56 Bible Verses about Trees

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Exodus 37:1-5

Bezalel made the ark out of acacia wood forty-five inches long, twenty-seven inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high. He covered it with pure gold inside and out and put a gold molding around it. He cast four gold rings for its four feet, two rings on each side.read more.
The carrying poles he made with acacia wood. He covered them with gold. Then he put them through the rings that were on each side of the Ark.

Jeremiah 1:11-12

Jehovah spoke his word to me again. He asked: What do you see Jeremiah? I answered: I see a branch of an almond tree. Jehovah said: You are right. For I watch to make sure that my words come true.

Job 30:4

They pick mallow (salt herb) from the underbrush, and the roots of the broom plant are their food.

Isaiah 6:13

Even if one out of ten people are left it will be destroyed (burned) again. When a strong tree or an oak is cut down, a stump is left. The holy seed is the stump.

Ezekiel 17:5-6

Then it took a seedling from that country and planted the seedling in fertile soil. The eagle planted the seedling like a willow where there was plenty of water. The plant sprouted and grew into a low vine that spread over the ground. Its branches turned upward toward the eagle. Its roots grew downward. Thus it became a vine, producing branches and growing shoots.

Joshua 24:26

Joshua wrote these commands in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up under the oak tree in Jehovah's sanctuary.

Psalm 52:8

But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy and loving kindness of God forever and ever.

1 Kings 10:11-12

Hiram's fleet that brought gold from Ophir also brought a large quantity of sandalwood and precious stones from Ophir. With the sandalwood (possibly the algum tree) the king made supports for Jehovah's Temple and the royal palace, and lyres and harps for the singers. Never again was sandalwood like this imported into Israel, nor has any been seen there to this day.

Genesis 13:18

Abram moved his tents and went to live near the great trees of Mamre at Hebron. He built an altar to Jehovah there.

2 Samuel 5:22-25

The Philistines again attacked and overran the valley of Rephaim. Once again David consulted Jehovah. Jehovah answered David: Do not attack them from here. Go around and get ready to attack them from the other side, near the balsam trees. Attack when you hear the sound of marching in the treetops. I will be marching ahead of you to defeat the Philistine army.read more.
David did what Jehovah commanded. He drove the Philistines back from Geba all the way to Gezer.

Isaiah 44:14

He cut down cedars, or cypress or oak. He let it grow among the trees of the forest, or planted a pine, and the rain made it grow.

Isaiah 60:13

Lebanon's glory will come to you: Cedar, fir, and cypress trees will come to beautify my holy place. I will honor the place where my feet rest.

Genesis 30:37

Jacob took green branches of poplar (storax), almond, and plane trees and stripped off some of the bark so that the branches had white stripes on them.

Isaiah 44:4

They will spring up like grass in a meadow, like poplar trees by flowing streams.

Ezekiel 31:3

Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon with beautiful branches and forest shade, and very high, and its top was among the clouds.

Micah 4:4

Each man will sit under his vine and under his fig tree. No one will make them afraid! The mouth of Jehovah of Hosts has spoken.

Isaiah 41:19-20

I will put the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive in the desert. I will set pines in the wasteland, the fir and the cypress together. People may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand (power) of Jehovah has done this, that the Holy One of Israel has created it.

Numbers 33:9

From there they went to Elim, where they camped. There were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees there.

1 Kings 10:27

The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.

Genesis 1:11

Then God said: Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them. It was so.

Genesis 1:12

The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, after their kind. God saw that it was good.

Romans 11:24

If you were cut out of the olive tree that is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a garden olive tree: how much more could these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?

Haggai 2:17

I struck you with scorching winds, mildew and hail to ruin everything you tried to grow, declared Jehovah, but you still did not repent.

Genesis 35:8

Deborah died. She was the servant who cared for Rebekah from childhood. She was buried near Bethel, under the holy tree. They named it Allon-bacuth (weeping tree).

Deuteronomy 20:19

This is what you must do whenever you blockade a city for a long time in order to capture it in war. Do not harm any of its fruit trees with an ax. You may eat the fruit. Never cut those trees down, because the trees of the field are not people you have come to blockade.

Isaiah 44:15

It is man's fuel for burning so he takes some to warm himself. He kindles a fire and bakes bread. But he also fashions a god and worships it. Yes he makes an idol and bows down to it.

Exodus 36:20

A framework for the inner tent was made out of acacia wood.

Psalm 45:8

All Your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia. Stringed instruments from the ivory palaces have made you glad.

Deuteronomy 8:8

The land has wheat and barley, grapevines, fig trees, and pomegranates. The land has honey and olive trees for olive oil.

2 Samuel 6:5

David and all the Israelites danced and sang with all their might to honor Jehovah. They played harps, lyres, drums, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals.

2 Samuel 5:23

Once again David consulted Jehovah. Jehovah answered David: Do not attack them from here. Go around and get ready to attack them from the other side, near the balsam trees.

Isaiah 41:19

I will put the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive in the desert. I will set pines in the wasteland, the fir and the cypress together.

Judges 9:9

The olive tree answered: 'I would have to stop producing my oil in order to govern you. My oil is used to honor gods and human beings.'

Exodus 15:27

Then they went to Elim. There were twelve springs and seventy palm trees. They camped there by the water.

Hosea 4:13

They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains! They burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars (storax) and the strong tree, because it has good shade. Your daughters play the harlot, and your brides commit adultery.

Amos 7:14

Amos told Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son. I was a herdsman, and a grower of sycamore figs.

Psalm 1:1-3

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of the scornful mockers. But his delight is in the law of Jehovah (YHWH), and on his law he meditates (ponders) (speaks softly with deep thought) (studies) (contemplates) day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water. It yields its fruit in season and its leaves do not wither. Whatever he does prospers.

Proverbs 3:18

She (wisdom) is a tree of life to those who hold her. Happy are all who keep her.

Matthew 7:17-19

Every good tree gives righteous fruit. The bad tree gives evil fruit. A good tree does not give bad fruit. A bad tree does not give good fruit. Every tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

Isaiah 65:22

No longer will they build houses and others live in them, or plant and others eat. For as the days of a tree, so will be the days of my people. My chosen ones will long enjoy the works of their hands.

Luke 23:31

If they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry?

1 Kings 5:10

So Hiram supplied Solomon with all the cedar and pine logs he wanted.

1 Kings 19:4

Elijah walked a whole day into the wilderness. He stopped and sat down under a broom plant and wished he would die. It is just too much, Jehovah, he prayed. Take away my life. I could just as well be dead.

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Almond » Trees

Ecclesiastes 12:5

Also when they will be afraid of what is high, and fears will be in the way, and the almond tree will flourish, and the grasshopper will be a burden, and the caper berry breaks and desire fails, man goes to his long lasting home and the mourners go about the streets.

Numbers 17:8

The next day Moses went into the tent. He found that Aaron's staff for the tribe of Levi had not only begun to grow, but it had also blossomed and produced ripe almonds.

Jeremiah 1:11

Jehovah spoke his word to me again. He asked: What do you see Jeremiah? I answered: I see a branch of an almond tree.

Aloes » Trees

Psalm 45:8

All Your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia. Stringed instruments from the ivory palaces have made you glad.

Proverbs 7:17

I perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Song of Solomon 4:14

Ointment and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:

John 19:39

Nicodemus also came with a mixture of myrrh and about a hundred pounds of aloes. Nicodemus is the one who came to Jesus at night.

Trees » Of knowledge

Genesis 2:9

Jehovah God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground, trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 3:3-6

However, God did say: 'You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden. You must not touch it, or you will die.' You will not die, the serpent said to the woman. God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened. Then you will be like God, knowing good and evil. read more.
When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

Genesis 3:11-12

And he said: Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from? Adam said: The woman you put here with me gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.

Trees » Of life

Genesis 3:24

After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.

Genesis 2:9

Jehovah God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground, trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 3:22

Jehovah said: The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.

Trees » Figurative

Jeremiah 17:8

For he will be like a tree planted by the water. It extends its roots by a stream and will not fear when the heat comes. Its leaves will be green. It will not be anxious in a year of drought nor cease to yield fruit.

Trees » Symbolical

Daniel 4:10-12

Here are the visions of my head: I saw a tree in the midst of the earth. It was very tall. The tree grew and became strong. Its height reached to heaven. It could be seen from distant parts of the earth. The leaves were beautiful and the fruit abundant. In it was food for all. The beasts of the field found shadow under it. The birds of the heavens dwelt in its branches. All flesh was fed by it.

Trees » Varieties » Fig

Habakkuk 3:17

The fig tree will not flourish. There will be no fruit on the vines. The labor of the olive will fail and the fields will yield no food! The flock will be cut off from the fold and there will be no herd in the stalls.

Deuteronomy 8:8

The land has wheat and barley, grapevines, fig trees, and pomegranates. The land has honey and olive trees for olive oil.

Proverbs 27:18

When you keep a fig tree you eat the fruit. He who waits on his master will be honored.

Matthew 21:19

He saw a fig tree along the side of the road. He went to it and saw nothing on it but leaves. He told it: You will not bare fruit from this time forward, forever. Immediately the fig tree became dry and dead.

John 1:48

Nathanael asked: How do you know me? Jesus answered: I saw you under the fig tree before Philip called you.

Trees » Saints as

Psalm 52:8

But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy and loving kindness of God forever and ever.

Hosea 14:6

His shoots will sprout and his beauty will be like the olive tree. His fragrance will be like the cedars of Lebanon.

Numbers 24:6

They are like valleys that stretch out, like gardens beside the river, like aloes planted by Jehovah, like cedars beside the waters.

Trees » Varieties » Oaks

2 Samuel 18:9

Absalom happened to come face to face with some of David's men. He was riding on a mule. The mule went under the tangled branches of a large tree. Absalom's head became caught in the tree. He was left hanging in midair when the mule under him ran away.

Genesis 35:4

So everyone gave Jacob their idols and their earrings. He buried them under the oak (big) tree near Shechem.

Judges 6:11

The angel of Jehovah came to the village of Ophrah. He sat under the oak tree that belonged to Joash, a man of the clan of Abiezer. His son Gideon was secretly threshing wheat in a wine press, so that the Midianites would not see him.

Isaiah 1:29

You will be ashamed of the oaks that you wanted to worship. You will be embarrassed by the garden that you have chosen for your gods.

Isaiah 6:13

Even if one out of ten people are left it will be destroyed (burned) again. When a strong tree or an oak is cut down, a stump is left. The holy seed is the stump.

Trees » Varieties » Sycamore

1 Kings 10:27

The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.

1 Chronicles 27:28

for the olive and fig trees in the foothills, Baal Hanan from Gedor for storing olive oil- Joash

Isaiah 9:10

The bricks have fallen down, but we will rebuild with cut stones. The fig trees have been cut down, but we will replace them with cedars.

Psalm 78:47

He killed their vines with hail and their fig trees with frost.

Amos 7:14

Amos told Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son. I was a herdsman, and a grower of sycamore figs.

More verses: Luke 19:4

Trees » Varieties » Willows

Leviticus 23:40

Take the best fruits, palm branches, the branches of leafy trees and poplars on the first day, and celebrate in the presence of Jehovah your God for seven days.

Job 40:22

The lotuses conceal him in their shadow. The poplars by the stream surround him.

Isaiah 15:7

The people go across the Valley of Willows, trying to escape with all their material possessions.

Psalm 137:2

In the midst of it we hung our harps on poplar trees.

Isaiah 44:4

They will spring up like grass in a meadow, like poplar trees by flowing streams.

More verses: Ezekiel 17:5

Trees » Varieties » Cedars

2 Kings 14:9

Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying: The thorn-tree in Lebanon sent to the cedar in Lebanon, saying: 'Give your daughter to my son for a wife.' A beast from the woodland in Lebanon went by, crushing the thorn under his feet.

Isaiah 2:13

It will also be against all the towering and mighty cedars of Lebanon and all the oaks of Bashan,

1 Kings 4:33

He spoke of trees and plants, from the Lebanon cedars to the hyssop that grows on walls. He talked about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.

Psalm 80:10

Its shade covered the mountains. Its branches covered the mighty cedars.

Psalm 104:16

Jehovah's trees drink their fill, the cedars of Lebanon which he planted,

More verses: Psalm 29:5

Trees » Varieties » Palm

Joel 1:12

The vine and the fig tree fail. The pomegranate-tree, the palm-tree also, and the apple-tree, even all the trees of the field have dried up. Joy has withered away from the sons of men.

Exodus 15:27

Then they went to Elim. There were twelve springs and seventy palm trees. They camped there by the water.

Jeremiah 10:5

They are like scarecrows in cucumber fields. They cannot speak. They must be carried, for they cannot walk! Do not fear them! For they can do no harm and they can do no good.

Deuteronomy 34:3

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

Song of Solomon 7:7

Your stature is like a palm tree, and your breasts like clusters of dates.

Trees » Laws concerning

Deuteronomy 16:21

When you build the altar for Jehovah your God, never plant beside it any tree dedicated to the goddess Asherah.

Leviticus 19:23

When you come into the land and plant all kinds of fruit trees, you must not eat the fruit for the first three years.

Deuteronomy 20:19

This is what you must do whenever you blockade a city for a long time in order to capture it in war. Do not harm any of its fruit trees with an ax. You may eat the fruit. Never cut those trees down, because the trees of the field are not people you have come to blockade.

Trees » Varieties » Cedars of lebanon

2 Chronicles 2:8

I know how skillful your lumbermen are, so send me cedar, cypress, and juniper logs from Lebanon. I am ready to send my men to assist yours.

2 Kings 14:9

Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying: The thorn-tree in Lebanon sent to the cedar in Lebanon, saying: 'Give your daughter to my son for a wife.' A beast from the woodland in Lebanon went by, crushing the thorn under his feet.

Isaiah 40:16

Lebanon is not sufficient for altar fires, nor its animals enough for burnt offerings.

Hosea 14:5

I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily and he will take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

Trees » Varieties » Olive

Psalm 52:8

But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy and loving kindness of God forever and ever.

Romans 11:17

Some of the branches are broken off. You, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them. Therefore you partake of the root and fatness of the olive tree with them.

Revelation 11:4

These (witnesses) are the two olive trees, and the two lamp stands standing before the God of the earth.

Deuteronomy 6:11

The houses will be full of good things that you did not put in them. There will be wells that you did not dig. There will be vineyards and olive orchards that you did not plant. Jehovah will bring you into this land and you will have all you want to eat.

Judges 9:9

The olive tree answered: 'I would have to stop producing my oil in order to govern you. My oil is used to honor gods and human beings.'

More verses: Zechariah 4:3

Trees » Illustrative » (good and fruitful,) of saints

Numbers 24:6

They are like valleys that stretch out, like gardens beside the river, like aloes planted by Jehovah, like cedars beside the waters.

Matthew 7:17-18

Every good tree gives righteous fruit. The bad tree gives evil fruit. A good tree does not give bad fruit. A bad tree does not give good fruit.

Jeremiah 17:8

For he will be like a tree planted by the water. It extends its roots by a stream and will not fear when the heat comes. Its leaves will be green. It will not be anxious in a year of drought nor cease to yield fruit.

Trees » Varieties » Fir

2 Kings 19:23

You defy Jehovah and through your servants you say: 'With my many chariots I ride up the high mountains, up the slopes of Lebanon. I cut down its tallest cedars and its finest cypresses. I travel to its most distant borders and its most fertile forests.

Psalm 104:17

Where the birds build their nests, the stork, whose home is the fir tree.

Isaiah 55:13

Instead of the thornbush the pine tree will grow. Instead of briers the myrtle will grow. This will be for Jehovah's fame. It will be for an everlasting sign, which will not be destroyed.

1 Kings 5:10

So Hiram supplied Solomon with all the cedar and pine logs he wanted.

Isaiah 14:8

Even the cypress trees rejoice over you. The cedars of Lebanon say: 'Since you have fallen, no lumberjack has come to attack us.'

Trees » Illustrative » Of Christ

Romans 11:24

If you were cut out of the olive tree that is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a garden olive tree: how much more could these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?

Revelation 22:2

This was in the middle of the street of the city. The tree of life was on each side of the river. It produced twelve kinds of fruit and yielded the fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Trees » Illustrative » Of kings, &c

Isaiah 10:34

He will cut down the forest thickets with an ax. Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.

Ezekiel 17:24

Every tree in the forest will know that I, Jehovah, can bring down tall trees and help short ones grow. I dry up green trees and make dry ones green. I, Jehovah, have spoken, and I will keep my word.'

Ezekiel 31:7-10

So it was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its roots extended to many waters. The cedars in God's garden could not match it. The cypresses could not compare with its boughs. The plane trees could not match its branches. No tree in God's garden could compare with it in its beauty. I made it beautiful with the multitude of its branches. All the trees of Eden in the garden of God were jealous of it.' read more.
The Lord Jehovah says: 'Because it is high in stature and has set its top among the clouds, and its heart is haughty in its loftiness,

Daniel 4:10-14

Here are the visions of my head: I saw a tree in the midst of the earth. It was very tall. The tree grew and became strong. Its height reached to heaven. It could be seen from distant parts of the earth. The leaves were beautiful and the fruit abundant. In it was food for all. The beasts of the field found shadow under it. The birds of the heavens dwelt in its branches. All flesh was fed by it. read more.
I saw in the visions of my head: Behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from heaven. He cried aloud: 'Chop down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from its branches.

Trees » Varieties » Aloes

Psalm 45:8

All Your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia. Stringed instruments from the ivory palaces have made you glad.

Proverbs 7:17

I perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Song of Solomon 4:14

Ointment and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:

John 19:39

Nicodemus also came with a mixture of myrrh and about a hundred pounds of aloes. Nicodemus is the one who came to Jesus at night.

Trees » Varieties » Myrtle

Isaiah 55:13

Instead of the thornbush the pine tree will grow. Instead of briers the myrtle will grow. This will be for Jehovah's fame. It will be for an everlasting sign, which will not be destroyed.

Isaiah 41:19

I will put the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive in the desert. I will set pines in the wasteland, the fir and the cypress together.

Zechariah 1:8

He said: I had a vision in the night. I saw someone riding a red horse. He stopped among some myrtle trees in a valley, and behind him were other horses, red, speckled, and white.

Nehemiah 8:15

They were to give an order, and make it public in all their towns and in Jerusalem, saying: Go out to the mountain and get olive branches and branches of field olives (oil trees) and of myrtle, and palm branches and branches of thick trees, to make tents, as it says in the book.

Trees » Varieties » Apple

Isaiah 44:14

He cut down cedars, or cypress or oak. He let it grow among the trees of the forest, or planted a pine, and the rain made it grow.

Song of Solomon 2:3

(The Shulamite) Just like the apple tree among the trees of the wood so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

Song of Solomon 8:5

(A Relative) Who is this woman who comes up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised you up under the apple tree. There your mother experienced birth pains.

Joel 1:12

The vine and the fig tree fail. The pomegranate-tree, the palm-tree also, and the apple-tree, even all the trees of the field have dried up. Joy has withered away from the sons of men.

Trees » Were cut down » For building

2 Chronicles 2:10

As provisions for your lumbermen, I will send you one hundred thousand bushels of wheat, one hundred thousand bushels of barley, one hundred and ten thousand gallons of wine, and one hundred and ten thousand gallons of olive oil.

2 Chronicles 2:8

I know how skillful your lumbermen are, so send me cedar, cypress, and juniper logs from Lebanon. I am ready to send my men to assist yours.

2 Kings 6:2

Allow us to go to the Jordan and cut down some trees. We can build a place to live. Elisha answered: Go.

Trees » Varieties » Almond

Ecclesiastes 12:5

Also when they will be afraid of what is high, and fears will be in the way, and the almond tree will flourish, and the grasshopper will be a burden, and the caper berry breaks and desire fails, man goes to his long lasting home and the mourners go about the streets.

Numbers 17:8

The next day Moses went into the tent. He found that Aaron's staff for the tribe of Levi had not only begun to grow, but it had also blossomed and produced ripe almonds.

Jeremiah 1:11

Jehovah spoke his word to me again. He asked: What do you see Jeremiah? I answered: I see a branch of an almond tree.

Genesis 43:11

Their father Israel said: If that is the way it has to be, then take the man a gift. Put some of the best products of the land in your bags. Take a little balm, a little honey, gum, myrrh, pistachio nuts, and almonds.

Trees » Kinds of » Bearing fruit

Ecclesiastes 2:5

I made myself parks and fruit gardens, planting in them fruit-trees of all kinds.

Nehemiah 9:25

And they took walled towns and a fat land. They became the owners of houses full of all good things, water-holes cut in the rock, vine-gardens and olive-gardens and a wealth of fruit-trees. They had food enough and became fat, and had joy in the good you gave them.

Ezekiel 47:12

All kinds of fruit trees will grow on both sides of the river. Their leaves will not wither, and they will not fail to produce fruit. Each month they will produce fresh fruit because this water flows from the Holy Place. The fruit will be good food, and the leaves will be used for healing.

Trees » Were cut down » With axes

Deuteronomy 19:5

For example: when a man goes into the forest with his friend to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down the tree, and the iron head slips off the handle and strikes his friend so that he dies. He may flee to one of these cities and live.

Matthew 3:10

The ax is ready to cut down the trees at the roots. Every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

Psalm 74:5

They behaved like men wielding axes cutting through a thicket of trees.

Trees » Were cut down » For making idols

Isaiah 44:14

He cut down cedars, or cypress or oak. He let it grow among the trees of the forest, or planted a pine, and the rain made it grow.

Isaiah 44:17

But the rest of the wood they make into gods, carved statues. They bow to them and worship them. They pray to them and say: Rescue us, because you are our gods.

Isaiah 40:20

A man too poor to present such an offering selects wood that will not rot. He looks for a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple.

Trees » God increases and multiplies the fruit of, for his people

Leviticus 26:4

I will send you rain at the proper time. Then the land will produce crops and the trees will bear fruit.

Joel 2:22

Do not be afraid you beasts of the field. The pastures of the wilderness have turned green. The tree bears its fruit. The fig tree and the vine yield their strength.

Ezekiel 34:27

Then the trees in the field will produce fruit, the land will yield crops, and my sheep will live safely in their land. Then they will know that I am Jehovah, because I will break off the bars on their yokes and rescue them from the people who made them slaves.

Trees » Parts of, mentioned » The leaves

Daniel 4:12

The leaves were beautiful and the fruit abundant. In it was food for all. The beasts of the field found shadow under it. The birds of the heavens dwelt in its branches. All flesh was fed by it.

Matthew 21:19

He saw a fig tree along the side of the road. He went to it and saw nothing on it but leaves. He told it: You will not bare fruit from this time forward, forever. Immediately the fig tree became dry and dead.

Isaiah 6:13

Even if one out of ten people are left it will be destroyed (burned) again. When a strong tree or an oak is cut down, a stump is left. The holy seed is the stump.

Trees » Varieties » Almug or algum

1 Kings 10:11-12

Hiram's fleet that brought gold from Ophir also brought a large quantity of sandalwood and precious stones from Ophir. With the sandalwood (possibly the algum tree) the king made supports for Jehovah's Temple and the royal palace, and lyres and harps for the singers. Never again was sandalwood like this imported into Israel, nor has any been seen there to this day.

2 Chronicles 9:10-11

Huram's servants and Solomon's servants who brought gold from Ophir also brought sandalwood and precious stones. With the sandalwood the king made gateways to Jehovah's Temple and the royal palace. They also made lyres and harps for the singers. No one had ever seen anything like them in Judah.

Trees » Evil, sinners compared to

Luke 3:9

The axe is now at the root of the trees. Every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown in to the fire.

Psalm 37:35

I have seen a wicked, violent man spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil.

Matthew 7:18

A good tree does not give bad fruit. A bad tree does not give good fruit.

Trees » Were cut down » By besieging armies for erecting forts

Jeremiah 6:6

Jehovah of Hosts says: Cut down trees and build up a siege against Jerusalem. This city should be punished, for there is only oppression in her.

Deuteronomy 20:20

You may destroy trees that you know are not fruit trees. You may cut them down and use them in your blockade until you capture the city.

Trees » Parts of, mentioned » The fruit or seeds

Ezekiel 36:30

I will make fruit grow on the trees and crops grow in the fields so that you will no longer suffer disgrace among the nations because of famines.

Trees » Illustrative » Of the life and conversation of the righteous

Trees » Were cut down » For fuel

Matthew 3:10

The ax is ready to cut down the trees at the roots. Every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

Isaiah 44:14-16

He cut down cedars, or cypress or oak. He let it grow among the trees of the forest, or planted a pine, and the rain made it grow. It is man's fuel for burning so he takes some to warm himself. He kindles a fire and bakes bread. But he also fashions a god and worships it. Yes he makes an idol and bows down to it. Half of the wood they burn in the fire. Over this half they roast meat that they can eat until they are full. They also warm themselves and say: We are warm. We can see the fire!

Trees » Parts of, mentioned » The branches

Daniel 4:14

He cried aloud: 'Chop down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from its branches.

Leviticus 23:40

Take the best fruits, palm branches, the branches of leafy trees and poplars on the first day, and celebrate in the presence of Jehovah your God for seven days.

Trees » The jews » Often buried under

Genesis 35:8

Deborah died. She was the servant who cared for Rebekah from childhood. She was buried near Bethel, under the holy tree. They named it Allon-bacuth (weeping tree).

1 Samuel 21:13

Right there in front of everyone, he pretended to be insane. He acted confused and scratched up the doors of the town gate. He drooled in his beard.

Trees » Often suffered from » Desolating armies

2 Kings 19:23

You defy Jehovah and through your servants you say: 'With my many chariots I ride up the high mountains, up the slopes of Lebanon. I cut down its tallest cedars and its finest cypresses. I travel to its most distant borders and its most fertile forests.

Isaiah 10:34

He will cut down the forest thickets with an ax. Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.

Trees » Kinds of » Evergreen

Jeremiah 17:2

Even their children remember their altars and their poles (images) dedicated to the goddess Asherah beside large trees on high hills

Psalm 37:35

I have seen a wicked, violent man spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil.

Trees » Varieties » Shittah or shittim

Isaiah 41:19

I will put the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive in the desert. I will set pines in the wasteland, the fir and the cypress together.

Exodus 36:20

A framework for the inner tent was made out of acacia wood.

Trees » Varieties » Pomegranate

Joel 1:12

The vine and the fig tree fail. The pomegranate-tree, the palm-tree also, and the apple-tree, even all the trees of the field have dried up. Joy has withered away from the sons of men.

Deuteronomy 8:8

The land has wheat and barley, grapevines, fig trees, and pomegranates. The land has honey and olive trees for olive oil.

1 Samuel 14:2

Saul stayed on the edge of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree in Migron. There were about six hundred men with him.

Trees » The jews » Often pitched their tents under

Genesis 18:1

Jehovah appeared again to Abraham by the oak grove of Mamre. He was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day.

Trees » Often propagated by birds who carry the seeds along with them

Ezekiel 17:3

Say The Lord Jehovah says: A large eagle came to Lebanon. It had large wings with long, colorful feathers. It took hold of the top of a cedar tree.

Ezekiel 17:5

Then it took a seedling from that country and planted the seedling in fertile soil. The eagle planted the seedling like a willow where there was plenty of water.

Trees » Varieties » Willow

Isaiah 44:4

They will spring up like grass in a meadow, like poplar trees by flowing streams.

Ezekiel 17:5

Then it took a seedling from that country and planted the seedling in fertile soil. The eagle planted the seedling like a willow where there was plenty of water.

Trees » Varieties » Vine

Numbers 6:4

As long as they are Nazirites they must never eat anything that comes from a grapevine, not even grape seeds or skins.

Ezekiel 15:2

Son of man, how is the wood of the vine better than any wood of a branch among the trees of the forest?

Trees » Often suffered from » Locusts

Exodus 10:15

They covered all the ground until it was black with them. They ate all the plants and all the fruit on the trees that the hail had left. Nothing green was left on any tree or plant anywhere in Egypt.

Exodus 10:5

They shall cover the surface of the land. No one will be able to see the land. They will also eat the rest of what has escaped and is left to you from the hail. They will eat every tree that sprouts for you out of the field.

Trees » Parts of, mentioned » The stem or trunk

Isaiah 11:1

There must go forth a twig out of the stump of Jesse. A branch (sprout) (shoot) (descendant) from his roots will bear fruit.

Isaiah 44:19

No one stops to think. No one has enough knowledge or understanding to say: I burned half of the wood in the fire. I also baked bread over its coals. I roasted meat and ate it. Now I am making the rest of the wood into a disgusting thing and bowing to a block of wood.

Trees » Nourished » By the earth

Genesis 2:9

Jehovah God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground, trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 1:12

The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, after their kind. God saw that it was good.

Trees » Originally created by God

Genesis 1:11

Then God said: Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them. It was so.

Genesis 2:9

Jehovah God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground, trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Trees » Often suffered from » Hail and frost

Psalm 78:47

He killed their vines with hail and their fig trees with frost.

Exodus 9:25

All over Egypt the hail knocked down everything that was out in the open. It struck down people, animals, and every plant in the fields and destroyed every tree in the fields.

Trees » Afford an agreeable shade in eastern countries during the heat of the day

Job 40:21

He lies under the lotus plants, hidden among the reeds in the marsh.

Trees » The jews » Often executed criminals on

Deuteronomy 21:22-23

If a man commits a sin worthy of death and he is put to death. You hang him on a tree (stake). His corpse must not hang all night on the tree (stake). Be sure to bury him the same day for he who is hanged is accursed of God. You do this so that you do not defile your land Jehovah your God gives you as an inheritance.

Trees » Kinds of » Of the wood

Song of Solomon 2:3

(The Shulamite) Just like the apple tree among the trees of the wood so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

Trees » The jews » Prohibited from cutting down fruit-bearing, for sieges

Deuteronomy 20:19

This is what you must do whenever you blockade a city for a long time in order to capture it in war. Do not harm any of its fruit trees with an ax. You may eat the fruit. Never cut those trees down, because the trees of the field are not people you have come to blockade.

Trees » The jews » Prohibited from planting in consecrated places

Deuteronomy 16:21

When you build the altar for Jehovah your God, never plant beside it any tree dedicated to the goddess Asherah.

Trees » Varieties » Mulberry

2 Samuel 5:23

Once again David consulted Jehovah. Jehovah answered David: Do not attack them from here. Go around and get ready to attack them from the other side, near the balsam trees.

2 Samuel 5:23-24

Once again David consulted Jehovah. Jehovah answered David: Do not attack them from here. Go around and get ready to attack them from the other side, near the balsam trees. Attack when you hear the sound of marching in the treetops. I will be marching ahead of you to defeat the Philistine army.

Trees » Illustrative » (producing evil fruit,) of the wicked

Matthew 7:17-19

Every good tree gives righteous fruit. The bad tree gives evil fruit. A good tree does not give bad fruit. A bad tree does not give good fruit. Every tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

Trees » Each kind has its own seed for propagating its species

Genesis 1:11-12

Then God said: Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them. It was so. The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, after their kind. God saw that it was good.

Trees » God often renders, barren as a punishment

Leviticus 26:20

Your strength will be spent uselessly. Your land will not yield its produce and the trees of the land will not yield their fruit.

Trees » Given as food to the animal creation

Genesis 1:29-30

Then God said: I give you every plant that bears seed on the face of the entire earth. I also give you every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. Also every beast of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground; everything that has the breath of life in it, I give every green plant for food. It was so.

Trees » Planted by man

Leviticus 19:23

When you come into the land and plant all kinds of fruit trees, you must not eat the fruit for the first three years.

Trees » Varieties » Juniper

1 Kings 19:4

Elijah walked a whole day into the wilderness. He stopped and sat down under a broom plant and wished he would die. It is just too much, Jehovah, he prayed. Take away my life. I could just as well be dead.

1 Kings 19:4-5

Elijah walked a whole day into the wilderness. He stopped and sat down under a broom plant and wished he would die. It is just too much, Jehovah, he prayed. Take away my life. I could just as well be dead. Stretching himself on the earth, he went to sleep under the broom-plant. An angel touched him and said: Get up and eat some food.

Trees » Varieties » Mustard

Matthew 13:32

Mustard seed is the smallest of all seeds. Yet when it grows it becomes as large as a tree. In fact the birds of heaven lodge in the branches.

Trees » Varieties » Cedar

1 Kings 10:27

The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.

Trees » Parts of, mentioned » The tender shoots

Luke 21:29-30

He told them an illustration: Look at the fig tree, and all the trees. When they produce leaves you know that summer is near.

Trees » Parts of, mentioned » The roots

Jeremiah 17:8

For he will be like a tree planted by the water. It extends its roots by a stream and will not fear when the heat comes. Its leaves will be green. It will not be anxious in a year of drought nor cease to yield fruit.

Trees » Illustrative » Of wisdom

Proverbs 3:18

She (wisdom) is a tree of life to those who hold her. Happy are all who keep her.

Trees » Specially flourished beside the rivers and streams of water

Ezekiel 47:12

All kinds of fruit trees will grow on both sides of the river. Their leaves will not wither, and they will not fail to produce fruit. Each month they will produce fresh fruit because this water flows from the Holy Place. The fruit will be good food, and the leaves will be used for healing.

Trees » Early custom of planting, in consecrated grounds

Genesis 21:33

Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beer-sheba. There he called on the name of Jehovah, the Everlasting God.

Trees » Were sold with the land on which they grew

Genesis 23:17

Ephron's field at Machpelah, east of Mamre, was sold to Abraham.

Trees » Each kind of, known by its fruit

Matthew 12:33

Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt. The fruit a tree produces provides its reputation.

Trees » Of various sizes

Ezekiel 17:24

Every tree in the forest will know that I, Jehovah, can bring down tall trees and help short ones grow. I dry up green trees and make dry ones green. I, Jehovah, have spoken, and I will keep my word.'

Trees » Varieties » Ash

Isaiah 44:14

He cut down cedars, or cypress or oak. He let it grow among the trees of the forest, or planted a pine, and the rain made it grow.

Trees » Varieties » Cypress

Isaiah 44:14

He cut down cedars, or cypress or oak. He let it grow among the trees of the forest, or planted a pine, and the rain made it grow.

Trees » Nourished » By the rain from heaven

Isaiah 44:14

He cut down cedars, or cypress or oak. He let it grow among the trees of the forest, or planted a pine, and the rain made it grow.

Trees » Kinds of » Of the forest

Isaiah 10:19

And the remaining trees of his forests will be so few that a child could write them down.

Trees » Varieties » Lign-aloes

Numbers 24:6

They are like valleys that stretch out, like gardens beside the river, like aloes planted by Jehovah, like cedars beside the waters.

Trees » Varieties » Chestnut

Ezekiel 31:8

The cedars in God's garden could not match it. The cypresses could not compare with its boughs. The plane trees could not match its branches. No tree in God's garden could compare with it in its beauty.

Trees » Varieties » Oil-tree

Isaiah 41:19

I will put the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive in the desert. I will set pines in the wasteland, the fir and the cypress together.

Trees » Varieties » Pine

Isaiah 41:19

I will put the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive in the desert. I will set pines in the wasteland, the fir and the cypress together.

Trees » Varieties » Box

Isaiah 41:19

I will put the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive in the desert. I will set pines in the wasteland, the fir and the cypress together.

Trees » Varieties » Shittah

Exodus 36:20

A framework for the inner tent was made out of acacia wood.

Trees » Varieties » Oil

Isaiah 41:19

I will put the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive in the desert. I will set pines in the wasteland, the fir and the cypress together.

Trees » Illustrative » (duration of,) of continued prosperity of saints

Isaiah 65:22

No longer will they build houses and others live in them, or plant and others eat. For as the days of a tree, so will be the days of my people. My chosen ones will long enjoy the works of their hands.

Trees » Nourished » Through their own sap

Psalm 104:16

Jehovah's trees drink their fill, the cedars of Lebanon which he planted,

Trees » The jews » Considered trees on which criminals were executed abominable

Isaiah 14:19

However you are thrown out of your tomb like a rejected branch. You are covered with those who were killed in battle. You go down to the stones (bottom) of the pit like a trampled corpse.

Trees » Solomon wrote the history of

1 Kings 4:33

He spoke of trees and plants, from the Lebanon cedars to the hyssop that grows on walls. He talked about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.

Trees » Kinds of » Deciduous or casting the leaves

Isaiah 6:13

Even if one out of ten people are left it will be destroyed (burned) again. When a strong tree or an oak is cut down, a stump is left. The holy seed is the stump.

Trees » Varieties » Teil

Isaiah 6:13

Even if one out of ten people are left it will be destroyed (burned) again. When a strong tree or an oak is cut down, a stump is left. The holy seed is the stump.

Trees » Illustrative » of the elect

Isaiah 6:13

Even if one out of ten people are left it will be destroyed (burned) again. When a strong tree or an oak is cut down, a stump is left. The holy seed is the stump.

Trees » Varieties » Oak

Isaiah 1:30

You will be like an oak whose leaves wither and like a garden without water.

Trees » Varieties » Bay

Psalm 37:35

I have seen a wicked, violent man spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil.

Trees » Illustrative » (dry,) of useless persons

Isaiah 56:3

No foreigner bound to Jehovah should say: 'Jehovah will surely exclude (separate) me from his people. No eunuch should complain: I am only a dry tree.'

Trees » Illustrative » (evergreen,) of saints

Psalm 1:1-3

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of the scornful mockers. But his delight is in the law of Jehovah (YHWH), and on his law he meditates (ponders) (speaks softly with deep thought) (studies) (contemplates) day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water. It yields its fruit in season and its leaves do not wither. Whatever he does prospers.

Trees » Designed to beautify the earth

Genesis 2:9

Jehovah God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground, trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Trees » Made for the glory of God

Psalm 148:9

Praise him mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedar trees.

Trees » Illustrative » (shaking of the leaves off,) of the terror of the wicked

Isaiah 7:2

A report was made to the house of David saying: Aram has allied itself with Ephraim. The heart of Ahaz and the heart of his people shook (their courage failed) as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.

Trees » Illustrative » (dry,) of the wicked ripe for judgment

Luke 23:31

If they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry?

Trees » Illustrative » (green,) of the innocence of Christ

Luke 23:31

If they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry?

Trees » Illustrative » (barren,) of the wicked

Hosea 9:16

The people of Ephraim are like sick plants. Their roots are dried up. They have no fruit. Even if they were to have children, I would kill their dear children.

Trees » Often suffered from » Fire

Joel 1:19

I cry to you Jehovah! For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame burned all the trees of the field.

Trees » When cut down often sprouted from their roots again

Job 14:7

At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.

Valleys » Abounded with » Trees

1 Kings 10:27

The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.

Topics on Trees

Almond Trees

Numbers 17:8

The next day Moses went into the tent. He found that Aaron's staff for the tribe of Levi had not only begun to grow, but it had also blossomed and produced ripe almonds.

Felling Trees

Deuteronomy 19:5

For example: when a man goes into the forest with his friend to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down the tree, and the iron head slips off the handle and strikes his friend so that he dies. He may flee to one of these cities and live.

Fir Trees

Isaiah 41:19

I will put the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive in the desert. I will set pines in the wasteland, the fir and the cypress together.

Harming Trees

Deuteronomy 20:19-20

This is what you must do whenever you blockade a city for a long time in order to capture it in war. Do not harm any of its fruit trees with an ax. You may eat the fruit. Never cut those trees down, because the trees of the field are not people you have come to blockade.

Metaphorical Trees

Genesis 2:9

Jehovah God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground, trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Olive Trees

Psalm 52:8

But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy and loving kindness of God forever and ever.

Worship At Trees

Deuteronomy 16:21

When you build the altar for Jehovah your God, never plant beside it any tree dedicated to the goddess Asherah.

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