Overview
Throughout Scripture, trees represent spiritual vitality and the consequences of our choices. A righteous person is compared to a well-watered tree, while ungodly influence is shown through barren or corrupt trees. Trees also symbolize God's people, nations, and the effects of living according to God's Word versus human rebellion.
Key Scriptures
"Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither." (Psalm 1:1-3, ESV)
"So every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit." (Matthew 7:17, ESV)
"But he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, that spreads out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat comes, for its leaves shall remain green, and shall not be anxious in the year of drought." (Jeremiah 17:8, ESV)
Application
Evaluate the fruit of your life and choices—are you rooted in God's Word and bearing spiritual fruit, or following worldly counsel that produces corruption?
✦ Scripture References 40 references
✦ Topical Scripture Breakdown 171 verses
(Barren,) of the wicked
(Casting their leaves yet retaining their substance,) of the elect remnant in the church
(Dry,) of the wicked ripe for judgment
(Dry,) of useless persons
(Duration of,) of continued prosperity of saints
(Evergreen,) of saints
(Good and fruitful,) of saints
(Green,) of the innocence of Christ
(Producing evil fruit,) of the wicked
(Shaking of the leaves off,) of the terror of the wicked
Afford an agreeable shade in eastern countries during the heat of the day
Almond
Almug or algum
Apple
Ash
Bay
Bearing fruit
Box
By besieging armies for erecting forts
By the earth
By the rain from heaven
Cedar
Chestnut
Considered trees on which criminals were executed abominable
Cyprus
Deciduous or casting the leaves
Designed to beautify the earth
Desolating armies
Each kind has its own seed for propagating its species
Each kind of, known by its fruit
Early custom of planting, in consecrated grounds
Evergreen
Fig
Fir
Fire
For building
For fuel
For making idols
Given as food to the animal creation
God increases and multiplies the fruit of, for his people
God often renders, barren as a punishment
Hail and frost
Juniper
Lign-aloes
Locusts
Made for the glory of God
Mulberry
Mustard
Myrtle
Oak
Of Christ
Of kings, &c
Of the forest
Of the life and conversation of the righteous
Of the wood
Of various sizes
Of wisdom
Often buried under
Often executed criminals on
Often pitched their tents under
Often propagated by birds who carry the seeds along with them
Oil-tree
Olive
Originally created by God
Palm
Pine
Planted by man
Pomegranate
Prohibited from cutting down fruit bearing, for sieges
Prohibited from planting in consecrated places
Shittah or shittim
Solomon wrote the history of
Specially flourished beside the rivers and streams of water
Sycamore
Teil
The branches
The fruit or seeds
The leaves
The roots
The stem or trunk
The tender shoots
Through their own sap
Vine
Were sold with the land on which they grew
When cut down often sprouted from their roots again
Willow
With axes