Judges 9:8

New King James Version

“The trees once went forth to anoint a king over them. And they said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us!’

Cross References

2 Kings 14:9

And Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as wife’; and a wild beast that was in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.

2 Chronicles 25:18

And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as wife’; and a wild beast that was in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.

1 Corinthians 12:15

If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not of the body?

Judges 9:7

Now when they told Jotham, he went and stood on top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted his voice and cried out. And he said to them: “Listen to me, you men of Shechem, That God may listen to you!

Judges 9:9

But the olive tree said to them, ‘Should I cease giving my oil, With which they honor God and men, And go to sway over trees?’