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.
And I answered and said to him, What are these two olive trees on the right of the lampstand and on its left?
And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and became a sharer of the root and the fatness of the olive tree with them,
and two olive trees beside it, one on the right of the bowl, and the other on the left of it.
Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine by the sides of your house; your sons shall be like olive plants around your table.
Jehovah called your name, a green olive tree, fair, with fine fruit. With the sound of a great storm He has set fire to it, and its branches are worthless.
Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three ripe olives in the top of the uppermost branch, four or five in the fruit-tree branches of it, says Jehovah, the God of Hosts.
And I answered again and said to him, What are the two olive clusters beside the two golden pipes, emptying the golden oil from themselves?
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Though the fig tree shall not blossom, and fruit is not on the vines; the labor of the olive fails, and the fields yield no food. The flock is cut off from the fold, and no herd is in the stalls;
and houses full of every good thing which you did not fill, and wells which are dug, but which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant, and you shall eat and be full,
For if you were cut out of the natural wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree; how much more these being according to nature will be grafted into their own olive-tree?
The trees went forth to anoint a king over them. And they said to the olive tree, Reign over us.
But the olive tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness with which they honor God and man by me, and go to be promoted over the trees?
I will plant the cedar in the wilderness, the acacia tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree. I will set the fir tree in the desert, 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,
For so it is in the midst of the land among the people, it shall be like the shaking of an olive tree and as gleanings when the grape harvest is completed.
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 coasts, but you shall not anoint with the oil, for your olive shall drop off its fruit.
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivulets of water that brings forth its fruit in its seasons, and its leaf shall not wither, and all which he does shall be blessed.
And the dove came in to him in the evening. And, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off. So Noah knew that the waters had gone down from off the earth.
And he ran in front and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him. For He was to pass through that way.
do not boast against the branches. But if you boast, it is not you that bears the root, but the root bears you.
For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters; it sends out its roots by the river, and it shall not fear when the heat comes, but its foliage shall be green; and he is not worried in the year of drought, nor will it 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 every good thing which you did not fill, and wells which are dug, but which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant, and you shall eat 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 sons of Israel that they bring you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always
Olive Trees » Cultivated » In olive yards
And he will take your fields and your vineyards and your olive-yards, the best, and give them to his servants.
Please even today give back to them their lands, their vineyards, their olive-yards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money and of the grain, the wine, and the oil, that you take from them.
Olive Trees » Illustrative » (when wild,) of the gentiles
For if you were cut out of the natural wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree; how much more these being according to nature will 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 became a sharer of the root and the fatness of the olive tree with them,
Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of Christ
For if you were cut out of the natural wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree; how much more these being according to nature will 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 became a sharer of the root and the fatness of the olive tree with them,
Olive Trees » Described as » Bearing goodly fruit
Jehovah called your name, a green olive tree, fair, with fine fruit. With the sound of a great storm He has set fire to it, and its branches are worthless.
Can the fig tree, my brothers, bear olive berries; or a vine, figs? So no fountain can yield both 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 smell as Lebanon.
Jehovah called your name, a green olive tree, fair, with fine fruit. With the sound of a great storm He has set fire to it, and its branches are worthless.
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 ripe olives in the top of the uppermost branch, four or five in the fruit-tree branches of it, says Jehovah, the God of Hosts.
For so it is in the midst of the land among the people, it shall be like the shaking of an olive tree and as gleanings when the grape harvest is completed.
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 became a sharer of the root and the fatness of the olive tree with them,
But the olive tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness with which they honor God and man by me, and go to be promoted over the trees?
Olive Trees » The fruit of, trodden in presses to extract the oil
from then onward, one came to a heap of twenty measures, and there were but ten; one came to the wine vat to draw off fifty from the winepress, and 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 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 smell as Lebanon.
Olive Trees » Kings of israel largely cultivated
And over the olive trees and the sycamore trees that were in the low plains was Baal-hanan of Geder. And over the cellars of oil was Joash.
Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of the two witnesses
And I will give power to My two witnesses, and they will prophesy a thousand, two hundred and sixty 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, so that he might eat the increase of the fields. And He made him 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 coasts, but you shall not anoint with the oil, for your olive shall drop off its fruit.
Olive Trees » Failure of, a great calamity
Though the fig tree shall not blossom, and fruit is not on the vines; the labor of the olive fails, and the fields yield no food. The flock is cut off from the fold, and no herd is in the stalls; yet I will rejoice in Jehovah, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Olive Trees » Used for making » The doors and posts of the temple
As to the entrance of the holy place he made doors of olive wood. The lintel and side posts were a fifth part, and the two doors were of olive wood. And he carved on them carvings of cherubs and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold and spread gold on the cherubs and on the palm trees. So also he made side posts for the entrance of the temple from the olive tree, a fourth part.
Olive Trees » Pruning of, alluded to
do not boast against the branches. But if you boast, it is not you that bears the root, but the root bears you. You will say then, The branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.
Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of the jewish church
Jehovah called your name, a green olive tree, fair, with fine fruit. With the sound of a great storm He has set fire to it, and its branches are worthless.
Olive Trees » Described as » Green
Jehovah called your name, a green olive tree, fair, with fine fruit. With the sound of a great storm He has set fire to it, and its branches are worthless.
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 to the mountain and bring olive branches and pine branches and myrtle branches and palm branches, and branches of thick 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 new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive oil and of honey, and live, and not die. And do not listen to Hezekiah when he deceives you, saying, Jehovah will deliver us.
Olive Trees » Used for making » The cherubim in the temple
And inside the Holy of Holies he made two cherubs of olive wood, 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 an olive leaf plucked off. So Noah knew that the waters had gone down from off the earth.
Olive Trees » Cultivated » On the sides of mountains
And when they drew near Jerusalem, and had come 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 let it alone, so that the poor of your people may eat. And what they leave, the animals of the field shall eat. In the same way you shall deal with your vineyard and with your oliveyard.
Olive Trees » Grafting of, alluded to
For if you were cut out of the natural wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree; how much more these being according to nature will 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 became a sharer of the root and the fatness of the olive tree with them,
Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of children of pious parents
Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine by the sides of your house; your sons shall be like olive plants around 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 ripe olives in the top of the uppermost branch, four or five in the fruit-tree branches of it, says Jehovah, the God of Hosts.
Olive Trees » Good for the service of God and man
But the olive tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness with which they honor God and man by me, and go to be promoted over the trees?
Olive Trees » Often cast its flowers
He shall shake off its unripe grape, as the vine; and shall cast off his flower like the olive.
Olive Trees » Often suffered from caterpillars
I have stricken you with blasting and mildew. When your gardens and your vineyards, and your fig trees. and your olive trees increased, the creeping locust devoured them; yet you have not returned to Me, says Jehovah.
