Judges 9:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

But the fig tree said to 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 also spoke this parable: A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. 7 Then he said to the keeper of his vineyard, Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why does it use up the ground?

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  • Judg 9:8-10
    3 verses
    92%

    8The trees once went forth to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive tree, Reign over us.

    9But the olive tree said to them, Should I leave my richness, by which they honor God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

    10And 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.

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

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

    15And the bramble said to the trees, If you truly 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%

    29And he spoke 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 by the road, he came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, Let no fruit grow on you ever again. And immediately the fig tree withered away.

    20And when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, How quickly the fig tree withered away!

  • Luke 13:6-9
    4 verses
    75%

    6He also spoke this parable: A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.

    7Then he said to the keeper of his vineyard, Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why does it use up the ground?

    8And he answered and said to him, Lord, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it:

    9And if it bears fruit, well: and if not, then after that you shall cut it down.

  • Ezek 17:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8It was planted in good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches and bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.

    9Say thus says the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? Shall he not pull up its roots and cut off its fruit, that it withers? It shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by its roots.

  • Mark 11:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if perhaps he might find something on it: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for it was not the season for figs.

    14And Jesus answered and said to it, No man eat fruit from you hereafter forever. And his disciples heard it.

  • Ezek 19:11
    73%

    11And she had strong rods for scepters of those who bore 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 it; the fir trees were not like its boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like its branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like it in beauty.

    9I made it beautiful by the multitude of its branches, so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied it.

  • Ps 80:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and its boughs were like the majestic cedars.

    11It sent out its boughs unto the sea, and its 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, said to him, Master, behold, the fig tree which you cursed is withered away.

  • Song 2:13
    72%

    13The fig tree puts forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grapes 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 among the trees of the forest?

  • Jas 3:12
    72%

    12Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olive berries, or a vine bear figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh.

  • Ezek 17:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5He also took some of the seed of the land and planted it in a fertile 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 its roots 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 this, 'Cut down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit; let the beasts get away from under it, and the birds from its branches.

  • Ezek 31:14
    72%

    14So that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, nor set their top among the thick boughs, nor any tree stand up to its height, all that drink water; for they are all delivered to death, to the lower parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with those who go down to the pit.

  • Joel 1:12
    72%

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

  • Job 14:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8Though its root grows old in the earth, and its stump dies in the ground;

    9Yet through the scent of water it will bud and bring forth branches like a plant.

  • Dan 4:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

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

    12Its leaves were beautiful, and its fruit abundant, and in it was food for all; the beasts of the field had shade under it, and the birds of the heaven dwelt in its branches, and all flesh was fed from it.

  • Ezek 31:5
    71%

    5Therefore its height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and its boughs were multiplied, and its branches became long because of the multitude of waters as it spread out.

  • Dan 4:21
    71%

    21whose leaves were beautiful, and its fruit abundant, and in it was food for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the birds of the heaven had their habitation,

  • Rom 11:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.

    19You will say then, The branches were broken off that I might be grafted in.

  • Joel 1:7
    71%

    7He has laid my vine waste, and stripped my fig tree: he has made it bare and cast it away; its branches are made white.

  • Luke 3:9
    70%

    9And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore that does not produce good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

  • Prov 27:18
    70%

    18Whoever keeps the fig tree shall eat its fruit; so he who waits on his master shall be honored.

  • Hab 3:17
    70%

    17Though the fig tree shall not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no food; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls.

  • Jer 8:13
    70%

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

  • Song 7:8
    70%

    8I said, I will climb the palm tree, I will take hold of its branches. Now let your breasts be like clusters of the vine, and the fragrance of your breath like apples;

  • Isa 14:8
    70%

    8Yes, the pine trees rejoice over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since you are laid down, no woodcutter comes up against us.

  • Ezek 17:24
    70%

    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 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 cast off his flower as the olive.