What Does the Bible Say About Apples?

1. #1Proverbs 25:11

   A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

   BSBA word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

2. #2Song of Solomon 2:3

   As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

   BSBLike an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

3. #3Psalms 17:8

   Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

   BSBKeep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings

4. #4Joel 1:12

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

   BSBThe grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple— all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.

5. #5Proverbs 7:2

   Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.

   BSBKeep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.

6. #6Song of Solomon 7:8

   I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;

   BSBI said, “I will climb the palm tree; I will take hold of its fruit.” May your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the fragrance of your breath like apples,

7. #7Song of Solomon 2:5

   Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.

   BSBSustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.

8. #8Deuteronomy 32:10

   He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.

   BSBHe found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.

9. #9Zechariah 2:8

   For thus saith the Lord of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.

   BSBFor this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—

10. #10Song of Solomon 8:5

    Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.

    BSBWho is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.

11. #11Genesis 1:29

    And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

    BSBThen God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.

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