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
- 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 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