Topic
Roots
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Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose trust Yahweh is. — read the full passage →
As therefore you received Christ Jesus, the Lord, walk in him, — read the full passage →
He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.
They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.
that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man; — read the full passage →
looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it;
He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow. — read the full passage →
When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat comes, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
If the first fruit is holy, so is the lump. If the root is holy, so are the branches.
When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
Thus was it beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its root was by many waters.
It will happen in that day that the nations will seek the root of Jesse, who stands as a banner of the peoples; and his resting place will be glorious.
Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me. — read the full passage →
yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
Say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up its roots, and cut off its fruit, that it may wither; that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? and not by a strong arm or many people can it be raised from its roots.
He puts his hand on the flinty rock, and he overturns the mountains by the roots.
But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them, and became partaker with them of the root and of the richness of the olive tree;
Those whose root is in Amalek came out of Ephraim, after you, Benjamin, among your peoples. Governors come down out of Machir. Those who handle the marshal’s staff came out of Zebulun.
These are hidden rocky reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you, shepherds who without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn leaves without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
“Even now the ax lies at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.
A shoot will come out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will bear fruit.
I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify these things to you for the assemblies. I am the root and the offspring of David; the Bright and Morning Star.”
I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.
The remnant that has escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock.
One of the elders said to me, “Don’t weep. Behold, the Lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome; he who opens the book and its seven seals.”
to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree. He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
It grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and its roots were under him: so it became a vine, and produced branches, and shot out sprigs.
Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers; — read the full passage →
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love, — read the full passage →
Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of the sky: and let his portion be with the animals in the grass of the earth:
Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with beautiful branches, and with a forest-like shade, and of high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.
There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and behold, this vine bent its roots toward him, and shot out its branches toward him, from the beds of its plantation, that he might water it.
His roots are wrapped around the rock pile. He sees the place of stones.
You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness. — read the full passage →
Don’t you know that you are a temple of God, and that God’s Spirit lives in you?
But out of a shoot from her roots shall one stand up in his place, who shall come to the army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail.
may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever: yet have you brought up my life from the pit, Yahweh my God.
Whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the roots of the tree; your kingdom shall be sure to you, after that you shall have known that the heavens do rule.
You have planted them, yes, they have taken root; they grow, yes, they produce fruit: you are near in their mouth, and far from their heart.
This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,
Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.
As therefore you received Christ Jesus, the Lord, walk in him,
But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them, and became partaker with them of the root and of the richness of the olive tree; — read the full passage →
giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light; — read the full passage →
in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord; — read the full passage →
In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.
As therefore you received Christ Jesus, the Lord, walk in him, — read the full passage →
if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s farming, God’s building.
We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock. — read the full passage →
These are the words of the covenant which Yahweh commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant which he made with them in Horeb. — read the full passage →
But you, beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →
giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;
For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s farming, God’s building. — read the full passage →
I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots: and behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.
Whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from the sky, and saying, Cut down the tree, and destroy it; nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field, and let it be wet with the dew of the sky: and let his portion be with the animals of the field, until seven times pass over him;
Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as the dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; because they have rejected the law of Yahweh of Armies, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
They are planted in Yahweh’s house. They will flourish in our God’s courts.
They pluck salt herbs by the bushes. The roots of the broom are their food.
His roots shall be dried up beneath. Above shall his branch be cut off.
Nebuchadnezzar the king, to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you. — read the full passage →
I will put cedar, acacia, myrtle, and oil trees in the wilderness. I will set fir trees, pine, and box trees together in the desert; — read the full passage →
Through him, then, let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →
Now he who establishes us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God;
You shall not plant for yourselves an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Yahweh your God, which you shall make for yourselves.
Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,
if indeed you heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:
The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →
But he answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.
For though the fig tree doesn’t flourish, nor fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive fails, the fields yield no food; the flocks are cut off from the fold, and there is no herd in the stalls:
Your doom has come to you, inhabitant of the land: the time has come, the day is near, a day of tumult, and not of joyful shouting, on the mountains.
Who has believed our message? To whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed? — read the full passage →
Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →
But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,
Your people also shall be all righteous; they shall inherit the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious. — read the full passage →
giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;
Now in those days, a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled. — read the full passage →
in the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it; and it shall produce boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all birds of every wing; in the shade of its branches shall they dwell. — read the full passage →
comfort your hearts and establish you in every good work and word.
that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,
being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone; — read the full passage →
Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them.
Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
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