Vine, The

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.