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 ground
s 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