13 Bible Verses about Trees

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Romans 11:24

If you were cut off from your natural stock--a wild olive-- and were grafted, contrary to the course of nature, upon a good olive, much more will they--the natural branches--be grafted back into their parent tree.

Matthew 7:17-19

So, too, every sound tree bears good fruit, while a worthless tree bears bad fruit. A sound tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a worthless tree bear good fruit. Every tree that fails to bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

Luke 23:31

If what you see is done while the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?"

From Thematic Bible


Almond » Trees

Aloes » Trees

John 19:39

Nicodemus, too--the man who had formerly visited Jesus by night--came with a roll of myrrh and aloes, weighing nearly a hundred pounds.

Trees » Of knowledge

Trees » Of life

Trees » Figurative

Trees » Symbolical

Trees » Varieties » Fig

Matthew 21:19

And, noticing a solitary fig tree by the road-side, he went up to it, but found nothing on it but leaves. So he said to it: "Never again shall fruit be gathered off you." And suddenly the fruit tree withered up.

John 1:48

"How do you know me?" asked Nathanael. "Even before Philip called you," replied Jesus, "when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."

Trees » Saints as

Trees » Varieties » Oaks

Trees » Varieties » Sycamore

More verses: Luke 19:4

Trees » Varieties » Willows

More verses: Ezekiel 17:5

Trees » Varieties » Cedars

More verses: Psalm 29:5

Trees » Varieties » Palm

Trees » Laws concerning

Trees » Varieties » Cedars of lebanon

Trees » Varieties » Olive

Romans 11:17

Some, however, of the branches were broken off, and you, who were only a wild olive, were grafted in among them, and came to share with them the root which is the source of the richness of the cultivated olive.

Revelation 11:4

These men are represented by 'the two olive trees and the two lamps that stand before the Lord of the earth.'

More verses: Zechariah 4:3

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

Matthew 7:17-18

So, too, every sound tree bears good fruit, while a worthless tree bears bad fruit. A sound tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a worthless tree bear good fruit.

Trees » Varieties » Fir

Trees » Illustrative » Of Christ

Romans 11:24

If you were cut off from your natural stock--a wild olive-- and were grafted, contrary to the course of nature, upon a good olive, much more will they--the natural branches--be grafted back into their parent tree.

Revelation 22:2

in the middle of the street of the City. On each side of the river was a Tree of Life which bore twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Trees » Illustrative » Of kings, &c

Trees » Varieties » Aloes

John 19:39

Nicodemus, too--the man who had formerly visited Jesus by night--came with a roll of myrrh and aloes, weighing nearly a hundred pounds.

Trees » Varieties » Myrtle

Trees » Varieties » Apple

Trees » Were cut down » For building

Trees » Varieties » Almond

Trees » Kinds of » Bearing fruit

Trees » Were cut down » With axes

Matthew 3:10

Already the axe is lying at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that fails to bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

Trees » Were cut down » For making idols

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

Trees » Parts of, mentioned » The leaves

Matthew 21:19

And, noticing a solitary fig tree by the road-side, he went up to it, but found nothing on it but leaves. So he said to it: "Never again shall fruit be gathered off you." And suddenly the fruit tree withered up.

Trees » Varieties » Almug or algum

Trees » Evil, sinners compared to

Luke 3:9

Already, indeed, the axe is lying at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that fails to bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire."

Matthew 7:18

A sound tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a worthless tree bear good fruit.

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

Trees » Parts of, mentioned » The fruit or seeds

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

Trees » Were cut down » For fuel

Matthew 3:10

Already the axe is lying at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that fails to bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

Trees » Parts of, mentioned » The branches

Trees » The jews » Often buried under

Trees » Often suffered from » Desolating armies

Trees » Kinds of » Evergreen

Trees » Varieties » Shittah or shittim

Trees » Varieties » Pomegranate

Trees » The jews » Often pitched their tents under

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

Trees » Varieties » Willow

Trees » Varieties » Vine

Trees » Often suffered from » Locusts

Trees » Parts of, mentioned » The stem or trunk

Trees » Nourished » By the earth

Trees » Originally created by God

Trees » Often suffered from » Hail and frost

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

Trees » The jews » Often executed criminals on

Trees » Kinds of » Of the wood

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

Trees » The jews » Prohibited from planting in consecrated places

Trees » Varieties » Mulberry

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

Matthew 7:17-19

So, too, every sound tree bears good fruit, while a worthless tree bears bad fruit. A sound tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a worthless tree bear good fruit. Every tree that fails to bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

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

Trees » God often renders, barren as a punishment

Trees » Given as food to the animal creation

Trees » Planted by man

Trees » Varieties » Juniper

Trees » Varieties » Mustard

Matthew 13:32

This seed is smaller than all other seeds, but, when it has grown up, it is larger than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that 'the wild birds come and roost in its branches.'"

Trees » Varieties » Cedar

Trees » Parts of, mentioned » The tender shoots

Luke 21:29-30

Then he taught them a lesson thus-- "Look at the fig tree and all the other trees. As soon as they shoot, you know, as you look at them, without being told, that summer is near.

Trees » Parts of, mentioned » The roots

Trees » Illustrative » Of wisdom

Trees » Specially flourished beside the rivers and streams of water

Trees » Early custom of planting, in consecrated grounds

Trees » Were sold with the land on which they grew

Trees » Each kind of, known by its fruit

Matthew 12:33

You must assume either that both tree and fruit are good, or that both tree and fruit are worthless; since it is by it's fruits that a tree is known.

Trees » Of various sizes

Trees » Varieties » Ash

Trees » Varieties » Cypress

Trees » Nourished » By the rain from heaven

Trees » Kinds of » Of the forest

Trees » Varieties » Lign-aloes

Trees » Varieties » Chestnut

Trees » Varieties » Oil-tree

Trees » Varieties » Pine

Trees » Varieties » Box

Trees » Varieties » Shittah

Trees » Varieties » Oil

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

Trees » Nourished » Through their own sap

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

Trees » Solomon wrote the history of

Trees » Kinds of » Deciduous or casting the leaves

Trees » Varieties » Teil

Trees » Illustrative » of the elect

Trees » Varieties » Oak

Trees » Varieties » Bay

Trees » Illustrative » (dry,) of useless persons

Trees » Illustrative » (evergreen,) of saints

Trees » Designed to beautify the earth

Trees » Made for the glory of God

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

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

Luke 23:31

If what you see is done while the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?"

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

Luke 23:31

If what you see is done while the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?"

Trees » Illustrative » (barren,) of the wicked

Trees » Often suffered from » Fire

Trees » When cut down often sprouted from their roots again

Valleys » Abounded with » Trees

Topics on Trees

Felling Trees

Matthew 3:10

Already the axe is lying at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that fails to bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

Harming Trees

Luke 3:9

Already, indeed, the axe is lying at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that fails to bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire."

Olive Trees

Revelation 11:4

These men are represented by 'the two olive trees and the two lamps that stand before the Lord of the earth.'

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