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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. 

Song 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 

Song 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 

Song 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. 

Song 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.

Origin and antiquity of 

Ge 9:20.


The design of planting 

Ps 107:37; 1Co 9:7.


Frequently walled or fenced with hedges 

Nu 22:24; Pr 24:31; Isa 5:2,5.


Cottages built in, for the keepers 

Isa 1:8.


Provided with the apparatus for making wine 

Isa 5:2; Mt 21:33.


The stones carefully gathered out of 

Isa 5:2.


Laws respecting
Not to be planted with different kinds of seed. 

De 22:9.


Not to be cultivated in the Sabbatical year. 

Ex 23:11; Le 25:4.


The spontaneous fruit of, not to be gathered during the sabbatical year. 

Le 25:5,11.


Compensation in kind to be made for injury done to. 

Ex 22:5.


Strangers entering, allowed to eat fruit of, but not to take any away. 

De 23:24.


The gleaning of, to be left for the poor. 

Le 19:10; De 24:21.


The fruit of new, not to be eaten for three years. 

Le 19:23.


The fruit of new, to be holy to the Lord in the fourth year. 

Le 19:24.


The fruit of new, to be eaten by the owners from the fifth year. 

Le 19:25.


Planters of, not liable to military service till they had eaten of the fruit. 

De 20:6.



Frequently let out to husbandmen 

Song 8:11; Mt 21:33.


Rent of, frequently paid by part of the fruit 

Mt 21:34.


Were often mortgaged 

Ne 5:3,4.


Estimated rent of 

Song 8:11; Isa 7:23.


Estimated profit arising from, to the cultivators 

Song 8:12.


The poor engaged in the culture of 

2Ki 25:12; Isa 61:5.


Members of the family often wrought in 

Song 1:6; Mt 21:28-30.


Mode of hiring and paying labourers for working in 

Mt 20:1,2.


Of the kings of Israel superintended by officers of the state 

1Ch 27:27.


The vintage or ingathering of
Was a time of great rejoicing. 

Isa 16:10.


Sometimes continued to the time of sowing seed. 

Le 26:5.


Failure in, occasioned great grief. 

Isa 16:9,10.



Of red grapes particularly esteemed 

Isa 27:2.


The produce of, was frequently destroyed by enemies 

Jer 48:32.


The whole produce of, often destroyed by insects, &c 

De 28:39; Am 4:9.


In unfavourable seasons produced but little wine 

Isa 5:10; Hag 1:9,11.


The wicked judicially deprived of the enjoyment of 

Am 5:11; Zep 1:13.


The Rechabites forbidden to plant 

Jer 35:7-9.


Of the slothful man neglected and laid waste 

Pr 24:30,31.


Illustrative
Of the Jewish Church. 

Isa 5:7; 27:2; Jer 12:10; Mt 21:23.


(Failure of,) of severe calamities. 

Isa 32:10.


(Cleaning grapes of,) of the elect. 

Isa 24:13.

God often made known his will by 

Ps 89:19.


God especially made himself known to prophets by 

Nu 12:6.


Often accompanied
A representative of the divine person and glory. 

Isa 6:1.


An audible voice from heaven. 

Ge 15:1; 1Sa 3:4,5.


An appearance of angels. 

Lu 1:22,11; 24:23; Ac 10:3.


An appearance of human beings. 

Ac 9:12; 16:9.



Frequently difficult and perplexing to those who received them 

Da 7:15; 8:15; Ac 10:17.


Often communicated
In the night season. 

Ge 46:2; Da 2:19.


In a trance. 

Nu 24:16; Ac 11:5.



Often recorded for the benefit of the people 

Hab 2:2.


Often multiplied for the benefit of the people 

Ho 12:10.


Mentioned in scripture
To Abraham. 

Ge 15:1.


To Jacob. 

Ge 46:2.


To Moses. 

Ex 3:2,3; Ac 7:30-32.


To Samuel. 

1Sa 3:2-15.


To Nathan. 

2Sa 7:4,17.


To Eliphaz. 

Job 4:13-16.


To Isaiah. 

Isa 6:1-8.


To Ezekiel (See chapters 10, 40-48 of Ezekiel). 

Eze 1:4-14; 8:2-14; 11:24,25; 37:1-10.


To Nebuchadnezzar. 

Da 2:28; Da 4:5.


To Daniel (See chapters 7, 8, and 10 of Daniel). 

Da 2:19.


To Amos. 

Am 7:1-9; 8:1-6; 9:1.


To Zechariah. 

Zec 1:8; 3:1; 4:2; 5:2; 6:1.


To Paul. 

Ac 9:3,6; 16:9; 18:9; 22:18; 27:23; 2Ch 12:1-4.


To Ananias. 

Ac 9:10,11.


To Cornelius. 

Ac 10:3.


To Peter. 

Ac 10:9-17.


To John (See also Rev chapters 4 - 22). 

Re 1:12.



Sometimes withheld for a long season 

1Sa 3:1.


The withholding of a great calamity 

Pr 29:18; La 2:9.


False prophets pretended to have seen 

Jer 14:14; 23:16.


The prophets of God skilled in interpreting 

2Ch 26:5; Da 1:17.

Solemn promises made to God 

Ps 76:11.


Were made in reference to
Devoting the person to God. 

Nu 6:2.


Dedicating children to God. 

1Sa 1:11.


Devoting property to God. 

Ge 28:22.


Offering sacrifices. 

Le 7:16; 22:18:22; Nu 15:3.


Afflicting the soul. 

Nu 30:13.



To be voluntary 

De 23:21,22.


To be performed faithfully 

Nu 30:2.


To be performed without delay 

De 23:21,23.


Danger of inconsiderately making 

Pr 20:25.


Of children void without the consent of parents 

Nu 30:3-5.


Of married women void without consent of husbands 

Nu 30:6-8,10-13.


Of widows and women divorced from their husbands binding 

Nu 30:9.


Of wives, could only be objected to at the time of making 

Nu 30:14,15.


Might be redeemed by paying a suitable compensation 

Le 27:1-8,11-23.


Clean beasts the subjects of, not to be redeemed 

Le 27:9,10.


Recorded in scripture
Of Jacob. 

Ge 28:20-22; 31:13.


Of Israelites. 

Nu 21:2.


Of Jephthah. 

Jdj 11:30,31.


Of Hannah. 

1Sa 1:1.


Of Elkanah. 

1Sa 1:24.


Of David. 

Ps 132:2-5.


Of mariners who cast out Jonah. 

Jon 1:16.


Of Jonah. 

Jon 2:9.


Of Lemuel's mother. 

Pr 31:1,2.


Of Paul. 

Ac 18:18.


Of certain Jews with Paul. 

Ac 21:23,24,26.



All things dedicated by, to be brought to the tabernacle 

De 12:6,11,17,18,26.


Of things corrupt or blemished an insult to God 

Le 22:23; Mal 1:14.


The hire of a prostitute or price of a dog could not be the subject of 

De 23:18.

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