Romans 11:18

American Standard Version (1901)

glory not over the branches: but if thou gloriest, it is not thou that bearest the root, but the root thee.

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  • Rom 11:20 : 20 Well; by their unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by thy faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
  • 1 Cor 10:12 : 12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
  • Gal 3:29 : 29 And if ye are Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.
  • Eph 2:19-20 : 19 So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God, 20 being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone;
  • 1 Kgs 20:11 : 11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on [his armor] boast himself as he that putteth it off.
  • Prov 16:18 : 18 Pride [goeth] before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.
  • Zech 8:20-23 : 20 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: [It shall] yet [come to pass], that there shall come peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities; 21 and the inhabitants of one [city] shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to entreat the favor of Jehovah, and to seek Jehovah of hosts: I will go also. 22 Yea, many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek Jehovah of hosts in Jerusalem, and to entreat the favor of Jehovah. 23 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: In those days [it shall come to pass], that ten men shall take hold, out of all the languages of the nations, they shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.
  • Matt 26:33 : 33 But Peter answered and said unto him, If all shall be offended in thee, I will never be offended.
  • Luke 18:9-9 : 9 And he spake also this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nought: 10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
  • John 4:22 : 22 Ye worship that which ye know not: we worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.
  • John 10:16 : 16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice: and they shall become one flock, one shepherd.
  • Rom 3:27 : 27 Where then is the glorying? It is excluded. By what manner of law? of works? Nay: but by a law of faith.
  • Rom 4:16 : 16 For this cause [it is] of faith, that [it may be] according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

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  • Rom 11:15-17
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    15For if the casting away of them [is] the reconciling of the world, what [shall] the receiving [of them be], but life from the dead?

    16And if the firstfruit is holy, so is the lump: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

    17But if some of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive, wast grafted in among them, and didst become partaker with them of the root of the fatness of the olive tree;

  • Rom 11:19-25
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    19Thou wilt say then, Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.

    20Well; by their unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by thy faith. Be not highminded, but fear:

    21for if God spared not the natural branches, neither will he spare thee.

    22Behold then the goodness and severity of God: toward them that fell, severity; but toward thee, God's goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

    23And they also, if they continue not in their unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.

    24For if thou wast cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and wast grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree; how much more shall these, which are the natural [branches], be grafted into their own olive tree?

    25For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in;

  • Judg 9:9-14
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    9But the olive-tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honor God and man, and go to wave to and fro over the trees?

    10And the trees said to the fig-tree, Come thou, and reign over us.

    11But the fig-tree said unto them, Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to wave to and fro over the trees?

    12And the trees said unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.

    13And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my new wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to wave to and fro over the trees?

    14Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.

  • John 15:4-6
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    4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me.

    5I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing.

    6If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

  • Job 18:16
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    16His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off.

  • Job 14:8
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    8Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground;

  • Ezek 31:9-10
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    9I made it fair by the multitude of its branches, so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied it.

    10Therefore thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because thou art exalted in stature, and he hath set his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height; [

  • 2 Cor 10:17
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    17But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

  • Ps 80:15
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    15And the stock which thy right hand planted, And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.

  • Jer 11:16
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    16Jehovah called thy name, A green olive-tree, fair with goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.

  • 2 Cor 11:17-18
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    17That which I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of glorying.

    18Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.

  • Ezek 17:6
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    6And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

  • Ezek 17:8-9
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    8It was planted in a good soil by many waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.

    9Say thou, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it may wither; that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? and not by a strong arm or much people can it be raised from the roots thereof.

  • Ezek 19:11
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    11And it had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and their stature was exalted among the thick boughs, and they were seen in [ their height with the multitude of their branches.

  • John 15:2
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    2Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh it away: and every [branch] that beareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bear more fruit.

  • 1 Cor 4:7
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    7For who maketh thee to differ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? but if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it?

  • Jer 2:21
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    21Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine unto me?

  • Isa 10:15
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    15Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnify itself against him that wieldeth it? as if a rod should wield them that lift it up, [or] as if a staff should lift up [him that is] not wood.

  • Ezek 15:2
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    2Son of man, what is the vine-tree more than any tree, the vine-branch which is among the trees of the forest?

  • Isa 18:5
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    5For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becometh a ripening grape, he will cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and the spreading branches will he take away [and] cut down.

  • Rom 11:11-12
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    11I say then, Did they stumble that they might fall? God forbid: but by their fall salvation [is come] unto the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.

    12Now if their fall, is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?

  • Jas 4:16
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    16But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.

  • Job 15:32-33
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    32It shall be accomplished before his time, And his branch shall not be green.

    33He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, And shall cast off his flower as the olive-tree.

  • Luke 3:9
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    9And even now the axe also lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

  • Isa 11:1
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    1And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit.

  • Matt 3:10
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    10And even now the axe lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

  • Rom 2:17
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    17But if thou bearest the name of a Jew, and restest upon the law, and gloriest in God,

  • Luke 13:9
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    9and if it bear fruit thenceforth, [well] ; but if not, thou shalt cut it down.

  • Deut 28:40
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    40Thou shalt have olive-trees throughout all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast [its fruit] .

  • Prov 11:28
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    28He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; But the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.