TREES

- Originally created by God Ge 1:11,12; 2:9 - Made for the glory of God Ps 148:9 - DIFFERENT KINDS OF MENTIONED . Of the wood So 2:3 . Of the forest Isa 10:19 . Bearing fruit Ne 9:25; Ec 2:5; Eze 47:12 . Evergreen Ps 37:35; Jer 17:2 . Deciduous or casting the leaves Isa 6:13 - Of various sizes Eze 17:24 - Given as food to the animal creation Ge 1:29,30; De 20:19 - Designed to beautify the earth Ge 2:9 - PARTS OF MENTIONED . The roots Jer 17:8 . The stem or trunk Isa 11:1; 44:19 . The branches Le 23:40; Da 4:14 . The tender shoots Lu 21:29,30 . The leaves Isa 6:13; Da 4:12; Mt 21:19 . The fruit or seeds Le 27:30; Eze 36:30 - Each kind has its own seed for propagating its species Ge 1:11,12 - Often propagated by birds who carry the seeds along with them Eze 17:3,5 - Planted by man Le 19:23 - Each kind of, known by its fruit Mt 12:33 - NOURISHED . By the earth Ge 1:12; 2:9 . By the rain from heaven Isa 44:14 . Through their own sap Ps 104:16 - Specially flourished beside the rivers and streams of water Eze 47:12 - When cut down often sprouted from their roots again Job 14:7 - Were sold with the land on which they grew Ge 23:17 - OFTEN SUFFERED FROM . Locusts Ex 10:5,15; De 28:42 . Hail and frost Ex 9:25; Ps 78:47 . Fire Joe 1:19 . Desolating armies 2Ki 19:23; Isa 10:34 - Afford an agreeable shade in eastern countries during the heat of the day Ge 18:4; Job 40:21 - WERE CUT DOWN . With axes De 19:5; Ps 74:5; Mt 3:10 . For building 2Ki 6:2; 2Ch 2:8,10 . By besieging armies for erecting forts De 20:20; Jer 6:6 . For making idols Isa 40:20; 44:14,17 . For fuel Isa 44:14-16; Mt 3:10 - God increases and multiplies the fruit of, for his people Le 26:4; Eze 34:27; Joe 2:22 - God often renders, barren as a punishment Le 26:20 - Early custom of planting, in consecrated grounds Ge 21:33 - THE JEWS . Prohibited from planting in consecrated places De 16:21 . Prohibited from cutting down fruit bearing, for sieges De 20:19 . Often pitched their tents under Ge 18:1,4; Jud 4:5; 1Sa 22:6 . Often buried under Ge 35:8; 1Sa 21:13 . Often executed criminals on De 21:22,23; Jos 10:26; Ga 3:13; Ge 40:19 . Considered trees on which criminals were executed abominable Isa 14:19 - MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE . Almond Ge 43:11; Ec 12:5; Jer 1:11 . Almug or algum 1Ki 10:11,12; 2Ch 9:10,11 . Apple So 2:3; 8:5; Joe 1:12 . Ash Isa 44:14 . Bay Ps 37:35 . Box Isa 41:19 . Cedar 1Ki 10:27 . Chestnut Eze 31:8 . Cyprus Isa 44:14 . Fig De 8:8 . Fir 1Ki 5:10; 2Ki 19:23; Ps 104:17 . Juniper 1Ki 19:4,5 . Lign-aloes Nu 24:6 . Mulberry 2Sa 5:23,24 . Myrtle Isa 41:19; 55:13; Zec 1:8 . Mustard Mt 13:32 . Oak Isa 1:30 . Oil-tree Isa 41:19 . Olive De 6:11 . Palm Ex 15:27 . Pine Isa 41:19 . Pomegranate De 8:8; Joe 1:12 . Shittah or shittim Ex 36:20; Isa 41:19 . Sycamore 1Ki 10:27; Ps 78:47; Am 7:14; Lu 19:4 . Teil Isa 6:13 . Vine Nu 6:4; Eze 15:2 . Willow Isa 44:4; Eze 17:5 - Solomon wrote the history of 1Ki 4:33 - ILLUSTRATIVE . Of Christ Ro 11:24; Re 2:7; 22:2,14 . Of wisdom Pr 3:18 . Of kings, Isa 10:34; Eze 17:24; 31:7-10; Da 4:10-14 . Of the life and conversation of the righteous Pr 11:30; 15:4 . (Green,) of the innocence of Christ Lu 23:31 . (Good and fruitful,) of saints Nu 24:6; Ps 1:3; Isa 61:3; Jer 17:8; Mt 7:17,18 . (Evergreen,) of saints Ps 1:1-3 . (Duration of,) of continued prosperity of saints Isa 65:22 . (Casting their leaves yet retaining their substance,) of the elect remnant in the church Isa 6:13 . (Barren,) of the wicked Ho 9:16 . (Shaking of the leaves off,) of the terror of the wicked Isa 7:2 . (Producing evil fruit,) of the wicked Mt 7:17-19 . (Dry,) of useless persons Isa 56:3 . (Dry,) of the wicked ripe for judgment Lu 23:31

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Were frequently used as types of kings, or men of wealth and power, Ps 37:35 Isa 2:13 Da 4:10-26 Zec 11:1,2. The "tree of knowledge of good and evil" bore the forbidden fruit, by eating of which Adam fatally increased his knowledge—of good by its loss, of sin and woe by actual experience, Ge 2:9,17. The "tree of life" may have been both an assurance and a means of imparting life, a seal of eternal holiness and bliss, if man had not sinned. Compare Re 22:2.

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(1) Laws Concerning Le 19:23; 27:30; De 16:21; 20:19 (2) Evil, Sinners Compared to Ps 37:35; Mt 7:18; Lu 3:9; Jude 12 (3) Saints as Nu 24:6; Ps 1:3; 52:8; 92:12; Isa 61:3; Jer 17:8; Eze 47:7; Ho 14:6 (4) Varieties Mentioned Almond Nu 17:8; Ec 12:5; Jer 1:11 Aloes Ps 45:8; Pr 7:17; So 4:14; Joh 19:39 Apple So 2:3; 8:5 Ash Isa 44:14 Bay Ps 37:35 Box Isa 41:19 Cedars 1Ki 4:33; 2Ki 14:9; Ps 29:5; 80:10; 104:16; Isa 2:13 Cedars of Lebanon 2Ki 14:9; 2Ch 2:8; Ps 92:12; Isa 40:16; Ho 14:5 Chestnut Eze 31:8 Cypress Isa 44:14 Fig Jud 9:10; 1Ki 4:25; Pr 27:18; Hab 3:17; Mt 21:19; Lu 13:6; 21:29 Joh 1:48; Jas 3:12; Re 6:13 Fir Isa 14:8; 41:19; 55:13; 60:13; Ho 14:8 Juniper 1Ki 19:4 Mulberry 2Sa 5:23 Myrtle Ne 8:15; Isa 41:19; 55:13; Zec 1:8 Oaks Ge 35:4; Jos 24:26; Jud 6:11; 2Sa 18:9; 1Ki 13:14; Isa 1:29; 6:13 Oil Isa 41:19 Olive Jud 9:9; Ps 52:8; Zec 4:3; Ro 11:17; Re 11:4 Palm Ex 15:27; De 34:3; So 7:7; Jer 10:5; Joe 1:12 Pine Isa 41:19 Pomegranate 1Sa 14:2 Shittah Ex 36:20 Sycomore 1Ki 10:27; 1Ch 27:28; Ps 78:47; Isa 9:10; Am 7:14; Lu 19:4 Teil Isa 6:13 Willows Le 23:40; Job 40:22; Ps 137:2; Isa 15:7; 44:4; Eze 17:5