'Green' in the Bible

and to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to every thing that moves on the earth which has life, I have given every green plant for food”; and it was so.

Every moving thing that is alive shall be food for you; I give all to you, as I gave the green plant.

For they covered the surface of the whole land, so that the land was darkened; and they ate every plant of the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Thus nothing green was left on tree or plant of the field through all the land of Egypt.

You shall utterly destroy all the places where the nations whom you shall dispossess serve their gods, on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree.

He sacrificed and burned incense on the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.

They set for themselves sacred pillars and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree,

‘Therefore their inhabitants were short of strength,They were dismayed and put to shame;They were as the vegetation of the field and as the green herb,As grass on the housetops is scorched before it is grown up.

He sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills and under every green tree.

“While it is still green and not cut down,Yet it withers before any other plant.

“It will be accomplished before his time,And his palm branch will not be green.

“He explores the mountains for his pastureAnd searches after every green thing.

He makes me lie down in green pastures;He leads me beside quiet waters.

For they will wither quickly like the grassAnd fade like the green herb.

But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God;I trust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever.

Before your pots can feel the fire of thornsHe will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.

They will still yield fruit in old age;They shall be full of sap and very green,

He who trusts in his riches will fall,But the righteous will flourish like the green leaf.

For the waters of Nimrim are desolate.Surely the grass is withered, the tender grass died out,There is no green thing.

“Therefore their inhabitants were short of strength,They were dismayed and put to shame;They were as the vegetation of the field and as the green herb,As grass on the housetops is scorched before it is grown up.

“For long ago I broke your yokeAnd tore off your bonds;But you said, ‘I will not serve!’For on every high hillAnd under every green treeYou have lain down as a harlot.

Then the Lord said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen what faithless Israel did? She went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and she was a harlot there.

‘Only acknowledge your iniquity,That you have transgressed against the Lord your GodAnd have scattered your favors to the strangers under every green tree,And you have not obeyed My voice,’ declares the Lord.

The Lord called your name,“A green olive tree, beautiful in fruit and form”;With the noise of a great tumultHe has kindled fire on it,And its branches are worthless.

As they remember their children,So they remember their altars and their AsherimBy green trees on the high hills.

“For he will be like a tree planted by the water,That extends its roots by a streamAnd will not fear when the heat comes;But its leaves will be green,And it will not be anxious in a year of droughtNor cease to yield fruit.

Then you will know that I am the Lord, when their slain are among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, under every green tree and under every leafy oak—the places where they offered soothing aroma to all their idols.

All the trees of the field will know that I am the Lord; I bring down the high tree, exalt the low tree, dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish. I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will perform it.”

and say to the forest of the Negev, ‘Hear the word of the Lord: thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am about to kindle a fire in you, and it will consume every green tree in you, as well as every dry tree; the blazing flame will not be quenched and the whole surface from south to north will be burned by it.

Do not fear, beasts of the field,For the pastures of the wilderness have turned green,For the tree has borne its fruit,The fig tree and the vine have yielded in full.

And He commanded them all to sit down by groups on the green grass.

For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”

The first sounded, and there came hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were thrown to the earth; and a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.

They were told not to hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.