Judges 9:15

Tree of Life Version

And the bramble said to the trees, ‘If you truly are going to anoint me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shadow; but if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon.’

Cross References

2 Kings 14:9

But King Jehoash of Israel sent word to King Amaziah of Judah, saying, “The briar in Lebanon sent word to the cedar in Lebanon saying: ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ But a wild beast in Lebanon passed by and trampled down the briar.

Psalm 104:16

The trees of Adonai are satisfied, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted,

Psalm 29:5

The voice of Adonai breaks the cedars. Yes, Adonai shatters cedars of Lebanon.

Isaiah 1:31

So the strong will become tinder and his work like a spark— both will burn together, and no one will quench them.

Isaiah 2:13

against all the cedars of Lebanon that are lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan,

Isaiah 30:2

who go down to Egypt, but did not consult Me, to take refuge in Pharaoh’s stronghold, to seek shelter in Egypt’s shadow.

Isaiah 37:24

Through your servants, you have blasphemed my Lord and said: ‘With my many chariots I have climbed to the heights of the mountains, to the remotest parts of Lebanon! I cut down its tall cedars and choice cypress trees. I have gone to its farthest peak, its thickest forest.

Lamentations 4:20

The anointed of Adonai, the breath of our nostrils, was captured in their pits, of whom we have said, “Under His shadow we will live among the nations.”

Ezekiel 19:14

Fire has spread from its main branch and devoured its fruit. No strong branch is left on it to become a ruler’s scepter.” This is a lamentation, and it is to be used as a lamentation.

Ezekiel 31:3

Behold, Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches shadowing the forest, of lofty height. Its top was in leafy branches.

Daniel 4:12

Yet leave a stump with its roots in the earth, in fetters of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be damp with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the animals in the grass of the earth.

Hosea 14:7

His tender shoots will spread out. His beauty will be like an olive tree and his fragrance will be like Lebanon.

Numbers 21:28

For fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon! It consumed Ar of Moab, the masters of Arnon’s heights!

Matthew 13:32

It’s the smallest of all seeds; yet when it’s full grown, it’s greater than the other herbs. It becomes like a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”

Judges 9:14

Then all the trees said to the bramble, ‘You come and reign over us.’

Judges 9:16

“So now, if you have acted in truth and integrity by making Abimelech king, and if you have dealt kindly with Jerubbaal and his household, and have done for him as he deserved—

Judges 9:20

But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and devour the lords of Shechem and Beth-millo, and let fire come out from the lords of Shechem and from Beth-millo and devour Abimelech!”

Judges 9:44

Then Abimelech and the column that was with him rushed forward and stood at the entrance of the city gate, and the other two columns rushed on all who were in the open field and struck them down.

Judges 9:49

So all the people likewise each cut down his branch and followed Abimelech. He laid them against the vault and set the vault on fire over them. So all the people of Shechem’s Tower also died—about a thousand men and women.