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What Does the Bible Say About Hedges?

Here are 8 Bible verses about hedges, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Job 1:10

    Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

    BSBHave You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.

  2. #2Psalms 12:6-7

    The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

    BSBThe words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace, like gold purified sevenfold. You, O LORD, will keep us; You will forever guard us from this generation.

  3. #3Mark 12:1

    And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.

    BSBThen Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.

  4. #4Luke 14:1-35

    And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him. And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy. And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go; And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day? And they could not answer him again to these things. …

    BSBOne Sabbath, Jesus went to eat in the home of a leading Pharisee, and those in attendance were watching Him closely. Right there before Him was a man with dropsy. So Jesus asked the experts in the law and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?” But they remained silent. Then Jesus took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him on his way. And He asked them, “Which of you whose son or ox falls into a pit on the Sabbath day will not immediately pull him out?” And they were unable to answer these questions. …

  5. #5Isaiah 5:5

    And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:

    BSBNow I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled.

  6. #6Luke 14:23

    And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

    BSBSo the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.

  7. #7Psalms 34:7

    The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

    BSBThe angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.

  8. #8Proverbs 15:19

    The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.

    BSBThe way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.

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