Judges 9:12
“So the trees said to the grapevine,‘You come and be our king!’
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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!’
10“So the trees said to the fig tree,‘You come and be our king!’
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!’
- Judg 9:13-153 verses91%
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!’
- Ezek 15:1-33 verses76%
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?
3Can wood be taken from it to make anything useful? Or can anyone make a peg from it to hang things on?
- Ezek 17:5-95 verses75%
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.
7“‘There was another great eagle with broad wings and thick plumage. Now this vine twisted its roots toward him and sent its branches toward him to be watered from the soil where it was planted.
8In 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.
- Ps 80:14-152 verses74%
14O God of Heaven’s Armies, come back! Look down from heaven and take notice! Take care of this vine,
15the root your right hand planted, the shoot you made to grow!
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12Let the fields and everything in them celebrate! Then let the trees of the forest shout with joy
- Gen 40:9-102 verses74%
9So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph:“In my dream, there was a vine in front of me.
10On the vine there were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes.
- Isa 5:1-44 verses73%
1A Love Song Gone Sour I will sing to my love– a song to my lover about his vineyard. My love had a vineyard on a fertile hill.
2He built a hedge around it, removed its stones, and planted a vine. He built a tower in the middle of it, and constructed a winepress. He waited for it to produce edible grapes, but it produced sour ones instead.
3So now, residents of Jerusalem, people of Judah, you decide between me and my vineyard!
4What more can I do for my vineyard beyond what I have already done? When I waited for it to produce edible grapes, why did it produce sour ones instead?
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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 80:8-125 verses73%
8You uprooted a vine from Egypt; you drove out nations and transplanted it.
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.
12Why did you break down its walls, so that all who pass by pluck its fruit?
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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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33Then let the trees of the forest shout with joy before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth!
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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.
- Hos 14:6-72 verses72%
6His young shoots will grow; his splendor will be like an olive tree, his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.
7People 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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9What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.
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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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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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2At harvest time he sent a slave to the tenants to collect from them his portion of the crop.
- Ezek 31:8-92 verses71%
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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12My vineyard, which belongs to me, is at my disposal alone. The thousand shekels belong to you, O Solomon, and two hundred shekels belong to those who maintain it for its fruit.
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9you mountains and all you hills, you fruit trees and all you cedars,
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12The birds of the sky live beside them; they chirp among the bushes.
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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.
- Job 14:8-92 verses70%
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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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.’”
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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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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.