61 Bible Verses about Roots

Plucking off sea purslain upon the shrub, the root of broom their bread.

For there is hope for a tree if it shall be cut down, and it shall yet revive, and its suckers shall not cease. If its root shall grow old in the earth, and its trunk shall die in the dust From the smell of water it will break forth, and make foliage as a plant

And he spake to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, he, the sower, went forth to sow. And in his sowing some truly fell by the way, and the flying things came and swallowed them down. And others fell upon rocky places where it had not much earth, and quickly it sprang forth, for it had no depth of earth.read more.
And the sun having risen, it was parched up; and for the not having a root, it was dried up.

And he taught them in parables many things, and said to them in his teaching, Hear ye; behold, he sowing went out to sow: And it was in sowing some truly fell by the way, and the flying things of heaven came and ate it down.read more.
And other fell upon stony places, where it had not much earth; and quickly it sprang forth, for it had no deepness of earth: And the sun having risen, it was parched up; and because it had no root, it was dried up.

And in the morning, coming near, they saw the fig tree having been dried up from the roots. And Peter, having recalled to mind, says to him, Rabbi, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is dried up.

I Jesus sent mine angel to testify these things to you, to the churches. I am the root and stock of David, the shining and morning star.

And a rod shall come forth from the stock of Jesse, and a sprout shall blossom from his roots: And the spirit of Jehovah resting upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and strength, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of Jehovah: His sweet odor in the fear of Jehovah: and not according to the seeing of his eyes shall he judge, and not according to the hearing of his ears shall he decide.read more.
And he judged the powerless with justice, and he decided in straightness for the humble of the earth: and he struck the earth with the rod of his mouth, and by the spirit of his lips he will slay the unjust. And justice was the girding of his loins, and truth the girding of his loins.

Who believed in our report? and to whom was the arm of Jehovah uncovered? He shall come up as a sucking child before him, and as a root out of a land of dryness: no form to him and no decoration; and we shall see him, and no appearance and we shall desire him. He was despised and forsaken of men; a man of griefs and knowing affliction: and as hiding the faces from him; he was despised and we regarded him not

And I say Jesus Christ has become the servant of circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises of the fathers: And the nations to glorify God for mercies; as has been written, For this will I acknowledge to thee in the nations; and I will play on, the harp to thy name. And again he says, Rejoice, ye nations, with his people.read more.
And again, Praise the Lord, all ye nations; and land him all ye people. And again Esaias says, The root shall be of Jesse, and he having risen to rule over the nations; upon him shall the nations hope.

And one of the elders says to me, Weep not: behold, the Lion conquered, he being of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, to open the book, and to loose its seven seals.

And saying, I shall expire with my nest I shall multiply days as the sand. My root opened to the waters, and the dew will lodge upon my foliage. My glory new with me, and my bow will be changed in my hand.

The fate of Ephraim uprooted them in Amalek; After thee, Benjamin, among thy tribes; From Machir the lawgivers came down, And from Zebulon they drawing with the rod of the scribe.

Shall the bulrush lift itself up without a marsh? shall the marsh grass grow without water? While yet in its greenness it shall not break off, and it will dry up before grass. So the paths of all forgetting God and the hope of the profane one shall perish.read more.
Which his hope shall be cut off, and the spider's house his trust He shall lean upon his house and it shall not stand: he shall hold fast upon it, and it shall not rise up. It was moist before the sun, and its sprout will come forth upon his garden. His roots were entwined upon a heap, he shall see a house of stones. If he should swallow him down from his place, and it lied upon it: I saw thee not Behold, this the rejoicing of his way, and from the dust shall they cause another to grow.

Also the light of the unjust shall be extinguished, and the flame of his fire shall not shine; The light was darkened in his tent, and his lamp shall be extinguished for him. The steps of his strength shall be straightened, and his counsel shall cast him down.read more.
For he was cast into a net by his feet, and he will go about upon latticework. A snare shall lay hold upon the heel, the noose shall hold fast upon him. His gin being hid in the earth, and his snare upon the beaten path. Terrors made him afraid round about, and scattered him to his feet. His strength shall be hunger, and destruction being prepared at his side. It shall devour the bars of his skin: the first-born of death shall devour his bars. His confidence shall be plucked out from his tent, and it shall drive him to the king of terrors. It shall dwell in his tent, from not to him: brimstone shall be scattered upon his dwelling. From underneath, his roots shall be dried up, and from above, his harvest shall be cut off. His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and not a name to him upon a face without.

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.

O God of armies, turn back now: look from the heavens and see, and review this vine; And the plant which thy right hand planted, and upon the son thou madest strong for thee,

Wo to the strong to drink wine, and men of strength to mix strong drink: Justifying the unjust on account of a gift, and they will take away the justice of the just from him. For this as the tongue of fire consumes the straw, and the dry grass of flame will collapse: their root shall be as rottenness, and their flower shall go up as dust: for they rejected the law of Jehovah of armies, and the saying of the Holy One of Israel they despised.

And the first born of the poor were fed, and the needy shall lie down confidently: and I killed thy root with famine, and thy residue he shall slay.

And this the sign to thee: To eat this year the self-sown; and in the second year, that growing of itself: and in the third year, sow and reap, and plant vineyards and eat the fruits. And the escaping of the house of Judah being left shall add a root downward and make fruit upward: For from Jerusalem shall come forth a remnant, and the escaping from mount Zion: the zeal of Jehovah of armies shall do this.

Blessed the man who shall trust in Jehovah, and his trust was Jehovah. 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.

And the word of Jehovah will be to me, saying, Son of man, propose an enigma and use a parable to the house of Israel; And say, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: The great eagle great of wings, long of the wing-feather, full of feathers, which to him variegation, came to Lebanon, and he will take the foliage of the cedar.read more.
He plucked off the head of the suckers, and he will bring it to the land of Canaan, and he set it in a city of merchants. And he will take from the seed of the land, and he will give it in a field of seed; he took it to many waters, he set it a willow. And it will spring up, and it will be for a spreading vine low of stature, for its branches turning towards him, and its roots will be under him: and it will be for a vine, and it will make branches, and it will send forth foliage. And there will be one great eagle, great of wings, and many feathers: and behold, this vine turned her roots to him, and sent forth her branches to him, to water it from the ascendings of its planting. In a good field by many waters it was planted, to make branches to bear fruit, to be for a great vine. Say, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Shall it prosper? shall he not pluck up its roots, and cut off its fruit, and dry up all the fresh foliage of its springing up? It shall be dried up, and not in its great strength, and by much people to lift it up from its roots. And behold, being planted, shall it prosper? as the east wind strikes upon it? drying up, shall it not be dried up? it shall be dried up upon the risings of its springing up.

Behold, Assur a cedar in Lebanon, fair of branch, and a shading thicket, and high of stature; and his foliage was between the thick boughs. The water made him great, the deep raised him up with her rivers going round about her planting, and she sent forth her channels to all the trees of the field. For this his height was lifted up more than all the trees of the field, and his boughs will be multiplied, and his branches will be extended from many waters, in his sending forth.read more.
And all the birds of the heavens nested in his boughs, under his branches all the of the field brought forth, and in his shadow dwelt all the great nations. And he was fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by many waters. The cedars did not hide him in the garden of God: the cypresses were not like to his boughs, and the plane trees were not as his branches; every tree in the garden of God was not like to him in his beauty. I made him fair by the multitude of his branches, and all the trees of Eden which are in the garden of God will envy him.

I was seeing in the visions of my head upon my bed, and lo, a watcher and holy one came down from the heavens; He called with strength, and thus he said, Hew down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its foliage and scatter its fruit: the beasts shall flee from under it, and the birds from its branches. But leave the stump of its roots in the earth, and with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the open field; and in the dew of the heavens it shall be wet, and its portion with the beasts in the green herb of the earth.read more.
Its heart shall be changed from man, and the heart of a beast shall be given to it; and seven times shall pass over him.

For behold, the day coming, burning as a furnace; and all the proud and all doing injustice were straw: and the day coming burnt them, said Jehovah of armies, that it shall not leave to them root and branch.

And now also the axe lies at the root of the trees; therefore every one not making good fruit is cut off and cast into fire.

And also the axe is already laid at the root of the trees: therefore every tree not making good fruit is cut down, and cast into fire.

Therefore hear ye the parable of him sowing. Every one hearing, and not understanding, the evil one comes, and carries off that sown in his heart. This is he having sown by the way. And he having sown upon rocky places, this is he hearing the word, and quickly with joy receiving it;read more.
And has no root in himself, but is for a time; and there being pressure or expulsion for the word, straightly is he offended.

And he says to them, Know ye not this parable? and how will ye know all parables? He sowing sows the word. And these are they by the way, where the word is sown; and when they hear, quickly comes Satan, and takes away the word sown in their hearts.read more.
And these are likewise they sown upon stony places; who, when they hear, quickly with joy receive it; And have no root in themselves, but are temporary; then pressure having been or expulsion for the word, quickly are they scandalized.

And this is the parable: The seed is the word of God. And they by the way are they hearing; then comes the devil, and takes away the word from their heart, lest having believed, they should be saved. And they upon the rock, who, when they hear, with joy receive the word; and they have no root, who for a time believe, and in time of trial fly away.

And having answered, he said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father has not planted, shall be rooted up.

(For I speak to you the nations, inasmuch as truly I am the sent of the nations, I highly value my service: If in some way I might make jealous my flesh, and I might save some of them.) For if their rejection the reconciliation of the world, what the reception, but life from the dead?read more.
And if the first fruit holy, also the mixture: and if the root holy, also the young shoots. 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; 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. Well; for unbelief were they broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but do thou fear: For if God spared not the young shoots according to nature, how will he either spare thee

For the root of all evils is the love of money: which some striving for, have been led astray from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many pains.

For ye shall say, Why shall we pursue after him and the root of the word was found in me?

He stretched forth his hand upon the flint; he overturned the mountains from the roots.

The unjust one desired the net of the evil: and the root of the just will give.

Thou shalt not rejoice Philistia, all of thee, because the rod of him striking thee was broken: for from the root of the serpent shall come forth a viper, and his fruit burning flying.

And I destroyed the Amorite from their face, whom his height as the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; and I will destroy his fruit from above and his roots from beneath.

I shall go down to the cuttings off of the mountains; the earth, her bars about me forever: and thou wilt bring up my life from corruption, O Jehovah my God.

Observing narrowly lest any be failing of the grace of God: lest any root of bitterness springing forth aloft give trouble, and by this many be defiled;

Lest there be among you man or woman, or family or tribe, whom his heart turn this day from Jehovah our God, to go to serve the gods of these nations; lest there be among you a root bearing poverty and wormwood;

Therefore as ye received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him: Being rooted and built up in him, and rendered firm in the faith, as ye were taught, abounding in it with gratitude.

And the escaping of the house of Judah being left shall add a root downward, and make fruit above.

I saw the foolish one taking root, and suddenly I shall curse his habitation.

Thou wilt remove a vine from Egypt: thou wilt cast out the nations and thou wilt plant it Thou didst set in order before it, and thou wilt cause its roots to take root and the earth will be filled.

Those coming of Jacob shall he cause to take root: Israel shall blossom and be fruitful, and they filled the face of the habitable globe with produce.

Also they were not planted: also they were not sown: also their stock took not root in the earth: and he also blew upon them and they will be dried up, and the storm will lift them up as straw.

Thou didst plant them; they took root; they went on, also they made fruit: thou being near in their mouth, and far off from their reins.

For this I bend my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom all the family in the heavens and upon earth is named, That he might give to you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power by his Spirit in the interior man;read more.
For Christ to dwell by faith in your hearts; in love being rendered firm, and the foundation laid, That ye might be fully able to comprehend with all the holy what the length, and breadth, and depth, and height; To know also the love of Christ, surpassing knowledge, that ye might be filled in all the fulness of God.

He will lay me waste round about, and I shall go: and he will remove my hope as a tree.

And Jehovah smote Israel as a reed will be shaken in the water, and he plucked up Israel from this good land which he gave to their fathers, and he scattered them from beyond the river, because they made their images, irritating Jehovah.

Also God will break thee down forever; he will take thee and sweep thee away from the tent, and root thee up from the land of the living. Silence.

The just one shall not be moved forever: and the unjust shall not inhabit the earth.

A man shall not be prepared by injustice: and the root of the Just shall not be moved.

See, I appointed thee this day over the nations and over the kingdoms to pluck up and to tear down, and to destroy, and to overthrow, to build and to plant

Thus said Jehovah concerning all my evil neighbors, those touching upon the inheritance which I caused my people Israel to inherit: behold me tearing them up from their land, and I will tear up the house of Judah from the midst of them. And it was after my tearing them up I will turn back and compassionate them, and cause them to dwell a man to his inheritance, and a man to his land.

And it was as I watched over them to pluck up and to break down, and to destroy and to cut off, and to break in pieces; so will I watch over them to build and to plant, says Jehovah.

Thus shalt thou say to him, Thus said Jehovah, Behold, what I built I pulled down, and what I planted I plucked up, and all this land.

Say, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Shall it prosper? shall he not pluck up its roots, and cut off its fruit, and dry up all the fresh foliage of its springing up? It shall be dried up, and not in its great strength, and by much people to lift it up from its roots.

And she shall be plucked up in wrath, she was cast down to the earth, and the wind of the east dried up her fruit: the rods of her strength were broken and dried up, and the fire consumed them.

For this as the tongue of fire consumes the straw, and the dry grass of flame will collapse: their root shall be as rottenness, and their flower shall go up as dust: for they rejected the law of Jehovah of armies, and the saying of the Holy One of Israel they despised.

These are spots in your loves, feasting together fearlessly, taking care of themselves: clouds wanting water, carried about by winds; decayed trees, unfruitful, twice dead, uprooted;