Bible verses about Trees
(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)

Originally created by God Genesis 1:11,12; 2:9 Made for the glory of God Psalms 148:9 DIFFERENT KINDS OF MENTIONED Of the wood Solomon 2:3 Of the forest Isaiah 10:19 Bearing fruit Nehemiah 9:25; Ecclesiastes 2:5; Ezekiel 47:12 Evergreen Psalms 37:35; Jeremiah 17:2 Deciduous or casting the leaves Isaiah 6:13 Of various sizes Ezekiel 17:24 Given as food to the animal creation Genesis 1:29,30; Deuteronomy 20:19 Designed to beautify the earth Genesis 2:9 PARTS OF MENTIONED The roots Jeremiah 17:8 The stem or trunk Isaiah 11:1; 44:19 The branches Leviticus 23:40; Daniel 4:14 The tender shoots Luke 21:29,30 The leaves Isaiah 6:13; Daniel 4:12; Matthew 21:19 The fruit or seeds Leviticus 27:30; Ezekiel 36:30 Each kind has its own seed for propagating its species Genesis 1:11,12 Often propagated by birds who carry the seeds along with them Ezekiel 17:3,5 Planted by man Leviticus 19:23 Each kind of, known by its fruit Matthew 12:33 NOURISHED By the earth Genesis 1:12; 2:9 By the rain from heaven Isaiah 44:14 Through their own sap Psalms 104:16 Specially flourished beside the rivers and streams of water Ezekiel 47:12 When cut down often sprouted from their roots again Job 14:7 Were sold with the land on which they grew Genesis 23:17 OFTEN SUFFERED FROM Locusts Exodus 10:5,15; Deuteronomy 28:42 Hail and frost Exodus 9:25; Psalms 78:47 Fire Joel 1:19 Desolating armies II Kings 19:23; Isaiah 10:34 Afford an agreeable shade in eastern countries during the heat of the day Genesis 18:4; Job 40:21 WERE CUT DOWN With axes Deuteronomy 19:5; Psalms 74:5; Matthew 3:10 For building II Kings 6:2; II Chronicles 2:8,10 By besieging armies for erecting forts Deuteronomy 20:20; Jeremiah 6:6 For making idols Isaiah 40:20; 44:14,17 For fuel Isaiah 44:14-16; Matthew 3:10 God increases and multiplies the fruit of, for his people Leviticus 26:4; Ezekiel 34:27; Joel 2:22 God often renders, barren as a punishment Leviticus 26:20 Early custom of planting, in consecrated grounds Genesis 21:33 THE JEWS Prohibited from planting in consecrated places Deuteronomy 16:21 Prohibited from cutting down fruit bearing, for sieges Deuteronomy 20:19 Often pitched their tents under Genesis 18:1,4; Judges 4:5; I Samuel 22:6 Often buried under Genesis 35:8; I Samuel 21:13 Often executed criminals on Deuteronomy 21:22,23; Joshua 10:26; Galatians 3:13; Genesis 40:19 Considered trees on which criminals were executed abominable Isaiah 14:19 MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE Almond Genesis 43:11; Ecclesiastes 12:5; Jeremiah 1:11 Almug or algum I Kings 10:11,12; II Chronicles 9:10,11 Apple Solomon 2:3; 8:5; Joel 1:12 Ash Isaiah 44:14 Bay Psalms 37:35 Box Isaiah 41:19 Cedar I Kings 10:27 Chestnut Ezekiel 31:8 Cyprus Isaiah 44:14 Fig Deuteronomy 8:8 Fir I Kings 5:10; II Kings 19:23; Psalms 104:17 Juniper I Kings 19:4,5 Lign-aloes Numbers 24:6 Mulberry II Samuel 5:23,24 Myrtle Isaiah 41:19; 55:13; Zechariah 1:8 Mustard Matthew 13:32 Oak Isaiah 1:30 Oil-tree Isaiah 41:19 Olive Deuteronomy 6:11 Palm Exodus 15:27 Pine Isaiah 41:19 Pomegranate Deuteronomy 8:8; Joel 1:12 Shittah or shittim Exodus 36:20; Isaiah 41:19 Sycamore I Kings 10:27; Psalms 78:47; Amos 7:14; Luke 19:4 Teil Isaiah 6:13 Vine Numbers 6:4; Ezekiel 15:2 Willow Isaiah 44:4; Ezekiel 17:5 Solomon wrote the history of I Kings 4:33 ILLUSTRATIVE Of Christ Romans 11:24; Revelation 2:7; 22:2,14 Of wisdom Proverbs 3:18 Of kings, &c Isaiah 10:34; Ezekiel 17:24; 31:7-10; Daniel 4:10-14 Of the life and conversation of the righteous Proverbs 11:30; 15:4 (Green,) of the innocence of Christ Luke 23:31 (Good and fruitful,) of saints Numbers 24:6; Psalms 1:3; Isaiah 61:3; Jeremiah 17:8; Matthew 7:17,18 (Evergreen,) of saints Psalms 1:1-3 (Duration of,) of continued prosperity of saints Isaiah 65:22 (Casting their leaves yet retaining their substance,) of the elect remnant in the church Isaiah 6:13 (Barren,) of the wicked Hosea 9:16 (Shaking of the leaves off,) of the terror of the wicked Isaiah 7:2 (Producing evil fruit,) of the wicked Matthew 7:17-19 (Dry,) of useless persons Isaiah 56:3 (Dry,) of the wicked ripe for judgment Luke 23:31

 

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