Romans 11:16

God's Word

If the first handful of dough is holy, the whole batch of dough is holy. If the root is holy, the branches are holy.

Cross References

Genesis 17:7

I will make my promise to you and your descendants for generations to come as an everlasting promise. I will be your God and the God of your descendants.

Exodus 22:29

“Never withhold your best wine from me. “You must give me your firstborn son.

Exodus 23:16

“Celebrate the Festival of the Harvest with the first produce harvested from whatever you plant in your fields. “Celebrate the Festival of the Final Harvest at the end of the year when you harvest your crops from the fields.

Exodus 23:19

“You must bring the best of the first produce harvested from your soil to the house of the Lord your God. “Never cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

Proverbs 3:9

Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the first and best part of all your income.

Jeremiah 2:21

I planted you like a choice grapevine from the very best seed. Now you have turned against me and have become a wild vine.

Ezekiel 44:30

The priests should have the best of all the first ripened fruits. The best of every gift from all your contributions must go to the priests. The best of your dough must go to the priests. This will cause a blessing to rest on your home.

Leviticus 23:10

“Tell the Israelites: When you come to the land I am going to give you and you harvest grain, bring the priest a bundle of the first grain you harvest.

Romans 11:17

But some of the olive branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive branch, have been grafted in their place. You get your nourishment from the roots of the olive tree.

Romans 8:23

However, not only creation groans. We, who have the Spirit as the first of God’s gifts, also groan inwardly. We groan as we eagerly wait for our adoption, the freeing of our bodies ⌞from sin⌟.

1 Corinthians 7:14

Actually, the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and an unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. Otherwise, their children would be unacceptable ⌞to God⌟, but now they are acceptable to him.

Deuteronomy 18:4

Also, give them the first produce harvested: grain, new wine, olive oil, and the first wool you shear from your sheep.

Deuteronomy 26:10

So now I’ve brought the first produce harvested from the fields you gave me, Lord.” You will place the basket in the presence of the Lord your God and bow down in front of him.

James 1:18

God decided to give us life through the word of truth to make us his most important creatures.

Revelation 14:4

These 144,000 virgins are pure. They follow the lamb wherever he goes. They were bought from among humanity as the first ones offered to God and to the lamb.