Bible verses about Vine, The
(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)

Often found wild II Kings 4:39; Hosea 9:10 CULTIVATED In vineyards from the time of Noah Genesis 9:20 On the sides of hills Jeremiah 31:5 In the valleys Solomon 6:11 By the walls of houses Psalms 128:3 Required to be dressed and pruned to increase its fruitfulness Leviticus 25:3; II Chronicles 26:10; Isaiah 18:5 Canaan abounded in Deuteronomy 6:11; 8:8 PLACES CELEBRATED FOR Eshcol Numbers 13:23,24 Sibmah Isaiah 16:8,9 Lebanon Hosea 14:7 Egypt Psalms 78:47; 80:8 The dwarf and spreading vine particularly esteemed Ezekiel 17:6 Of Sodom bad and unfit for use Deuteronomy 32:32 Often degenerated Isaiah 5:2; Jeremiah 2:21 Frequently injured by hail and frost Psalms 78:47; 105:32,33 Foxes destructive to Solomon 2:15 The wild boar destructive to Psalms 80:13 THE FRUIT OF Called grapes Genesis 40:10 Peculiarly sour when unripe Jeremiah 31:30 Eaten fresh from the tree Deuteronomy 23:24 Eaten dried I Samuel 25:18; 30:12 Sold in the markets Nehemiah 13:15 Made into wine Deuteronomy 32:14; Matthew 26:29 The wood of, fit only for burning Ezekiel 15:2-5 Young cattle fed on its leaves and tender shoots Genesis 49:11 Probably produced two crops of fruit in the year Numbers 13:20 Perfumed the air with the fragrance of its flowers Solomon 2:13; Hosea 14:7 God made, fruitful for his people when obedient Joel 2:22; Zechariah 8:12 Frequently made unfruitful as a punishment Jeremiah 8:13; Hosea 2:12; Joel 1:7,12; Haggai 2:19 Sometimes cast its fruit before it came to perfection Job 15:33; Malachi 3:11 Nazarites prohibited eating any part of Numbers 6:3,4 ILLUSTRATIVE Of Christ John 15:1,2 Of Israel Psalms 80:8; Isaiah 5:2,7 (Its fruitful branches,) of saints John 15:5 (Of unfruitful branches,) of mere professors John 15:2,6 (Its quick growth,) of the growth of saints in grace Hosea 14:7 (Its rich clusters,) of the graces of the church Solomon 7:8 (Pruning of,) of God's purifying his people by afflictions John 15:2 (Worthlessness of its wood,) of the unprofitableness, of the wicked Ezekiel 15:6,7 (Unfruitful,) of the wicked Hosea 10:1 (Sitting under one's own) of peace and prosperity I Kings 4:25; Micah 4:4; Zechariah 3:10 Proverbial allusion to fathers eating the unripe fruit of Jeremiah 31:29,30; Ezekiel 18:2