VINE, THE

- Often found wild 2Ki 4:39; Ho 9:10 - CULTIVATED . In vineyards from the time of Noah Ge 9:20 . On the sides of hills Jer 31:5 . In the valleys So 6:11 . By the walls of houses Ps 128:3 - Required to be dressed and pruned to increase its fruitfulness Le 25:3; 2Ch 26:10; Isa 18:5 - Canaan abounded in De 6:11; 8:8 - PLACES CELEBRATED FOR . Eshcol Nu 13:23,24 . Sibmah Isa 16:8,9 . Lebanon Ho 14:7 . Egypt Ps 78:47; 80:8 - The dwarf and spreading vine particularly esteemed Eze 17:6 - Of Sodom bad and unfit for use De 32:32 - Often degenerated Isa 5:2; Jer 2:21 - Frequently injured by hail and frost Ps 78:47; 105:32,33 - Foxes destructive to So 2:15 - The wild boar destructive to Ps 80:13 - THE FRUIT OF . Called grapes Ge 40:10 . Peculiarly sour when unripe Jer 31:30 . Eaten fresh from the tree De 23:24 . Eaten dried 1Sa 25:18; 30:12 . Sold in the markets Ne 13:15 . Made into wine De 32:14; Mt 26:29 - The wood of, fit only for burning Eze 15:2-5 - Young cattle fed on its leaves and tender shoots Ge 49:11 - Probably produced two crops of fruit in the year Nu 13:20 - Perfumed the air with the fragrance of its flowers So 2:13; Ho 14:7 - God made, fruitful for his people when obedient Joe 2:22; Zec 8:12 - Frequently made unfruitful as a punishment Jer 8:13; Ho 2:12; Joe 1:7,12; Hag 2:19 - Sometimes cast its fruit before it came to perfection Job 15:33; Mal 3:11 - Nazarites prohibited eating any part of Nu 6:3,4 - ILLUSTRATIVE . Of Christ Joh 15:1,2 . Of Israel Ps 80:8; Isa 5:2,7 . (Its fruitful branches,) of saints Joh 15:5 . (Of unfruitful branches,) of mere professors Joh 15:2,6 . (Its quick growth,) of the growth of saints in grace Ho 14:7 . (Its rich clusters,) of the graces of the church So 7:8 . (Pruning of,) of God's purifying his people by afflictions Joh 15:2 . (Worthlessness of its wood,) of the unprofitableness, of the wicked Eze 15:6,7 . (Unfruitful,) of the wicked Ho 10:1 . (Sitting under one's own) of peace and prosperity 1Ki 4:25; Mic 4:4; Zec 3:10 - Proverbial allusion to fathers eating the unripe fruit of Jer 31:29,30; Eze 18:2