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Vineyards

Vineyards in Scripture represent both God's blessing and judgment, serving as metaphors for spiritual fruitfulness and covenant faithfulness. They illustrate principles of stewardship, labor, and the consequences of neglect or disobedience.

Overview

Vineyards held significant economic and spiritual importance in biblical culture. Scripture uses vineyards as symbols of God's people, blessings, and accountability. They required careful cultivation, protection, and investment—making them ideal illustrations of spiritual truths about growth, judgment, and restoration.

Key Scriptures

"He looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes" (Isaiah 5:2, ESV). "I had a vineyard of my own; the thousand shekels are for you, O Solomon, and two hundred are for those who keep its fruit" (Song of Solomon 8:11-12, ESV). "A certain landowner planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants" (Matthew 21:33, ESV).

Application

Just as vineyards require intentional cultivation and protection to bear fruit, believers must cultivate spiritual disciplines and guard against sin to grow in Christ-likeness and produce fruit pleasing to God.

Scripture References 40

Isaiah 24:13 Isaiah 32:10 Exodus 22:5 Isaiah 1:8 Song of Solomon 8:12 Song of Solomon 8:11 Isaiah 7:23 Isaiah 16:9 Isaiah 16:10 Song of Solomon 8:11 Matthew 21:33 Numbers 22:24 Proverbs 24:31 Isaiah 5:2 Isaiah 5:5 Isaiah 5:10 Haggai 1:9 Haggai 1:11 Matthew 21:28 Matthew 21:29 Matthew 21:30 Song of Solomon 1:6 Matthew 20:1 Matthew 20:2 Exodus 23:11 Leviticus 25:4 Deuteronomy 22:9 Isaiah 27:2 Isaiah 5:7 Isaiah 27:2 Jeremiah 12:10 Matthew 21:23 1 Chronicles 27:27 Proverbs 24:30 Proverbs 24:31 Genesis 9:20 Deuteronomy 20:6 Isaiah 5:2 Matthew 21:33 Matthew 21:34

Full Topical Reference List 65 total — Nave's Topical Bible

(Cleaning grapes of,) of the elect

Isaiah 24:13

(Failure of,) of severe calamities

Isaiah 32:10

Compensation in kind to be made for injury done to

Exodus 22:5

Cottages built in, for the keepers

Isaiah 1:8

Estimated profit arising from, to the cultivators

Song of Solomon 8:12

Estimated rent of

Isaiah 7:23 Song of Solomon 8:11

Failure in, occasioned great grief

Isaiah 16:9 Isaiah 16:10

Frequently let out to husbandmen

Matthew 21:33 Song of Solomon 8:11

Frequently walled or fenced with hedges

Isaiah 5:2 Isaiah 5:5 Numbers 22:24 Proverbs 24:31

In unfavourable seasons produced but little wine

Haggai 1:9 Haggai 1:11 Isaiah 5:10

Members of the family often wrought in

Matthew 21:28 Matthew 21:29 Matthew 21:30 Song of Solomon 1:6

Mode of hiring and paying labourers for working in

Matthew 20:1 Matthew 20:2

Not to be cultivated in the Sabbatical year

Exodus 23:11 Leviticus 25:4

Not to be planted with different kinds of seed

Deuteronomy 22:9

Of red grapes particularly esteemed

Isaiah 27:2

Of the Jewish Church

Isaiah 5:7 Isaiah 27:2 Jeremiah 12:10 Matthew 21:23

Of the kings of Israel superintended by officers of the state

1 Chronicles 27:27

Of the slothful man neglected and laid waste

Proverbs 24:30 Proverbs 24:31

Origin and antiquity of

Genesis 9:20

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

Deuteronomy 20:6

Provided with the apparatus for making wine

Isaiah 5:2 Matthew 21:33

Rent of, frequently paid by part of the fruit

Matthew 21:34

Sometimes continued to the time of sowing seed

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

Deuteronomy 23:24

The design of planting

1 Corinthians 9:7 Psalms 107:37

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

Leviticus 19:23

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

Leviticus 19:25

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

Leviticus 19:24

The gleaning of, to be left for the poor

Deuteronomy 24:21 Leviticus 19:10

The poor engaged in the culture of

2 Kings 25:12 Isaiah 61:5

The produce of, was frequently destroyed by enemies

The Rechabites forbidden to plant

Jeremiah 35:7 Jeremiah 35:8 Jeremiah 35:9

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

Leviticus 25:5 Leviticus 25:11

The stones carefully gathered out of

Isaiah 5:2

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

Amos 4:9 Deuteronomy 28:39

The wicked judicially deprived of the enjoyment of

Amos 5:11 Zephaniah 1:13

Was a time of great rejoicing

Isaiah 16:10

Were often mortgaged

Nehemiah 5:3 Nehemiah 5:4

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