Ezekiel 15:2

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Ezekiel 15:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

2 “Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any other branch among the trees in the forest?

3 Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can one make from it a peg on which to hang utensils?

4 No, it is cast into the fire for fuel. The fire devours both ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?

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Deuteronomy 32:32

But their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are bitter.

Deuteronomy 32:33

Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras.

Psalms 80:8

You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.

Psalms 80:9

You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.

Psalms 80:10

The mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches.

Psalms 80:11

It sent out its branches to the Sea, and its shoots toward the River.

Psalms 80:12

Why have You broken down its walls, so that all who pass by pick its fruit?

Psalms 80:13

The boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.

Psalms 80:14

Return, O God of Hosts, we pray! Look down from heaven and see! Attend to this vine—

Psalms 80:15

the root Your right hand has planted, the son You have raised up for Yourself.

Psalms 80:16

Your vine has been cut down and burned; they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.

Song of Solomon 2:13

The fig tree ripens its figs; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come away, my darling; come away with me, my beautiful one.”

Song of Solomon 2:15

Catch for us the foxes— the little foxes that ruin the vineyards— for our vineyards are in bloom.

Song of Solomon 6:11

I went down to the walnut grove to see the blossoms of the valley, to see if the vines were budding or the pomegranates were in bloom.

Song of Solomon 7:12

Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vine has budded, if the blossom has opened, if the pomegranates are in bloom— there I will give you my love.

Song of Solomon 8:11

Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver.

Song of Solomon 8:12

But my own vineyard is mine to give; the thousand shekels are for you, O Solomon, and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit.

Isaiah 5:1

I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.

Isaiah 5:2

He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!

Isaiah 5:3

“And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard.

Isaiah 5:4

What more could I have done for My vineyard than I already did for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit?

Isaiah 5:5

Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled.

Isaiah 5:6

I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”

Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.

Jeremiah 2:21

I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?

Hosea 10:1

Israel was a luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better he made the sacred pillars.

Matthew 21:33

Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.

Matthew 21:34

When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit.

Matthew 21:35

But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

Matthew 21:36

Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group. But the tenants did the same to them.

Matthew 21:37

Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

Matthew 21:38

But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’

Matthew 21:39

So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

Matthew 21:40

Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants?”

Matthew 21:41

“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.”

Mark 12:1

Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.

Mark 12:2

At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard.

Mark 12:3

But they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

Mark 12:4

Then he sent them another servant, and they struck him over the head and treated him shamefully.

Mark 12:5

He sent still another, and this one they killed. He sent many others; some they beat and others they killed.

Mark 12:6

Finally, having one beloved son, he sent him to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

Mark 12:7

But the tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

Mark 12:8

So they seized the son, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.

Mark 12:9

What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants, and will give the vineyard to others.

Luke 20:9

Then He proceeded to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it out to some tenants, and went away for a long time.

Luke 20:10

At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.

Luke 20:11

So he sent another servant, but they beat him and treated him shamefully, sending him away empty-handed.

Luke 20:12

Then he sent a third, but they wounded him and threw him out.

Luke 20:13

‘What shall I do?’ asked the owner of the vineyard. ‘I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.’

Luke 20:14

But when the tenants saw the son, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

Luke 20:15

So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

Luke 20:16

He will come and kill those tenants, and will give the vineyard to others.” And when the people heard this, they said, “May such a thing never happen!”

John 15:1

“I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.

John 15:2

He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.

John 15:3

You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.

John 15:4

Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.

John 15:5

I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.

John 15:6

If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.

Isaiah 44:23

Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel.

Micah 3:12

Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.

Zechariah 11:2

Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees are ruined! Wail, O oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has been cut down!