Judges 9:8

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

The trees went to anoint a king over them. And they said to the olive-tree: Reign thou over us.

Cross References

2 Kings 14:9

And Joas king of Israel sent again to Amasias king of Juda, saying: A thistle of Libanus sent to a cedar-tree, which is in Libanus, saying: Give thy daughter to my son to wife. And the beasts of the forest, that are in Libanus, passed and trod down the thistle.

Judges 9:7

This being told to Joatham, he went and stood on the top of mount Garizim. And lifting up his voice, he cried, and said: Hear me, ye men of Sichem, so may God hear you.

Judges 9:9

And it answered: Can I leave my fatness, which both gods and men make use of, to come to be promoted among the trees?

2 Chronicles 25:18

But he sent back the messengers, saying: The thistle that is in Libanus sent to the cedar in Libanus, saying: Give thy daughter to my son to wife. And behold, the beasts that were in the wood of Libanus passed by, and trod down the thistle.

1 Corinthians 12:15

If the foot should say, because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?