Judges 9:10
“So the trees said to the fig tree,‘You come and be our king!’
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- Judg 9:11-155 verses93%
11But the fig tree said to them,‘I am not going to stop producing my sweet figs, my excellent fruit, just to sway above the other trees!’
12“So the trees said to the grapevine,‘You come and be our king!’
13But the grapevine said to them,‘I am not going to stop producing my wine, which makes gods and men so happy, just to sway above the other trees!’
14“So all the trees said to the thornbush,‘You come and be our king!’
15The thornbush said to the trees,‘If you really want to choose me as your king, then come along, find safety under my branches! Otherwise may fire blaze from the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!’
- Judg 9:7-93 verses89%
7Jotham’s Parable When Jotham heard the news, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He spoke loudly to the people below,“Listen to me, leaders of Shechem, so that God may listen to you!
8“The trees were determined to go out and choose a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree,‘Be our king!’
9But the olive tree said to them,‘I am not going to stop producing my oil, which is used to honor gods and men, just to sway above the other trees!’
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29The Parable of the Fig Tree Then he told them a parable:“Look at the fig tree and all the other trees.
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8The 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!’
- Ps 80:9-113 verses74%
9You cleared the ground for it; it took root, and filled the land.
10The mountains were covered by its shadow, the highest cedars by its branches.
11Its branches reached the Mediterranean Sea, and its shoots the Euphrates River.
- Ezek 31:5-95 verses74%
5Therefore 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.
6All the birds of the sky nested in its boughs; under its branches all the beasts of the field gave birth, in its shade all the great nations lived.
7It was beautiful in its loftiness, in the length of its branches; for its roots went down deep to plentiful waters.
8The cedars in the garden of God could not eclipse it, nor could the fir trees match its boughs; the plane trees were as nothing compared to its branches; no tree in the garden of God could rival its beauty.
9I made it beautiful with its many branches; all the trees of Eden, in the garden of God, envied it.
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19After noticing a fig tree by the road he went to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it,“Never again will there be fruit from you!” And the fig tree withered at once.
- Luke 13:6-72 verses73%
6Warning to Israel to Bear Fruit Then Jesus told this parable:“A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none.
7So he said to the worker who tended the vineyard,‘For three years now, I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and each time I inspect it I find none. Cut it down! Why should it continue to deplete the soil?’
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14For 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.
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16The trees of the LORD receive all the rain they need, the cedars of Lebanon which he planted,
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14He 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!
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24All the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I make the high tree low; I raise up the low tree. I make the green tree wither, and I make the dry tree sprout. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it!’”
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11Its boughs were strong, fit for rulers’ scepters; it reached up into the clouds. It stood out because of its height and its many branches.
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33Then let the trees of the forest shout with joy before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth!
- Dan 4:20-212 verses72%
20The tree that you saw that grew large and strong, whose top reached to the sky, and which could be seen in all the land,
21whose foliage was attractive and its fruit plentiful, and from which there was food available for all, under whose branches wild animals used to live, and in whose branches birds of the sky used to nest–
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10In that day,’ says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,‘everyone will invite his friend to fellowship under his vine and under his fig tree.’”
- Dan 4:11-122 verses72%
11The tree grew large and strong. Its top reached far into the sky; it could be seen from the borders of all the land.
12Its foliage was attractive and its fruit plentiful; on it there was food enough for all. Under it the wild animals used to seek shade, and in its branches the birds of the sky used to nest. All creatures used to feed themselves from it.
- Ezek 15:1-22 verses72%
1Burning a Useless Vine The LORD’s message came to me:
2“Son of man, of all the woody branches among the trees of the forest, what happens to the wood of the vine?
- Ezek 17:5-62 verses71%
5He 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.
6It 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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9Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”
- Job 14:8-92 verses71%
8Although its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump begins to die in the soil,
9at the scent of water it will flourish and put forth shoots like a new plant.
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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.
- Mark 11:20-212 verses71%
20The Withered Fig Tree In the morning as they passed by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots.
21Peter remembered and said to him,“Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered.”
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9you mountains and all you hills, you fruit trees and all you cedars,
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14He said to it,“May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard it.
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12Let the fields and everything in them celebrate! Then let the trees of the forest shout with joy
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6His young shoots will grow; his splendor will be like an olive tree, his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.
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12The 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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18do not boast over the branches. But if you boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.
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9Then if it bears fruit next year, very well, but if not, you can cut it down.’”
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13The fig tree has ripened its figs, the vines have blossomed and give off their fragrance. Arise, come away my darling; my beautiful one, come away with me!”