'Root' in the Bible

So that there may not be among you any man or woman or family or tribe whose heart is turned away from the Lord our God today, to go after other gods and give them worship; or any root among you whose fruit is poison and bitter sorrow;

And those of Judah who are still living will again take root in the earth and give fruit.

I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly the curse came on his house.

Though its root may be old in the earth, and its cut-off end may be dead in the dust;

If you say, How cruel we will be to him! because the root of sin is clearly in him:

My root will be open to the waters, and the night mist will be on my branches,

You made ready a place for it, so that it might take deep root, and it sent out its branches over all the land.

No man will make himself safe through evil-doing; but the root of upright men will never be moved.

The resting-place of the sinner will come to destruction, but the root of upright men is for ever.

For this cause, as the waste of the grain is burned up by tongues of fire, and as the dry grass goes down before the flame, so their root will be like the dry stems of grain, and their flower will go up in dust: because they have gone against the law of the Lord of armies, and have given no honour to the word of the Holy One of Israel.

And in that day, the eyes of the nations will be turned to the root of Jesse which will be lifted up as the flag of the peoples; and his resting-place will be glory.

Be not glad, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod which was on you is broken: for out of the snake's root will come a poison-snake, and its fruit will be a winged poison-snake.

In days to come Jacob will take root: Israel will put out buds and flowers; and the face of the world will be full of fruit.

And those of Judah who are still living will again take root in the earth, and give fruit.

They have only now been planted, and their seed put into the earth, and they have only now taken root, when he sends out his breath over them and they become dry, and the storm-wind takes them away like dry grass.

For his growth was like that of a delicate plant before him, and like a root out of a dry place: he had no grace of form, to give us pleasure;

They have been planted by you, they have taken root; they go on and give fruit: you are near in their mouths but far from their thoughts.

He has made my life nothing but pain, he has given me the bitter root in full measure.

Keep in mind my trouble and my wandering, the bitter root and the poison.

So it was beautiful, being so tall and its branches so long, for its root was by great waters.

The rod has come on Ephraim, their root is dry, let them have no fruit; even though they give birth, I will put to death the dearest fruit of their bodies.

The Lord will have the man who does this cut off root and branch out of the tents of Jacob, and him who makes an offering to the Lord of armies.

For see, the day is coming, it is burning like an oven; all the men of pride and all who do evil will be dry stems of grass: and in the day which is coming they will be burned up, says the Lord of armies, till they have not a root or a branch.

And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; every tree then which does not give good fruit is cut down, and put into the fire.

And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root it became dry and dead.

But having no root in himself, he goes on for a time; and when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, he quickly becomes full of doubts.

And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root, it became dry and dead.

And they have no root in themselves, but go on for a time; then, when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, they quickly become full of doubts.

And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; and every tree which does not have good fruit will be cut down and put into the fire.

And those on the rock are those who with joy give hearing to the word; but having no root, they have faith for a time, and when the test comes they give up.

And if the first-fruit is holy, so is the mass: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, an olive-tree of the fields, were put in among them, and were given a part with them in the root by which the olive-tree is made fertile,

Do not be uplifted in pride over the branches: because it is not you who are the support of the root, but it is by the root that you are supported.

And again Isaiah says, There will be the root of Jesse, and he who comes to be the ruler over the Gentiles; in him will the Gentiles put their hope.

For the love of money is a root of all evil: and some whose hearts were fixed on it have been turned away from the faith, and been wounded with unnumbered sorrows.

Looking with care to see that no man among you in his behaviour comes short of the grace of God; for fear that some bitter root may come up to be a trouble to you, and that some of you may be made unclean by it;

And one of the rulers said to me, Do not be sad: see, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome, and has power to undo the book and its seven stamps.

I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give witness to you of these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright and morning star.