Judges 9:11

Authorized King James Version (1611)

But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?

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  • Luke 13:6-7 : 6 ¶ He spake also this parable; ‹A certain› [man] ‹had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.› 7 ‹Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?›

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  • Judg 9:8-10
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    92%

    8The trees went forth [on a time] to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.

    9But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

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

  • Judg 9:12-15
    4 verses
    88%

    12Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, [and] reign over us.

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

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

    15And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, [then] come [and] put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.

  • Luke 21:29
    75%

    29¶ And he spake to them a parable; ‹Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;›

  • Matt 21:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    19And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, ‹Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever.› And presently the fig tree withered away.

    20And when the disciples saw [it], they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!

  • Luke 13:6-9
    4 verses
    75%

    6¶ He spake also this parable; ‹A certain› [man] ‹had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.›

    7‹Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?›

    8‹And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung› [it]:

    9‹And if it bear fruit,› [well]: ‹and if not,› [then] ‹after that thou shalt cut it down.›

  • Ezek 17:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8It was planted in a good soil by great 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 GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.

  • Mark 11:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not [yet].

    14And Jesus answered and said unto it, ‹No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever.› And his disciples heard [it].

  • Ezek 19:11
    73%

    11And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.

  • Ezek 31:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.

    9I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that [were] in the garden of God, envied him.

  • Ps 80:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof [were like] the goodly cedars.

    11She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.

  • Mark 11:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.

    21And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.

  • Song 2:13
    72%

    13The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines [with] the tender grape give a [good] smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

  • Ezek 15:2
    72%

    2Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, [or than] a branch which is among the trees of the forest?

  • Jas 3:12
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    12Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so [can] no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.

  • Ezek 17:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed [it] by great waters, [and] set it [as] a willow tree.

    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.

  • Dan 4:14
    72%

    14He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:

  • Ezek 31:14
    72%

    14To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.

  • Joel 1:12
    72%

    12The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, [even] all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.

  • Job 14:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;

    9[Yet] through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.

  • Dan 4:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:

    12The leaves thereof [were] fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it [was] meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.

  • Ezek 31:5
    71%

    5Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth.

  • Dan 4:21
    71%

    21Whose leaves [were] fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it [was] meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation:

  • Rom 11:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.

    19Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.

  • Joel 1:7
    71%

    7He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast [it] away; the branches thereof are made white.

  • Luke 3:9
    70%

    9And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

  • Prov 27:18
    70%

    18¶ Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

  • Hab 3:17
    70%

    17Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither [shall] fruit [be] in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and [there shall be] no herd in the stalls:

  • Jer 8:13
    70%

    13¶ I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: [there shall be] no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and [the things that] I have given them shall pass away from them.

  • Song 7:8
    70%

    8I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;

  • Isa 14:8
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    8Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, [and] the cedars of Lebanon, [saying], Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.

  • Ezek 17:24
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    24And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done [it].

  • Job 15:33
    70%

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