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Judges 9:11

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But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?

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  1. Judges 9:9

    But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

  2. Judges 9:10

    And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.

  3. Judges 9:12

    Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.

  4. Judges 9:13

    And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.