84 Bible Verses About Wood
Bible verses about Wood
Delve into the scriptural significance of wood and uncover profound spiritual truths woven throughout its presence in the Bible. From the Ark of Noah, crafted from gopher wood for salvation, to the very Cross of Calvary, wood symbolizes both provision and sacrifice. Understanding the references to wood in scripture offers insight into God's creative power, His provision for humanity, and the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Through these verses, we can appreciate how God uses earthly materials for divine purposes, reminding us that even the most humble elements can be instruments of His grace and redemption. Let the Word illuminate the deeper meaning behind this seemingly simple material.
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Exodus 37:15 (KJV)
And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.
Wood in the Bible: Verses on Trees & Timber
And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall.
And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof:
And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver.
King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the Lord, and for the porch of the house.
And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the Lord, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.
Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.
And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same.
The Lord shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt.
Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:
And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.
Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,
The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.
And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.
And they two made a covenant before the Lord: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.
And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.
For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
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.
Wherefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.
And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:
The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.
And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth–shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the Lord.
And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.
And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.
And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward.
And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand.
And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
And the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:
He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings.
And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under:
And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.
And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.
And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:)
And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood,
And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire:
And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.
But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.
Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.
And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king’s house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.
And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood,
And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work.
And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.
Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing up.
And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other.
And build an altar unto the Lord thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.
And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.
So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
From the humble construction of Noah's Ark to the ultimate sacrifice on the cross, wood holds a profound symbolic weight throughout the Bible. These verses illustrate its multifaceted nature: as a practical resource for building and fuel, a tangible representation of idols, and most significantly, the instrument of salvation. Reflecting upon these passages, we recognize the transformative power inherent even in the most ordinary of materials. The wood of the cross, initially a symbol of death and shame, became the cornerstone of redemption, offering eternal life to believers. Let us, therefore, consider how God can use seemingly simple or even discarded things in our own lives for His glory, and how we can embrace the lessons of humility and sacrifice embodied in the wood of the cross.