Jeremiah 17:8

Bishops' Bible (1568)

For he shalbe as a tree that is planted by the water side, which spreadeth out the roote vnto moystnesse, whom the heate can not harme when it commeth, but his leafe shalbe greene: And though there growe but litle fruite because of drouth, yet is he not carefull, but he neuer leaueth of to bryng foorth fruite.

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  • Ezek 31:4-9 : 4 The waters made him great, and the deepe set him vp on hye, with her riuers running rounde about his plantes, and sent out her litle riuers vnto all the trees of the fielde. 5 Therefore was he higher then all the trees of the fielde, and his bowes were multiplied, & his braunches were long, because of the multitude of the waters, which the deepe sent out. 6 Al foules of the aire made their nestes in his braunches, vnder his bowes did all the beastes of the fielde bring foorth their young, and vnder his shadowe dwelt all mightie nations. 7 Beautiful was he in his greatnesse, and in the length of his braunches: for his roote stoode beside great waters. 8 No Cedar tree might hyde hym in the garden of God, there was no fyrre trees like his braunches, the chestnut trees were not like the bowes of him: all the trees in the garden of God, might not be compared vnto him in his beautie. 9 I made him faire with the multitude of his braunches: insomuch that all the trees in the pleasaunt garden of God had enuie at hym. 10 Therefore thus sayth the Lorde God: forsomuch as he hath lift vp him selfe so hye, and hath shot vp his top among the thycke bowes, and his heart is lift vp in his heyght:
  • Ps 1:3 : 3 And he shalbe lyke a tree planted by the waters syde, that bryngeth foorth her fruite in due season: and whose leafe wythereth not, for whatsoeuer he doth it shall prosper.
  • Isa 58:11 : 11 The Lorde shall euer be thy guyde, and satisfie the desire of thyne heart in the tyme of drought, and fill thy bones with mary: Thou shalt be like a freshe watred garden, and like the fountaine of water that neuer leaueth running.
  • Ps 92:10-15 : 10 But my horne shalbe exalted lyke the horne of an vnicorne: for I am annoynted with excellent oyle. 11 And myne eye shall see those that lye in wayte for me: myne eare shall heare the malitious persons that rise vp agaynst me. 12 The ryghteous shall florishe lyke a paulme tree: and shall spread abroade like a Cedar in Libanus. 13 Such as be planted in the house of God: shall florishe in the courtes of our Lorde. 14 They shall styll bryng foorth fruite in their age: they shalbe fat and florishyng. 15 For to set foorth in wordes that God is vpright: he is my rocke, and no iniquitie is in hym.
  • Ezek 47:12 : 12 By this riuer vpon the bankes therof on this side and on that side shall grow all trees for meate, whose leaues shall not fade, neither shall the fruite thereof fall, but shall bring foorth newe fruite according to his monethes, for the waters thereof run out of the sanctuarie: and the fruite thereof shalbe for meate, and the leaues thereof for medicine.
  • Job 8:16 : 16 It is a greene tree before the sunne, & shooteth foorth the braunches ouer his garden.
  • Jer 14:1-6 : 1 The worde of the Lorde shewed vnto Ieremie concernyng the dearth of the fruites. 2 Iuda hath mourned, his gates are desolate, they are brought to heauinesse, euen vnto the grounde, and the crye of Hierusalem goeth vp. 3 The Lordes sent their seruauntes to fetche water, and when they came to the welles, they did finde no water, but caried their vessels home emptie: they be ashamed and confounded, and couer their heades. 4 For the grounde is dryed, because there commeth no rayne vpon it: the plowmen also be ashamed and couer their heades. 5 The hynde also forsoke the young fawne that he brought foorth in the fielde, because there was no grasse. 6 The wylde asses did stande in the hye places, and drewe in their winde lyke the dragons, their eyes did fayle for want of grasse.

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  • 89%

    3 And he shalbe lyke a tree planted by the waters syde, that bryngeth foorth her fruite in due season: and whose leafe wythereth not, for whatsoeuer he doth it shall prosper.

  • Jer 17:6-7
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    82%

    6 He shalbe like the heath that groweth in wildernesse: As for the good thyng that is for to come, he shall not see it, but dwell in a drye place of the wildernesse, in a salt and vnoccupied lande.

    7 O blessed is the man that putteth his trust in the Lorde, and whose hope is in the Lorde hym selfe.

  • Ezek 17:8-10
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    8 It was planted vpon a good soyle beside great waters, so that it should haue brought out braunches, & borne fruite, and haue ben a goodly vine.

    9 Speake thou therfore, thus saith the Lorde God: Shall this vine prosper? shall he not pull vp the rootes therof, and destroy the fruite thereof, and cause them to dry? all the leaues of her bud shall wither without great power, or many people, to plucke it vp by the rootes thereof.

    10 Behold, it was planted: Shall it prosper therfore? Shall it not be dryed vp and withered? when the east winde shall touche it, it shall wither in the trenches where it grewe.

  • 30 For ye shalbe as a tree whose leaues are fallen away, and as a garden that hath no moystnesse.

  • Job 14:7-9
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    79%

    7 For if a tree be cut downe, there is some hope yet that it wyll sproute and shoote foorth the braunches againe.

    8 Though the roote of it be waxen olde, and the stocke thereof be dead in the grounde:

    9 Yet when it getteth the sent of water, it wyll budde and bring foorth bowes, lyke as a tree that is planted.

  • Job 8:16-17
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    16 It is a greene tree before the sunne, & shooteth foorth the braunches ouer his garden.

    17 The rootes thereof are wrapped about the fountayne, and are folden about the house of stones.

  • Ezek 17:5-6
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    5 He toke also of the seede of the land, and planted it in a fruiteful grounde, he brought it vnto great waters, and set it in an open trenche.

    6 Then did it grow, and was a spreading vine, but lowe of stature, whose braunches turned towarde it, and the rootes of it were vnder it: thus there came of it a vine, and it brought foorth braunches, and shot foorth buddes.

  • Ps 92:12-14
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    12 The ryghteous shall florishe lyke a paulme tree: and shall spread abroade like a Cedar in Libanus.

    13 Such as be planted in the house of God: shall florishe in the courtes of our Lorde.

    14 They shall styll bryng foorth fruite in their age: they shalbe fat and florishyng.

  • 76%

    23 namely vpon the hye hyll of Israel will I plant it, that it may bryng foorth bowes, and geue fruite, and be an excellent Cedar: and vnder it shall remayne all byrdes, and euery foule shall remaine vnder the shadowe of the braunches thereof.

    24 And all the trees of the fielde shall knowe that I the Lorde haue brought downe the hye tree, and exalted the lowe tree, that I haue dryed vp the greene tree, and made the drye tree to florishe, euen I the Lorde that spake it, haue also brought it to passe.

  • 6 Euen as the valleys are they layde abrode, & as gardens by the riuers side, as the tentes whiche the Lorde hath pitched, and as cypres trees beside the waters.

  • 7 Beautiful was he in his greatnesse, and in the length of his braunches: for his roote stoode beside great waters.

  • 16 His rootes shalbe dryed vp beneath, and aboue shall his braunche be cut downe.

  • 12 By this riuer vpon the bankes therof on this side and on that side shall grow all trees for meate, whose leaues shall not fade, neither shall the fruite thereof fall, but shall bring foorth newe fruite according to his monethes, for the waters thereof run out of the sanctuarie: and the fruite thereof shalbe for meate, and the leaues thereof for medicine.

  • Hos 14:5-7
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    5 I wyll be vnto Israel as the deawe, and he shall growe as the lilie, and his roote shall breake out as the trees of Libanus.

    6 His braunches shal spreade out abrode, and be as faire as the oliue tree, & smell as Libanus.

    7 They that dwell vnder his shadowe, shall returne & growe vp as the corne, and florishe as the vine: he shall haue as good a name as the wine of Libanus.

  • 12 No, but whilste it is nowe in his greennesse, though it be not cut downe, yet withereth it before any other hearbe:

  • 16 The trees of God be satisfied: euen the Cedars of Libanus which he hath planted.

  • Ezek 31:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4 The waters made him great, and the deepe set him vp on hye, with her riuers running rounde about his plantes, and sent out her litle riuers vnto all the trees of the fielde.

    5 Therefore was he higher then all the trees of the fielde, and his bowes were multiplied, & his braunches were long, because of the multitude of the waters, which the deepe sent out.

  • 32 He shal perishe afore his time be worne out, and his braunche shall not be greene.

  • 19 For my roote was spread out by the waterside: and the deawe lay vpon my corne.

  • 28 He that trusteth in his riches shall haue a fall: but the ryghteous shall florishe as the greene leafe.

  • 22 Be not afrayde ye beastes of the fielde, for the fruitfull places of the desert are greene: for the tree beares her fruite, the figge tree and the vine yeelde their strength.

  • 17 For the figgetree shall not floorish, neither shall fruite be in the vines: the labour of the oliue shall fayle, & the fieldes shall yelde no meate: the sheepe shalbe cut of from the folde, and there shalbe no bullocke in the stalles.

  • 4 They shall growe together lyke as the grasse, and as the willowes by the waters side.

  • 14 So that none of all the trees by the waters shalbe exalted in their heyght, nor shoot vp their toppes among the thycke bowes, neither shall their trees stande in their heyght, as many of them as drinke water: for they are all deliuered vnto death in the neather partes of the earth, in the mids of the children of men among them that go downe to the pit.

  • 6 The dayes are comming that Iacob shall take roote, Israel shalbe greene and florishe, and the world shalbe filled with fruite.

  • 22 The trees couer him with their shadowe, and the wyllowes of the brooke compasse him about.

  • 11 The Lorde shall euer be thy guyde, and satisfie the desire of thyne heart in the tyme of drought, and fill thy bones with mary: Thou shalt be like a freshe watred garden, and like the fountaine of water that neuer leaueth running.

  • 11 In that day shalt thou make thy plant to growe, and early in the mornyng shalt thou make thy seede to florishe: The haruest shalbe gone in the day of inheritaunce, and there shalbe sorowe without hope of comfort.

  • 31 And such of the house of Iuda as are escaped shall come together, and the remnaunt shall take roote beneath, and bryng foorth fruite aboue.

  • 30 And it that is escaped and left of the daughter of Iuda, shall yet againe take roting downewarde, and beare fruite vpwarde.

  • 2 Thou plantest them, they take roote, they growe, and bryng foorth fruite: they boast much of thee, yet art thou farre from their raynes.

  • 16 A handfull of corne shall be sowed in the earth vpon the toppe of hylles: and the fruite therof shall make a noyse lyke Libanus, and shall florishe in the citie lyke grasse vpon the earth.

  • 2 And that man shalbe vnto men as a defence for the winde, and as a refuge for the tempest, lyke as a ryuer of water in a thirstie place, and the shadowe of a great rocke in a drye lande.

  • 12 For the seede shal prosper, the vine shal geue her fruite, the grounde shall geue her encrease, and the heauens shal geue their deawe, and I shall cause the remnaunt of this people to haue all these in possession.

  • 27 And the tree of the fielde shal yeelde her fruite, and the earth shall geue her encrease: they shalbe safe in their lande, and shall knowe that I am the Lorde, when I haue broke the bondes of their yoke, and deliuered them out of the handes of those that serued them selues of them.

  • 35 I my selfe haue seene the vngodly in great power: and florishing lyke a greene bay tree.

  • 2 For they shall soone be cut downe like the grasse: and be withered euen as the greene hearbe.