6 Bible Verses about Olive Trees

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Revelation 11:4

(they are the two olive-trees and the two lampstands which stand before the Lord of the earth):

Romans 11:17

Supposing some of the branches have been broken off, while you have been grafted in like a shoot of wild olive to share the rich growth of the olive-stem,

Romans 11:24

For if you have been cut from an olive which is naturally wild, and grafted, contrary to nature, upon a garden olive, how much more will the natural branches be grafted into their proper olive?

Luke 13:9

Then it may bear fruit next year. If not, you can have it cut down.'"

Luke 19:4

So he ran forward and climbed into a sycomore tree to get a sight of him, as he was to pass that road.

Romans 11:18

do not pride yourself at the expense of these branches. Remember, in your pride, the stem supports you, not you the stem.

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Olive Trees » Canaan abounded in

Olive Trees » Oil procured from

Olive Trees » Cultivated » In olive yards

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

Romans 11:24

For if you have been cut from an olive which is naturally wild, and grafted, contrary to nature, upon a garden olive, how much more will the natural branches be grafted into their proper olive?

Romans 11:17

Supposing some of the branches have been broken off, while you have been grafted in like a shoot of wild olive to share the rich growth of the olive-stem,

Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of Christ

Romans 11:24

For if you have been cut from an olive which is naturally wild, and grafted, contrary to nature, upon a garden olive, how much more will the natural branches be grafted into their proper olive?

Romans 11:17

Supposing some of the branches have been broken off, while you have been grafted in like a shoot of wild olive to share the rich growth of the olive-stem,

Olive Trees » Described as » Bearing goodly fruit

James 3:12

Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives? Or a vine, figs? No more can salt water yield fresh.

Olive Trees » Described as » Fair and beautiful

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

Olive Trees » Described as » Fat and unctuous

Romans 11:17

Supposing some of the branches have been broken off, while you have been grafted in like a shoot of wild olive to share the rich growth of the olive-stem,

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

Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of the righteous

Olive Trees » Kings of israel largely cultivated

Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of the two witnesses

Revelation 11:3-4

But I will allow my two witnesses to prophesy for twelve hundred and sixty days, clad in sackcloth (they are the two olive-trees and the two lampstands which stand before the Lord of the earth):

Olive Trees » Cultivated » Among rocks

Olive Trees » Gleaning of, left for the poor

Olive Trees » Beaten to remove the fruit

Olive Trees » Often cast its fruit

Olive Trees » Failure of, a great calamity

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

Olive Trees » Pruning of, alluded to

Romans 11:18-19

do not pride yourself at the expense of these branches. Remember, in your pride, the stem supports you, not you the stem. You will say, "But branches were broken off to let me be grafted in!"

Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of the jewish church

Olive Trees » Described as » Green

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

Olive Trees » Assyria abounded in

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

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

Olive Trees » Cultivated » On the sides of mountains

Matthew 21:1

When they came near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage at the Hill of Olives, then Jesus despatched two disciples,

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

Olive Trees » Grafting of, alluded to

Romans 11:24

For if you have been cut from an olive which is naturally wild, and grafted, contrary to nature, upon a garden olive, how much more will the natural branches be grafted into their proper olive?

Olive Trees » Often grew wild

Romans 11:17

Supposing some of the branches have been broken off, while you have been grafted in like a shoot of wild olive to share the rich growth of the olive-stem,

Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of children of pious parents

Olive Trees » Shaken when fully ripe

Olive Trees » Good for the service of God and man

Olive Trees » Often cast its flowers

Olive Trees » Often suffered from caterpillars

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