'Root' in the Bible

so that there will not be among you a man or woman, or family or tribe, whose heart turns away today from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of those nations; that there will not be among you a root bearing poisonous fruit and wormwood.

“From Ephraim those whose root is in Amalek came down,Following you, Benjamin, with your peoples;From Machir commanders came down,And from Zebulun those who wield the staff of office.

The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.

“I have seen the foolish taking root,And I cursed his abode immediately.

‘My root is spread out to the waters,And dew lies all night on my branch.

Who pluck mallow by the bushes,And whose food is the root of the broom shrub.

You cleared the ground before it,And it took deep root and filled the land.

A man will not be established by wickedness,But the root of the righteous will not be moved.

The wicked man desires the booty of evil men,But the root of the righteous yields fruit.

Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes stubbleAnd dry grass collapses into the flame,So their root will become like rot and their blossom blow away as dust;For they have rejected the law of the Lord of hostsAnd despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Then in that dayThe nations will resort to the root of Jesse,Who will stand as a signal for the peoples;And His resting place will be glorious.

“Do not rejoice, O Philistia, all of you,Because the rod that struck you is broken;For from the serpent’s root a viper will come out,And its fruit will be a flying serpent.

“Those who are most helpless will eat,And the needy will lie down in security;I will destroy your root with famine,And it will kill off your survivors.

In the days to come Jacob will take root,Israel will blossom and sprout,And they will fill the whole world with fruit.

The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.

Scarcely have they been planted,Scarcely have they been sown,Scarcely has their stock taken root in the earth,But He merely blows on them, and they wither,And the storm carries them away like stubble.

For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot,And like a root out of parched ground;He has no stately form or majestyThat we should look upon Him,Nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him.

You have planted them, they have also taken root;They grow, they have even produced fruit.You are near to their lipsBut far from their mind.

Ephraim is stricken, their root is dried up,They will bear no fruit.Even though they bear children,I will slay the precious ones of their womb.

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

“Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them,Though his height was like the height of cedarsAnd he was strong as the oaks;I even destroyed his fruit above and his root below.

“I will root out your Asherim from among youAnd destroy your cities.

“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze,” says the Lord of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.”

The axe is already laid at the root of the trees; therefore every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

But when the sun had risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

yet he has no firm root in himself, but is only temporary, and when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he falls away.

But he *said, ‘No; for while you are gathering up the tares, you may uproot the wheat with them.

And after the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

and they have no firm root in themselves, but are only temporary; then, when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they fall away.

Indeed the axe is already laid at the root of the trees; so every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”

Those on the rocky soil are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no firm root; they believe for a while, and in time of temptation fall away.

If the first piece of dough is holy, the lump is also; and if the root is holy, the branches are too.

But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the rich root of the olive tree,

do not be arrogant toward the branches; but if you are arrogant, remember that it is not you who supports the root, but the root supports you.

Again Isaiah says,“There shall come the root of Jesse,And He who arises to rule over the Gentiles,In Him shall the Gentiles hope.”

For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled;

and one of the elders *said to me, “Stop weeping; behold, the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so as to open the book and its seven seals.”

“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”