Bible Cross References
the apple tree
Song of Songs 8:5
Who is this coming from the desert, arm in arm with her lover? Under the apple tree I woke you, in the place where you were born.
Isaiah 4:2
The time is coming when the LORD will make every plant and tree in the land grow large and beautiful. All the people of Israel who survive will take delight and pride in the crops that the land produces.
Ezekiel 17:23
on Israel's highest mountain. It will grow branches and bear seed and become a magnificent cedar. Birds of every kind will live there and find shelter in its shade.
Ezekiel 17:24
All the trees in the land will know that I am the LORD. I cut down the tall trees and make small trees grow tall. I wither up the green trees and make the dry trees become green. I, the LORD, have spoken. I will do what I have said I would do."
John 15:1-8
1
"I am the real vine, and my Father is the gardener.
2
He breaks off every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and he prunes every branch that does bear fruit, so that it will be clean and bear more fruit.
3
You have been made clean already by the teaching I have given you.
4
Remain united to me, and I will remain united to you. A branch cannot bear fruit by itself; it can do so only if it remains in the vine. In the same way you cannot bear fruit unless you remain in me.
5
"I am the vine, and you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will bear much fruit; for you can do nothing without me.
6
Those who do not remain in me are thrown out like a branch and dry up; such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, where they are burned.
7
If you remain in me and my words remain in you, then you will ask for anything you wish, and you shall have it.
8
My Father's glory is shown by your bearing much fruit; and in this way you become my disciples.
my beloved
Song of Songs 5:9
Most beautiful of women, is your lover different from everyone else? What is there so wonderful about him that we should give you our promise?
Song of Songs 5:10
My lover is handsome and strong; he is one in ten thousand.
Song of Songs 5:16
His mouth is sweet to kiss; everything about him enchants me. This is what my lover is like, women of Jerusalem.
Psalm 45:2
You are the most handsome of men; you are an eloquent speaker. God has always blessed you.
Psalm 89:6
No one in heaven is like you, LORD; none of the heavenly beings is your equal.
John 1:14-18
14
The Word became a human being and, full of grace and truth, lived among us. We saw his glory, the glory which he received as the Father's only Son.
15
John spoke about him. He cried out, "This is the one I was talking about when I said, 'He comes after me, but he is greater than I am, because he existed before I was born.' "
16
Out of the fullness of his grace he has blessed us all, giving us one blessing after another.
17
God gave the Law through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
18
No one has ever seen God. The only Son, who is the same as God and is at the Father's side, he has made him known.
John 3:29-31
29
The bridegroom is the one to whom the bride belongs; but the bridegroom's friend, who stands by and listens, is glad when he hears the bridegroom's voice. This is how my own happiness is made complete.
30
He must become more important while I become less important."
31
He who comes from above is greater than all. He who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly matters, but he who comes from heaven is above all.
Hebrews 1:1-6
1
In the past God spoke to our ancestors many times and in many ways through the prophets,
2
but in these last days he has spoken to us through his Son. He is the one through whom God created the universe, the one whom God has chosen to possess all things at the end.
3
He reflects the brightness of God's glory and is the exact likeness of God's own being, sustaining the universe with his powerful word. After achieving forgiveness for the sins of all human beings, he sat down in heaven at the right side of God, the Supreme Power.
4
The Son was made greater than the angels, just as the name that God gave him is greater than theirs.
5
For God never said to any of his angels, "You are my Son; today I have become your Father." Nor did God say about any angel, "I will be his Father, and he will be my Son."
6
But when God was about to send his first-born Son into the world, he said, "All of God's angels must worship him."
Hebrews 3:1-6
1
My Christian friends, who also have been called by God! Think of Jesus, whom God sent to be the High Priest of the faith we profess.
2
He was faithful to God, who chose him to do this work, just as Moses was faithful in his work in God's house.
3
A man who builds a house receives more honor than the house itself. In the same way Jesus is worthy of much greater honor than Moses.
4
Every house, of course, is built by someone---and God is the one who has built all things.
5
Moses was faithful in God's house as a servant, and he spoke of the things that God would say in the future.
6
But Christ is faithful as the Son in charge of God's house. We are his house if we keep up our courage and our confidence in what we hope for.
Hebrews 7:23-26
23
There is another difference: there were many of those other priests, because they died and could not continue their work.
24
But Jesus lives on forever, and his work as priest does not pass on to someone else.
25
And so he is able, now and always, to save those who come to God through him, because he lives forever to plead with God for them.
26
Jesus, then, is the High Priest that meets our needs. He is holy; he has no fault or sin in him; he has been set apart from sinners and raised above the heavens.
Hebrews 12:2
Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from beginning to end. He did not give up because of the cross! On the contrary, because of the joy that was waiting for him, he thought nothing of the disgrace of dying on the cross, and he is now seated at the right side of God's throne.
I sat, etc
Judges 9:15
The thorn bush answered, 'If you really want to make me your king, then come and take shelter in my shade. If you don't, fire will blaze out of my thorny branches and burn up the cedars of Lebanon.'
Judges 9:19
Now then, if what you did today to Gideon and his family was sincere and honest, then be happy with Abimelech and let him be happy with you.
Judges 9:20
But if not, may fire blaze out from Abimelech and burn up the men of Shechem and Bethmillo. May fire blaze out from the men of Shechem and Bethmillo and burn Abimelech up."
Psalm 57:1
Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful, because I come to you for safety. In the shadow of your wings I find protection until the raging storms are over.
Psalm 91:1
Whoever goes to the LORD for safety, whoever remains under the protection of the Almighty,
Isaiah 4:6
His glory will shade the city from the heat of the day and make it a place of safety, sheltered from the rain and storm.
Isaiah 25:4
The poor and the helpless have fled to you and have been safe in times of trouble. You give them shelter from storms and shade from the burning heat. Cruel enemies attack like a winter storm,
Isaiah 32:2
Each of them will be like a shelter from the wind and a place to hide from storms. They will be like streams flowing in a desert, like the shadow of a giant rock in a barren land.
1 John 1:3
What we have seen and heard we announce to you also, so that you will join with us in the fellowship that we have with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.
1 John 1:4
We write this in order that our joy may be complete.
his fruit
Song of Songs 2:5
Restore my strength with raisins and refresh me with apples! I am weak from passion.
Genesis 3:22-24
22
Then the LORD God said, "Now these human beings have become like one of us and have knowledge of what is good and what is bad. They must not be allowed to take fruit from the tree that gives life, eat it, and live forever."
23
So the LORD God sent them out of the Garden of Eden and made them cultivate the soil from which they had been formed.
24
Then at the east side of the garden he put living creatures and a flaming sword which turned in all directions. This was to keep anyone from coming near the tree that gives life.
Ezekiel 47:12
On each bank of the stream all kinds of trees will grow to provide food. Their leaves will never wither, and they will never stop bearing fruit. They will have fresh fruit every month, because they are watered by the stream that flows from the Temple. The trees will provide food, and their leaves will be used for healing people."
Revelation 22:1
The angel also showed me the river of the water of life, sparkling like crystal, and coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb
Revelation 22:2
and flowing down the middle of the city's street. On each side of the river was the tree of life, which bears fruit twelve times a year, once each month; and its leaves are for the healing of the nations.