Judges 9:14

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

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  • 2 Kgs 14:9 : 9 Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, 'A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild animal in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.

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  • Judg 9:15-16
    2 verses
    92%

    15 The 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.'

    16 Now, if you acted faithfully and sincerely in making Abimelech king, and if you have treated Jerubbaal and his family well, and if you have repaid him in accordance with what he did for you—

  • Judg 9:7-13
    7 verses
    89%

    7 When Jotham was told about this, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He raised his voice, called out, and said to them, "Listen to me, leaders of Shechem, so that God may listen to you!

    8 The trees once went out to anoint a king over themselves. They said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us.'

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

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

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

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

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

  • Ezek 15:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1 The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

    2 Son 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?

  • Ezek 31:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13 All the birds of the sky rested on its fallen trunk, and all the wild animals were among its branches.

    14 This 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.

  • Isa 14:8
    72%

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

  • Ezek 31:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8 The 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.

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

  • Ezek 17:6
    71%

    6 The 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.

  • 1 Chr 16:33
    71%

    33 Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth.

  • Ezek 31:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5 So 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.

    6 All the birds of the sky nested in its branches, every beast of the field gave birth under its boughs, and all the great nations lived in its shade.

  • Ps 80:10-13
    4 verses
    71%

    10 You cleared the ground for it; it took root and filled the land.

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

    12 It sent out its branches to the sea and its shoots to the River.

    13 Why have you broken down its walls so that all who pass by pick its fruit?

  • Dan 4:14
    71%

    14 This 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.

  • Isa 9:18
    71%

    18 By the wrath of the LORD Almighty, the land is scorched, and the people are like fuel for the fire; no one spares his brother.

  • Ezek 17:24
    70%

    24 Then 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.’

  • Ezek 19:11
    70%

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

  • Zech 11:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1 Open your gates, O Lebanon, so that fire may consume your cedars.

    2 Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen, because the majestic trees are destroyed! Wail, oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has come down!

  • Ps 104:16
    70%

    16 The trees of the LORD are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted.

  • Ps 148:9
    70%

    9 you mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars,

  • Isa 44:14
    69%

    14 He cuts down cedars or chooses a cypress or an oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a pine, and the rain makes it grow.

  • 2 Kgs 14:9
    69%

    9 Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, 'A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild animal in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.

  • Isa 2:13
    69%

    13 It will come against all the cedars of Lebanon, tall and lofty, and against all the oaks of Bashan.

  • Ps 96:12
    69%

    12 Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them; let all the trees of the forest sing for joy.

  • Isa 1:29
    69%

    29 You will be ashamed because of the terebinths that you desired, and you will blush because of the gardens you have chosen.

  • Ezek 19:14
    69%

    14 Fire went out from its branch, consuming its fruit. There was no strong rod left in it, no scepter fit to rule. This is a lamentation, and it has become a lamentation.

  • Ezek 15:6
    69%

    6 Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: As the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so have I given the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

  • Isa 55:13
    69%

    13 In place of the thornbush, the cypress will grow; and instead of the nettle, the myrtle will rise. This will be for the LORD's renown, an everlasting sign that will not be destroyed.

  • Ps 80:15
    69%

    15 God of Hosts, return! Look down from heaven and see; take care of this vine.

  • Job 30:7
    69%

    7 Among the bushes they bray; under the nettles they huddle together.

  • Isa 41:19
    69%

    19 I will put in the wilderness the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive. I will set junipers in the wasteland, the fir and the cypress together,

  • Isa 7:23
    69%

    23 On that day in every place where there were a thousand vines worth a thousand silver shekels, there will be only briers and thorns.

  • Job 18:16
    69%

    16 His roots below will dry up, and his branches above will wither.

  • Hos 14:6
    69%

    6 I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

  • Isa 37:24
    69%

    24 Through your servants you have mocked the Lord. You have said, "With my many chariots I have ascended the heights of the mountains, the utmost parts of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars and its choicest cypress trees. I have reached its remotest heights, the densest of its forests.

  • Rom 11:18
    69%

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

  • Isa 10:15
    69%

    15 Does the axe exalt itself above the one who wields it? Or does the saw boast against the one who moves it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff acting as though it were not made of wood.

  • Dan 4:21
    68%

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