Job 14:7
The Inevitability of Death“But there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.
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- Job 19:10 : 10 He tears me down on every side until I perish; he uproots my hope like an uprooted tree.
- Isa 27:6 : 6 The time is coming when Jacob will take root; Israel will blossom and grow branches. The produce will fill the surface of the world.
- Dan 4:15 : 15 But leave its taproot in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it surrounded by the grass of the field. Let it become damp with the dew of the sky, and let it live with the animals in the grass of the land.
- Dan 4:23-25 : 23 As for the king seeing a holy sentinel coming down from heaven and saying,‘Chop down the tree and destroy it, but leave its taproot in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it, surrounded by the grass of the field. Let it become damp with the dew of the sky, and let it live with the wild animals, until seven periods of time go by for him’– 24 this is the interpretation, O king! It is the decision of the Most High that this has happened to my lord the king. 25 You will be driven from human society, and you will live with the wild animals. You will be fed grass like oxen, and you will become damp with the dew of the sky. Seven periods of time will pass by for you, before you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes.
- Isa 11:1 : 1 An Ideal King Establishes a Kingdom of Peace A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s root stock, a bud will sprout from his roots.
- Job 14:14 : 14 If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait until my release comes.
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- Job 14:8-92 verses89%
8 Although its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump begins to die in the soil,
9 at the scent of water it will flourish and put forth shoots like a new plant.
- Jer 17:7-82 verses77%
7 My blessing is on those people who trust in me, who put their confidence in me.
8 They will be like a tree planted near a stream whose roots spread out toward the water. It has nothing to fear when the heat comes. Its leaves are always green. It has no need to be concerned in a year of drought. It does not stop bearing fruit.
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12 While they are still beginning to flower and not ripe for cutting, they can wither away faster than any grass!
- Job 8:15-173 verses74%
15 He leans against his house but it does not hold up, he takes hold of it but it does not stand.
16 He is a well-watered plant in the sun, its shoots spread over its garden.
17 It wraps its roots around a heap of stones and it looks for a place among stones.
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16 Below his roots dry up, and his branches wither above.
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14 For this reason no watered trees will grow so tall; their tops will not reach into the clouds, nor will the well-watered ones grow that high. For all of them have been appointed to die in the lower parts of the earth; they will be among mere mortals, with those who descend to the Pit.
- Ezek 17:8-103 verses73%
8 In a good field, by abundant waters, it was planted to grow branches, bear fruit, and become a beautiful vine.
9 “‘Say to them: This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘Will it prosper? Will he not rip out its roots and cause its fruit to rot and wither? All its foliage will wither. No strong arm or large army will be needed to pull it out by its roots.
10 Consider! It is planted, but will it prosper? Will it not wither completely when the east wind blows on it? Will it not wither in the soil where it sprouted?’”
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12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is like a tree of life.
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1 An Ideal King Establishes a Kingdom of Peace A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s root stock, a bud will sprout from his roots.
- Dan 4:14-152 verses72%
14 He called out loudly as follows:‘Chop down the tree and lop off its branches! Strip off its foliage and scatter its fruit! Let the animals flee from under it and the birds from its branches!
15 But leave its taproot in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it surrounded by the grass of the field. Let it become damp with the dew of the sky, and let it live with the animals in the grass of the land.
- Ezek 17:5-62 verses72%
5 He took one of the seedlings of the land, placed it in a cultivated plot; a shoot by abundant water, like a willow he planted it.
6 It sprouted and became a vine, spreading low to the ground; its branches turning toward him, its roots were under itself. So it became a vine; it produced shoots and sent out branches.
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19 My roots reach the water, and the dew lies on my branches all night long.
- Hos 14:6-72 verses72%
6 His young shoots will grow; his splendor will be like an olive tree, his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.
7 People will reside again in his shade; they will plant and harvest grain in abundance. They will blossom like a vine, and his fame will be like the wine from Lebanon.
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31 Those who remain in Judah will take root in the ground and bear fruit.
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15 where then is my hope? And my hope, who sees it?
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14 They bear fruit even when they are old; they are filled with vitality and have many leaves.
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6 Look away from him and let him desist, until he fulfills his time like a hired man.
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32 Before his time he will be paid in full, and his branches will not flourish.
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2 He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.
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30 Those who remain in Judah will take root in the ground and bear fruit.
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10 He tears me down on every side until I perish; he uproots my hope like an uprooted tree.
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9 Then if it bears fruit next year, very well, but if not, you can cut it down.’”
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30 For you will be like a tree whose leaves wither, like an orchard that is unwatered.
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3 He is like a tree planted by flowing streams; it yields its fruit at the proper time, and its leaves never fall off. He succeeds in everything he attempts.
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5 For before the harvest, when the bud has sprouted, and the ripening fruit appears, he will cut off the unproductive shoots with pruning knives; he will prune the tendrils.
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8 The evergreens also rejoice over your demise, as do the cedars of Lebanon, singing,‘Since you fell asleep, no woodsman comes up to chop us down!’
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14 If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait until my release comes.
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19 Indeed, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth others spring up.
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13 Even if only a tenth of the people remain in the land, it will again be destroyed, like one of the large sacred trees or an Asherah pole, when a sacred pillar on a high place is thrown down. That sacred pillar symbolizes the special chosen family.”
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18 For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
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14 He cuts down cedars and acquires a cypress or an oak. He gets trees from the forest; he plants a cedar and the rain makes it grow.
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11 The tree grew large and strong. Its top reached far into the sky; it could be seen from the borders of all the land.
- Ezek 17:22-232 verses70%
22 “‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘I will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and plant it. I will pluck from the top one of its tender twigs; I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
23 I will plant it on a high mountain of Israel, and it will raise branches and produce fruit and become a beautiful cedar. Every bird will live under it; Every winged creature will live in the shade of its branches.
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13 Evergreens will grow in place of thorn bushes, firs will grow in place of nettles; they will be a monument to the LORD, a permanent reminder that will remain.
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7 It was beautiful in its loftiness, in the length of its branches; for its roots went down deep to plentiful waters.
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17 When the fig tree does not bud, and there are no grapes on the vines; when the olive trees do not produce, and the fields yield no crops; when the sheep disappear from the pen, and there are no cattle in the stalls,
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2 “Son of man, of all the woody branches among the trees of the forest, what happens to the wood of the vine?
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17 Indeed, there is hope for your posterity. Your children will return to their own territory. I, the LORD, affirm it!
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12 The vine has dried up; the fig tree languishes– the pomegranate, date, and apple as well. In fact, all the trees of the field have dried up. Indeed, the joy of the people has dried up!
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5 Therefore it grew taller than all the trees of the field; its boughs grew large and its branches grew long, because of the plentiful water in its shoots.