- “And God said, ‘Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.’ And it was so.” – Genesis 1:11 (ESV)
“And God said, ‘Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.’ And it was so.”
- “He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.” – Psalm 1:3 (ESV)
“He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.”
- “The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.” – Isaiah 40:8 (ESV)
“The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.”
- “The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.” – Genesis 1:12 (ESV)
“The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.”
- “He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season and its leaf does not wither; and in whatever he does, he prospers.” – Psalm 1:3 (NASB)
“He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season and its leaf does not wither; and in whatever he does, he prospers.”
- “He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.” – Psalm 1:3 (NIV)
“He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.”
- “The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.” – Genesis 2:9 (NIV)
“The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.”
- “By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” – Genesis 3:19 (ESV)
“By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
- “As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field;” – Psalm 103:15 (ESV)
“As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field;”
- “For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.” – Psalm 84:11 (ESV)
“For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.”
- “And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.” – Genesis 2:9 (ESV)
“And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.”
- “And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,” – Matthew 6:28 (ESV)
“And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,”
- “And he told them many things in parables, saying: ‘A sower went out to sow.'” – Matthew 13:3 (ESV)
“And he told them many things in parables, saying: ‘A sower went out to sow.'”
- “He presented another parable to them: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.'” – Matthew 13:31 (ESV)
“He presented another parable to them: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.'”
- “He put another parable before them, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field,'” – Matthew 13:24 (ESV)
“He put another parable before them, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field,'”
- “For there is hope for a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease.” – Job 14:7 (ESV)
“For there is hope for a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease.”
- “For he sees that even the wise die; the fool and the stupid alike must perish and leave their wealth to others.” – Psalm 49:10 (ESV)
“For he sees that even the wise die; the fool and the stupid alike must perish and leave their wealth to others.”
- “The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.” – Isaiah 40:8 (ESV)
“The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.”
- “He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.” – Psalm 1:3 (ESV)
“He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.”
- “For as the earth brings forth its sprouts, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to sprout up, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to sprout up before all the nations.” – Isaiah 61:11 (ESV)
“For as the earth brings forth its sprouts, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to sprout up, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to sprout up before all the nations.”
- “But the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.” – Mark 4:19 (ESV)
“But the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.”
- “He put another parable before them, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.'” – Matthew 13:31 (ESV)
“He put another parable before them, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.'”
- “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” – John 15:5 (ESV)
“I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.”
- “For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.” – Romans 8:19 (ESV)
“For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.”
- “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?” – Matthew 6:25 (ESV)
“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?”
- “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,” – Galatians 5:22 (ESV)
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,”
- “The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.” – Isaiah 40:8 (ESV)
“The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.”
- “Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.” – Matthew 3:10 (ESV)
“Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”
- “Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.” – John 15:2 (ESV)
“Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.”
- “By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.” – John 15:8 (ESV)
“By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.”
Plants and trees are often used metaphorically in the Bible to convey spiritual truths and lessons about growth, nourishment, and bearing fruit.
