'Roots' in the Bible
It wraps its roots around a heap of stones and it looks for a place among stones.
Although its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump begins to die in the soil,
My roots reach the water, and the dew lies on my branches all night long.
The earth heaved and shook; the roots of the mountains trembled; they heaved because he was angry.
A shoot will grow out of Jesse's root stock, a bud will sprout from his roots.
You plant them like trees and they put down their roots. They grow prosperous and are very fruitful. They always talk about you, but they really care nothing about you.
They will be like a tree planted near a stream whose roots spread out toward the water. It has nothing to fear when the heat comes. Its leaves are always green. It has no need to be concerned in a year of drought. It does not stop bearing fruit.
It sprouted and became a vine, spreading low to the ground; its branches turning toward him, its roots were under itself. So it became a vine; it produced shoots and sent out branches.
"'There was another great eagle with broad wings and thick plumage. Now this vine twisted its roots toward him and sent its branches toward him to be watered from the soil where it was planted.
"'Say to them: This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'Will it prosper? Will he not rip out its roots and cause its fruit to rot and wither? All its foliage will wither. No strong arm or large army will be needed to pull it out by its roots.
It was beautiful in its loftiness, in the length of its branches; for its roots went down deep to plentiful waters.
"As I was contemplating the horns, another horn -- a small one -- came up between them, and three of the former horns were torn out by the roots to make room for it. This horn had eyes resembling human eyes and a mouth speaking arrogant things.
I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily, he will send down his roots like a cedar of Lebanon.
For Israel's sake I destroyed the Amorites. They were as tall as cedars and as strong as oaks, but I destroyed the fruit on their branches and their roots in the ground.