Judges 9:8

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

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  • Judg 8:22-23 : 22 The Israelites said to Gideon, 'Rule over us—you, your son, and your grandson—because you have saved us from the hand of Midian.' 23 But Gideon replied, 'I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you. The Lord will rule over you.'
  • 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.
  • Ezek 17:3-9 : 3 Say this: ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: A great eagle with powerful wings, long feathers, and full of colorful plumage came to Lebanon and took the top of a cedar tree. 4 It plucked the highest branch and carried it to the land of merchants, where it planted it in a city of traders. 5 Then it took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil, placing it by abundant waters like a willow. 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. 7 But there was another great eagle with powerful wings and abundant feathers. And behold, the vine bent its roots toward it and stretched its branches toward the eagle to be watered from the surrounding garden. 8 It was planted in fertile soil by abundant waters to produce branches, bear fruit, and become a splendid vine. 9 Say, ‘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. 10 Even if transplanted, will it thrive? Will it not completely wither when the east wind strikes it, drying up in the very garden bed where it grew?’
  • Dan 4:10-18 : 10 In the visions I saw while lying on my bed, I looked, and there was a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven. 11 He 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. 12 But 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. 13 Let his mind be changed from that of a human, and let the mind of a beast be given to him, and let seven periods of time pass over him. 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. 15 This is the dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, have seen. Now you, Belteshazzar, explain its meaning, because none of the wise men in my kingdom can interpret it for me. But you are able because the spirit of the holy gods is in you. 16 Then Daniel, also called Belteshazzar, was stunned for a moment, and his thoughts alarmed him. The king spoke and said, 'Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or its interpretation trouble you.' Belteshazzar answered, 'My lord, may the dream concern your enemies and its interpretation concern your adversaries!' 17 The tree you saw, which grew large and strong, whose height reached to the heavens and which was visible to the whole earth, 18 whose foliage was beautiful and fruit abundant, providing food for all, under which the beasts of the field lived, and in whose branches the birds of the heavens nested—

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  • Judg 9:9-16
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    90%

    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?'

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

    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 9:6-7
    2 verses
    80%

    6 Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-Millo gathered together. They went and made Abimelech king by the oak near the pillar in Shechem.

    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!

  • Jer 11:16
    71%

    16 The LORD once called you a thriving olive tree, beautiful with luscious fruit. But with the sound of a great uproar, he has set it on fire, and its branches are broken.

  • Deut 28:40
    71%

    40 You will have olive trees throughout your territory, but you will not anoint yourself with oil, for your olives will drop off prematurely.

  • Ezek 31:5-9
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    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.

    7 It was majestic in its size, with long branches, because its roots reached abundant waters.

    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.

  • Hos 14:6
    71%

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

  • Ps 80:10-11
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    70%

    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.

  • 1 Sam 8:9
    70%

    9 Now then, listen to them, but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will demand.'

  • Isa 14:8
    70%

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

  • 1 Chr 27:28
    70%

    28 Over the olive and sycamore trees in the lowlands was Baal-Hanan the Gederite; over the storehouses of oil was Joash.

  • 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.

  • Dan 4:11-12
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    70%

    11 He 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.

    12 But 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.

  • Ps 104:16
    69%

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

  • 1 Sam 8:5-7
    3 verses
    69%

    5 They said to him, 'You are old, and your sons do not follow your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us, like all the other nations.'

    6 But their request for a king displeased Samuel, and he prayed to the LORD.

    7 The LORD said to Samuel, 'Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. It is not you they have rejected but they have rejected me as their king.

  • Ezek 17:24
    69%

    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 31:14
    69%

    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.

  • Dan 4:14
    69%

    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.

  • 1 Chr 16:33
    69%

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

  • Dan 4:21
    69%

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

  • Ezek 17:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5 Then it took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil, placing it by abundant waters like a willow.

    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.

  • Job 14:8
    69%

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

  • Judg 9:48
    69%

    48 he and all his men went up to Mount Zalmon. There, Abimelech took an axe, cut off a branch from a tree, lifted it onto his shoulder, and said to his men, "What you have seen me do, hurry and do likewise."

  • Isa 41:19
    68%

    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,

  • 1 Sam 8:22
    68%

    22 The LORD said to Samuel, 'Listen to them and appoint a king for them.' Then Samuel said to the people of Israel, 'Each of you, return to your own town.'

  • Neh 8:15
    68%

    15 They were to proclaim this message and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem: 'Go out to the hill country and bring branches of olive trees, wild olive trees, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees to make booths, as it is written.'

  • Isa 44:14
    68%

    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.

  • Zech 11:2
    68%

    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!

  • 2 Kgs 6:4
    68%

    4 So he went with them, and they came to the Jordan and began cutting down trees.

  • 1 Sam 8:19
    68%

    19 The people refused to listen to Samuel and said, 'No! We want a king to rule over us.'

  • Zech 4:3
    68%

    3 Two olive trees are beside it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.

  • Ezek 15:2
    68%

    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?

  • Hos 13:10
    68%

    10 Where now is your king to save you in all your cities? And where are your rulers, about whom you said, 'Give me a king and princes'?

  • Isa 1:29
    68%

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