Often Grew Wild Romans 11:17

Cultivated

In olive yards 1 Samuel 8:14, Nehemiah 5:11

Among rocks Deuteronomy 32:13

On the sides of mountains Matthew 21:1

Canaan Abounded In Deuteronomy 6:11, 8:8

Assyria Abounded In 2 Kings 18:32

Kings of Israel Largely Cultivated 1 Chronicles 27:28

Described As

Green Jeremiah 11:16

Fair and beautiful Jeremiah 11:16, Hosea 14:6

Fat and unctuous Judges 9:9, Romans 11:17

Bearing goodly fruit Jeremiah 11:16, James 3:12

Grafting Of, Alluded To Romans 11:24

Pruning Of, Alluded To Romans 11:18, 19

Often Cast Its Flowers Job 15:33

Often Cast Its Fruit Deuteronomy 28:40

Often Suffered from Caterpillars Amos 4:9

Good for the Service of God and Man Judges 9:9

Oil Procured From Exodus 27:20, Deuteronomy 8:8

Used for Making

The cherubim in the temple 1 Kings 6:23

The doors and posts of the temple 1 Kings 6:31-33

Booths at feast of tabernacles Nehemiah 8:15

Beaten to Remove the Fruit Deuteronomy 24:20

Shaken When Fully Ripe Isaiah 17:6

Gleaning Of, Left for the Poor Deuteronomy 24:20

Fruit of, during sabbatical year left for the poor, &c Exodus 23:11

The fruit of, trodden in presses to extract the oil Micah 6:15, Haggai 2:16

Failure Of, a Great Calamity Habakkuk 3:17, 18

Illustrative

Of Christ Romans 11:17, 24, Zechariah 4:3, 12

Of the Jewish church Jeremiah 11:16

Of the righteous Psalm 52:8, Hosea 14:6

Of children of pious parents Psalm 128:3

Of the two witnesses Revelation 11:3, 4

(When wild,) of the Gentiles Romans 11:17, 24

(Gleaning of,) of the remnant of grace Isaiah 17:6, 24:13

Probably origin of its being the emblem of peace Genesis 8:11