13 Bible Verses about Trees

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Romans 11:24

and if you were cut from that which by nature is a wild olive and contrary to nature were grafted into the good olive tree, how much more certainly will these natural branches be grafted on their own olive tree?

Matthew 7:17-19

Just so every good tree produces good fruit, but a poisonous tree produces bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor a poisonous tree good fruit. Every tree which does not yield good fruit is cut down and thrown aside for burning.

Luke 23:31

For if they are doing these things in the case of the green tree, what will be done in that of the dry?"

From Thematic Bible


Almond » Trees

Aloes » Trees

John 19:39

Nicodemus too--he who at first had visited Jesus by night--came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, in weight about seventy or eighty pounds.

Trees » Of knowledge

Trees » Of life

Trees » Figurative

Trees » Symbolical

Trees » Varieties » Fig

Matthew 21:19

and seeing a fig-tree on the road-side He went up to it, but found nothing on it but leaves. "On you," He said, "no fruit shall ever again grow." And immediately the fig-tree withered away.

John 1:48

"How do you know me?" Nathanael asked. "Before Philip called you," said 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

And if some of the branches have been pruned away, and you, although you were but a wild olive, have been grafted in among them and have become a sharer with others in the rich sap of the root of the olive tree,

Revelation 11:4

"These witnesses are the two olive-trees, and they are the two lamps which stand in the presence of the Lord of the earth.

More verses: Zechariah 4:3

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

Matthew 7:17-18

Just so every good tree produces good fruit, but a poisonous tree produces bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor a poisonous tree good fruit.

Trees » Varieties » Fir

Trees » Illustrative » Of Christ

Romans 11:24

and if you were cut from that which by nature is a wild olive and contrary to nature were grafted into the good olive tree, how much more certainly will these natural branches be grafted on their own olive tree?

Revelation 22:2

On either side of the river, midway between it and the main street of the city, was the Tree of Life. It produced twelve kinds of fruit, yielding a fresh crop month by month, and the leaves of the tree served as medicine for the nations.

Trees » Illustrative » Of kings, &c

Trees » Varieties » Aloes

John 19:39

Nicodemus too--he who at first had visited Jesus by night--came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, in weight about seventy or eighty 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

And already the axe is lying at the root of the trees, so that every tree which does not produce good fruit will quickly be hewn 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 seeing a fig-tree on the road-side He went up to it, but found nothing on it but leaves. "On you," He said, "no fruit shall ever again grow." And immediately the fig-tree withered away.

Trees » Varieties » Almug or algum

Trees » Evil, sinners compared to

Luke 3:9

And even now the axe is lying at the root of the trees, so that every tree which fails to yield good fruit will quickly be hewn down and thrown into the fire."

Matthew 7:18

A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor a poisonous tree 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

And already the axe is lying at the root of the trees, so that every tree which does not produce good fruit will quickly be hewn 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

Just so every good tree produces good fruit, but a poisonous tree produces bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor a poisonous tree good fruit. Every tree which does not yield good fruit is cut down and thrown aside for burning.

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

It is the smallest of all seeds, and yet when full-grown it is larger than any herb and forms a tree, so that the birds come and build in its branches."

Trees » Varieties » Cedar

Trees » Parts of, mentioned » The tender shoots

Luke 21:29-30

And He spoke a parable to them. "See," He said, "the fig-tree and all the trees. As soon as they have shot out their leaves, you know at a glance that summer is now 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

"Either grant the tree to be wholesome and its fruit wholesome, or the tree poisonous and its fruit poisonous; for the tree is known by its fruit.

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

For if they are doing these things in the case of the green tree, what will be done in that of the dry?"

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

Luke 23:31

For if they are doing these things in the case of the green tree, what will be done in that of the 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

And already the axe is lying at the root of the trees, so that every tree which does not produce good fruit will quickly be hewn down and thrown into the fire.

Harming Trees

Luke 3:9

And even now the axe is lying at the root of the trees, so that every tree which fails to yield good fruit will quickly be hewn down and thrown into the fire."

Olive Trees

Revelation 11:4

"These witnesses are the two olive-trees, and they are the two lamps which stand in the presence of the Lord of the earth.

Palm Trees

John 12:13

took branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, shouting as they went, "God save him! Blessings on him who comes in the name of the Lord--even on the King of Israel!"

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