Judges 9:11

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But the fig tree replied, 'Should I stop producing my sweetness and my good fruit, to go sway over the trees?'

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  • Luke 13:6-7 : 6 Then he told this parable: 'A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it but found none.' 7 He said to the gardener, 'For three years I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?'

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  • Judg 9:8-10
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    8The trees once went out to anoint a king over themselves. They said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us.'

    9But the olive tree replied, 'Should I stop producing my rich oil, by which gods and humans are honored, to go sway over the trees?'

    10Then the trees said to the fig tree, 'You come and reign over us.'

  • Judg 9:12-15
    4 verses
    88%

    12Then the trees said to the vine, 'You come and reign over us.'

    13But the vine answered them, 'Should I stop producing my wine that cheers both God and humans, in order to sway over the trees?'

    14Then all the trees said to the bramble, 'You come and reign over us.'

    15The bramble said to the trees, 'If you truly mean to anoint me as king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade. But if not, let fire come out of the bramble and consume the cedars of Lebanon.'

  • Luke 21:29
    75%

    29Then he told them a parable: 'Look at the fig tree and all the trees.'

  • Matt 21:19-20
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    75%

    19Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, he went to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it, 'May no fruit ever come from you again!' And immediately, the fig tree withered.

    20When the disciples saw it, they were amazed and said, 'How did the fig tree wither so quickly?'

  • Luke 13:6-9
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    6Then he told this parable: 'A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it but found none.'

    7He said to the gardener, 'For three years I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?'

    8'Sir,' the gardener replied, 'leave it alone for one more year, and I’ll dig around it and fertilize it.'

    9If it bears fruit next year, fine! But if not, then cut it down.'

  • Ezek 17:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8It was planted in fertile soil by abundant waters to produce branches, bear fruit, and become a splendid vine.

    9Say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: Will it thrive? Will it not be uprooted and its fruit stripped so that it withers? All its new growth will wither. It will not take a great effort or many people to pull it out by its roots.

  • Mark 11:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. But when he came to it, he found nothing except leaves, because it was not the season for figs.

    14Jesus said to it, 'May no one ever eat fruit from you again.' And his disciples heard it.

  • Ezek 19:11
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    11Its branches were strong, fit for rulers' scepters. It towered high; its height was noticeable among the branches, in the lushness of its abundance.

  • Ezek 31:8-9
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    8The cedars in God's garden could not rival it; the cypresses could not compare to its branches, and the plane trees were not like its boughs. No tree in the garden of God was equal to it in beauty.

    9I made it beautiful with its many branches, and all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God, envied it.

  • Ps 80:10-11
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    10You cleared the ground for it; it took root and filled the land.

    11The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches.

  • Mark 11:20-21
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    72%

    20Early in the morning, as they were passing by, they saw the fig tree withered from its roots.

    21Peter remembered and said to him, 'Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered.'

  • Song 2:13
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    13The fig tree ripens its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.

  • Ezek 15:2
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    2Son of man, what is the wood of a vine compared to any other tree or the branch that is among the trees of the forest?

  • Jas 3:12
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    12Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt spring yield fresh water.

  • Ezek 17:5-6
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    5Then it took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil, placing it by abundant waters like a willow.

    6The plant sprouted and became a low, spreading vine, with its branches facing the eagle and its roots growing beneath it. So it became a vine, produced branches, and sent out leaves.

  • Dan 4:14
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    14This decision is by the decree of the watchers and the sentence by the command of the holy ones, in order that the living may know that the Most High is sovereign over the kingdoms of men, and He gives them to whomever He will and sets the lowliest of men over them.

  • Ezek 31:14
    72%

    14This happened so that no trees beside the abundant waters may grow tall enough to reach the clouds, nor lift their tops among the thick branches, and no trees that drink water will stand before them in their height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the lower earth, among the sons of men, with those who go down to the pit.

  • Joel 1:12
    72%

    12The vine is dried up, and the fig tree withers; the pomegranate, the palm, and the apple tree—all the trees of the field are dried up. Indeed, joy has withered away from the people.

  • Job 14:8-9
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    71%

    8Even if its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,

    9at the scent of water it will bud and produce branches like a young plant.

  • Dan 4:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11He called out loudly and said: ‘Cut down the tree and chop off its branches, strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts flee from under it and the birds from its branches.

    12But leave the stump with its roots in the ground, bound with iron and bronze, surrounded by the tender grass of the field. Let it be drenched with the dew of heaven, and let it live with the animals among the plants of the earth.

  • Ezek 31:5
    71%

    5So it grew taller than all the trees of the field; its branches multiplied, and its boughs grew long because of the abundance of water as it sent them out.

  • Dan 4:21
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    21This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the Most High that has come upon my lord the king:

  • Rom 11:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18do not boast against the branches. If you do boast, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.

    19Then you will say, 'Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.'

  • Joel 1:7
    71%

    7It has laid waste my vine and ruined my fig tree. It has stripped off their bark and thrown it away; their branches are made white.

  • Luke 3:9
    70%

    9The axe is already laid at the root of the trees, so every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

  • Prov 27:18
    70%

    18Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever takes care of their master will be honored.

  • Hab 3:17
    70%

    17Though the fig tree does not blossom and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and there are no cattle in the stalls,

  • Jer 8:13
    70%

    13I will take away their harvest, declares the LORD. There will be no grapes on the vine, no figs on the tree, and even the leaves will wither. What I have given them will be taken from them.

  • Song 7:8
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    8Your stature is like a palm tree, and your breasts are like its clusters.

  • Isa 14:8
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    8Even the cypresses rejoice over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, 'Since you were laid low, no woodcutter comes against us.'

  • Ezek 17:24
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    24Then all the trees of the field will know that I, the LORD, bring down the tall tree and make the low tree grow tall. I dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it.’

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    33He will shake off his unripe grapes like a vine and cast away his blossoms like the olive tree.