12 Bible Verses about Palm Trees

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Ezekiel 40:16

There were closed windows toward the alcoves and toward their jambs within the gate all around, and likewise for the porches. There were windows all around the inside, and on each jamb were decorative palm trees.

Ezekiel 41:18

It was made with cherubim and decorative palm trees, with a palm tree between each cherub. Each cherub had two faces:

John 12:13

So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him. They began to shout, "Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the king of Israel!"

Deuteronomy 34:3

the Negev, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of the date palm trees, as far as Zoar.

Joel 1:12

The vine has dried up; the fig tree languishes -- the pomegranate, date, and apple as well. In fact, all the trees of the field have dried up. Indeed, the joy of the people has dried up!

1 Kings 6:29-35

On all the walls around the temple, inside and out, he carved cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom. He plated the floor of the temple with gold, inside and out. He made doors of olive wood at the entrance to the inner sanctuary; the pillar on each doorpost was five-sided.read more.
On the two doors made of olive wood he carved cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom, and he plated them with gold. He plated the cherubs and the palm trees with hammered gold. In the same way he made doorposts of olive wood for the entrance to the main hall, only with four-sided pillars. He also made two doors out of wood from evergreens; each door had two folding leaves. He carved cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom and plated them with gold, leveled out over the carvings.

Leviticus 23:40-42

On the first day you must take for yourselves branches from majestic trees -- palm branches, branches of leafy trees, and willows of the brook -- and you must rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days. You must celebrate it as a pilgrim festival to the Lord for seven days in the year. This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations; you must celebrate it in the seventh month. You must live in temporary shelters for seven days; every native citizen in Israel must live in temporary shelters,

Exodus 15:27

Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the water.

Judges 4:5

She would sit under the Date Palm Tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the Ephraimite hill country. The Israelites would come up to her to have their disputes settled.

Song of Solomon 7:7

The Lover to His Beloved: Your stature is like a palm tree, and your breasts are like clusters of grapes.

1 Kings 6:31-33

He made doors of olive wood at the entrance to the inner sanctuary; the pillar on each doorpost was five-sided. On the two doors made of olive wood he carved cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom, and he plated them with gold. He plated the cherubs and the palm trees with hammered gold. In the same way he made doorposts of olive wood for the entrance to the main hall, only with four-sided pillars.

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Jericho » A city » Called » City of » Palm trees

Deuteronomy 34:3

the Negev, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of the date palm trees, as far as Zoar.

Palm trees » Represented in carved work on the walls and doors of the temple of solomon

1 Kings 6:29

On all the walls around the temple, inside and out, he carved cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom.

1 Kings 6:32

On the two doors made of olive wood he carved cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom, and he plated them with gold. He plated the cherubs and the palm trees with hammered gold.

1 Kings 6:35

He carved cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom and plated them with gold, leveled out over the carvings.

2 Chronicles 3:5

He paneled the main hall with boards made from evergreen trees and plated it with fine gold, decorated with palm trees and chains.

Palm trees » Jericho celebrated for

Deuteronomy 34:3

the Negev, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of the date palm trees, as far as Zoar.

Judges 1:16

Now the descendants of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up with the people of Judah from the City of Date Palm Trees to Arad in the desert of Judah, located in the Negev. They went and lived with the people of Judah.

Palm trees » Illustrative of » The church

Song of Songs 7:7-8

The Lover to His Beloved: Your stature is like a palm tree, and your breasts are like clusters of grapes. I want to climb the palm tree, and take hold of its fruit stalks. May your breasts be like the clusters of grapes, and may the fragrance of your breath be like apricots!

Palm trees » Described as » Tall

Song of Songs 7:7

The Lover to His Beloved: Your stature is like a palm tree, and your breasts are like clusters of grapes.

Palm trees » The fruit of, called dates

2 Chronicles 31:5

When the edict was issued, the Israelites freely contributed the initial portion of their grain, wine, olive oil, honey, and all the produce of their fields. They brought a tenth of everything, which added up to a huge amount.

Palm trees » The branches of, were » Carried at feast of tabernacles

Leviticus 23:40

On the first day you must take for yourselves branches from majestic trees -- palm branches, branches of leafy trees, and willows of the brook -- and you must rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days.

Palm trees » The branches of, were » The emblem of victory

Revelation 7:9

After these things I looked, and here was an enormous crowd that no one could count, made up of persons from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb dressed in long white robes, and with palm branches in their hands.

Palm trees » The branches of, were » Used for constructing booths

Nehemiah 8:15

and that they should make a proclamation and disseminate this message in all their cities and in Jerusalem: "Go to the hill country and bring back olive branches and branches of wild olive trees, myrtle trees, date palms, and other leafy trees to construct temporary shelters, as it is written."

Palm trees » Illustrative of » The upright appearance of idols

Jeremiah 10:5

Such idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field. They cannot talk. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them because they cannot hurt you. And they do not have any power to help you."

Palm trees » Described as » Upright

Jeremiah 10:5

Such idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field. They cannot talk. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them because they cannot hurt you. And they do not have any power to help you."

Palm trees » Requires a moist and fertile soil

Exodus 15:27

Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the water.

Palm trees » First mention of, in scripture

Exodus 15:27

Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the water.

Palm trees » Illustrative of » The righteous

Palm trees » Described as » Fruitful to a great age

Palm trees » Described as » Flourishing

Palm trees » Tents often pitched under the shade of

Judges 4:5

She would sit under the Date Palm Tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the Ephraimite hill country. The Israelites would come up to her to have their disputes settled.

Palm trees » Spread before Christ

John 12:13

So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him. They began to shout, "Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the king of Israel!"

Palm trees » Blasted as a punishment

Joel 1:12

The vine has dried up; the fig tree languishes -- the pomegranate, date, and apple as well. In fact, all the trees of the field have dried up. Indeed, the joy of the people has dried up!

Righteous » Compared with » Palm trees

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