Bible verses about Olive-tree, The
(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)

Often grew wild Romans 11:17 CULTIVATED In olive yards I Samuel 8:14; Nehemiah 5:11 Among rocks Deuteronomy 32:13 On the sides of mountains Matthew 21:1 Canaan abounded in Deuteronomy 6:11; 8:8 Assyria abounded in II Kings 18:32 Kings of Israel largely cultivated I Chronicles 27:28 DESCRIBED AS Green Jeremiah 11:16 Fair and beautiful Jeremiah 11:16; Hosea 14:6 Fat and unctuous Judges 9:9; Romans 11:17 Bearing goodly fruit Jeremiah 11:16; James 3:12 Grafting of, alluded to Romans 11:24 Pruning of, alluded to Romans 11:18,19 Often cast its flowers Job 15:33 Often cast its fruit Deuteronomy 28:40 Often suffered from caterpillars Amos 4:9 Good for the service of God and man Judges 9:9 Oil procured from Exodus 27:20; Deuteronomy 8:8 USED FOR MAKING The cherubim in the temple I Kings 6:23 The doors and posts of the temple I Kings 6:31-33 Booths at feast of tabernacles Nehemiah 8:15 Beaten to remove the fruit Deuteronomy 24:20 Shaken when fully ripe Isaiah 17:6 Gleaning of, left for the poor Deuteronomy 24:20 Fruit of, during sabbatical year left for the poor, &c Exodus 23:11 The fruit of, trodden in presses to extract the oil Micah 6:15; Haggai 2:16 Failure of, a great calamity Habakkuk 3:17,18 ILLUSTRATIVE Of Christ Romans 11:17,24; Zechariah 4:3,12 Of the Jewish church Jeremiah 11:16 Of the righteous Psalms 52:8; Hosea 14:6 Of children of pious parents Psalms 128:3 Of the two witnesses Revelation 11:3,4 (When wild,) of the Gentiles Romans 11:17,24 (Gleaning of,) of the remnant of grace Isaiah 17:6; 24:13 Probably origin of its being the emblem of peace Genesis 8:11