17 Bible Verses About Trees

To seek the wisdom embedded in creation, ponder the trees that grace the sacred pages of scripture. They are not mere backdrop but potent symbols mirroring the life of faith, its deep roots, its steady growth, and the fruit it is called to bear. To understand these scriptural mentions is to unlock insights into divine design, human flourishing, and the eternal purposes unfolded through the visible world. These verses offer profound lessons on resilience, trust, and the nourishment available to those who are rooted in truth, guiding our contemplation toward a life verdant with grace and understanding.

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Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.

Finding Wisdom: Bible Verses About Trees

And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure

Genesis 23:17KJV

The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.

Judges 9:8KJV

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

Judges 9:10KJV

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

Judges 9:12KJV

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

Judges 9:14KJV

And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.

Judges 9:15KJV

And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.

Judges 9:48KJV

Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

Leviticus 26:4KJV

And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.

Leviticus 26:20KJV

As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river’s side, as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.

Numbers 24:6KJV

Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

Deuteronomy 16:21KJV

When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man’s life) to employ them in the siege:

Deuteronomy 20:19KJV

Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.

Deuteronomy 20:20KJV

All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.

Deuteronomy 28:42KJV

And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.

Joshua 10:26KJV

And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave’s mouth, which remain until this very day.

Joshua 10:27KJV

For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.

1 Kings 14:23KJV

Let these scriptural branches, rooted deeply in the divine narrative, remind us that the tree in its myriad forms serves as a persistent parable. From the tree of life in Eden to the cross upon which our salvation hung, and thence to the healing leaves in the eschatological vision, the tree stands as a vibrant symbol of God's creative power, enduring truth, and the flourishing life available to those who are planted by streams of water. Contemplate these verses: may they inspire a steadfastness like the oak, a fruitfulness like the vine, and a constant turning towards the light, mirroring the quiet witness of the forest floor towards the heavens above. Thus, in the silent strength and generous yield of the tree, we find echoes of spiritual wisdom and a call to bear good fruit in our own lives, planted firmly in faith.