Overview
The Bible addresses olive tree, the across 40 verses, drawn from both the Old and New Testaments. These passages cluster most in Deuteronomy, 1 Kings and Romans. Closely related themes include Olive Tree, Agriculture or Husbandry, Oil and Vine, the. Figures whose stories touch this theme include Noah, Hezekiah and Jesus.
Key Bible verses about olive tree, the
Old Testament
Exodus
But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard. oliveyard: or, olive trees
And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always. to burn: Heb. to ascend up
Deuteronomy
And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey; of oil: Heb. of olive tree of oil
When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. go: Heb. bough it after thee
Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.
He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
1 Kings
And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high. olive: or, oily: Heb. trees of oil
And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall. a fifth: or, fivesquare
The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees. two: or, leaves of the doors open flowers: Heb. openings of flowers
So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall. a fourth: or, foursquare
Nehemiah
Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.
And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.
Psalms
Isaiah
Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel.
When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done.
Habakkuk
Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: fail: Heb. lie
Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Zechariah
And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.
And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves? through: Heb. by the hand empty: or, empty out of themselves oil into the gold the golden oil: Heb. the gold
New Testament
Romans
And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree; among them: or, for them
Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.
For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?
Revelation
And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. I will give: or, I will give unto my two witnesses that they may prophesy
These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
People in the Bible and olive tree, the
Biblical figures whose stories intersect with this theme.
In the Bible dictionary
Studying olive tree, the for yourself
- Begin with Genesis 8:11, then read the passages below in canonical order.
- Compare how Deuteronomy, 1 Kings and Romans each treat the theme.
- Consider the lives of Noah, Hezekiah and Jesus and how their stories intersect with it.
- Widen the study to related themes: Olive Tree, Agriculture or Husbandry, Oil and Vine, the.
Frequently asked questions
What does the Bible say about olive tree, the?
The Bible addresses olive tree, the across 40 verses, drawn from both the Old and New Testaments. These passages cluster most in Deuteronomy, 1 Kings and Romans. Closely related themes include Olive Tree, Agriculture or Husbandry, Oil and Vine, the. Figures whose stories touch this theme include Noah, Hezekiah and Jesus.
How many Bible verses are about olive tree, the?
The Bible references olive tree, the in 40 verses (King James Version).
Where does the Bible first mention olive tree, the?
In canonical order, the first of these passages is Genesis 8:11: “And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.”
Which people in the Bible are associated with olive tree, the?
Noah, Hezekiah and Jesus.
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