Bible verses about Olive-tree, the
Scripture references about Olive-tree, the, organized by subject from the classic topical indexes of Orville Nave and R. A. Torrey.
Olive-tree, the in Torrey's Topical Textbook
- Often grew wild: Ro 11:17
- CULTIVATED
- In olive yards: 1Sa 8:14; Ne 5:11
- Among rocks: De 32:13
- On the sides of mountains: Mt 21:1
- Canaan abounded in: De 6:11; 8:8
- Assyria abounded in: 2Ki 18:32
- Kings of Israel largely cultivated: 1Ch 27:28
- DESCRIBED AS
- Green: Jer 11:16
- Fair and beautiful: Jer 11:16; Ho 14:6
- Fat and unctuous
- Jud 9:9: Ro 11:17
- Bearing goodly fruit: Jer 11:16; Jas 3:12
- Grafting of, alluded to: Ro 11:24
- Pruning of, alluded to: Ro 11:18,19
- Often cast its flowers: Job 15:33
- Often cast its fruit: De 28:40
- Often suffered from caterpillars: Am 4:9
- Good for the service of God and man
- Jud 9:9
- Oil procured from: Ex 27:20; De 8:8
- USED FOR MAKING
- The cherubim in the temple: 1Ki 6:23
- The doors and posts of the temple: 1Ki 6:31-33
- Booths at feast of tabernacles: Ne 8:15
- Beaten to remove the fruit: De 24:20
- Shaken when fully ripe: Isa 17:6
- Gleaning of, left for the poor: De 24:20
- Fruit of, during sabbatical year left for the poor, &c: Ex 23:11
- The fruit of, trodden in presses to extract the oil: Mic 6:15; Hag 2:16
- Failure of, a great calamity: Hab 3:17,18
- ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of Christ: Ro 11:17,24; Zec 4:3,12
- Of the Jewish church: Jer 11:16
- Of the righteous: Ps 52:8; Ho 14:6
- Of children of pious parents: Ps 128:3
- Of the two witnesses: Re 11:3,4
- (When wild,) of the Gentiles: Ro 11:17,24
- (Gleaning of,) of the remnant of grace: Isa 17:6; 24:13
- Probably origin of its being the emblem of peace: Ge 8:11