
And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and three score days, clothed in sackcloth. These are the two olive trees, and the two lampstands standing before the God of the earth.
Olive Trees » Cultivated » Among rocks
He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; 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
When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
Olive Trees » Beaten to remove the fruit
When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
Olive Trees » Often cast its fruit
You shall have olive trees throughout all your borders, but you shall not anoint yourself with the oil; for your olives shall drop off.
Olive Trees » Failure of, a great calamity
Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be on 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 the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Olive Trees » Used for making » The doors and posts of the temple
And for the entrance of the inner sanctuary he made doors of olive wood: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall. The two doors also were of olive wood; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubim, and upon the palm trees. So also he made for the door of the temple posts of olive wood, a fourth part of the wall.
Olive Trees » Pruning of, alluded to
Boast not against the branches. But if you boast, you bear not the root, but the root you. You will say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.
Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of the jewish church
The LORD called your name, A green olive tree, fair, and with good 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
The LORD called your name, A green olive tree, fair, and with good 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
And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mountain, and bring olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of 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 oil and of honey, that you may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuades you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.
Olive Trees » Used for making » The cherubim in the temple
And within the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high.
Olive Trees » Illustrative » Probable origin of its being the emblem of peace
And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was a plucked off olive leaf: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
Olive Trees » Cultivated » On the sides of mountains
And when they drew near unto Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus 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 still; that the poor of your people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner you shall deal with your vineyard, and with your oliveyard.
Olive Trees » Grafting of, alluded to
For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, who are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
Olive Trees » Often grew wild
And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them partake of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of children of pious parents
Your wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of your house: your children like olive plants round about your table.
Olive Trees » Shaken when fully ripe
Yet gleaning grapes shall be 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 its outmost fruitful branches, says the LORD God of Israel.
Olive Trees » Good for the service of God and man
But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, with which by me they honor God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
Olive Trees » Often cast its flowers
Olive Trees » Often suffered from caterpillars
I have smitten you with blight and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the locust devoured them: yet have you not returned unto me, says the LORD.