Torrey's Topical Index

Vine, The

Often found wild—2Ki 4:39; Ho 9:10

CULTIVATED

In vineyards from the time of Noah
—Ge 9:20
On the sides of hills
—Jer 31:5
In the valleys
—So 6:11
By the walls of houses
—Ps 128:3

Required to be dressed and pruned to increase its fruitfulness—Le 25:3; 2Ch 26:10; Isa 18:5

Canaan abounded in—De 6:11; 8:8

PLACES CELEBRATED FOR

Eshcol
—Nu 13:23,24
Sibmah
—Isa 16:8,9
Lebanon
—Ho 14:7
Egypt
—Ps 78:47; 80:8

The dwarf and spreading vine particularly esteemed—Eze 17:6

Of Sodom bad and unfit for use—De 32:32

Often degenerated—Isa 5:2; Jer 2:21

Frequently injured by hail and frost—Ps 78:47; 105:32,33

Foxes destructive to—So 2:15

The wild boar destructive to—Ps 80:13

THE FRUIT OF

Called grapes
—Ge 40:10
Peculiarly sour when unripe
—Jer 31:30
Eaten fresh from the tree
—De 23:24
Eaten dried
—1Sa 25:18; 30:12
Sold in the markets
—Ne 13:15
Made into wine
—De 32:14; Mt 26:29

The wood of, fit only for burning—Eze 15:2-5

Young cattle fed on its leaves and tender shoots—Ge 49:11

Probably produced two crops of fruit in the year—Nu 13:20

Perfumed the air with the fragrance of its flowers—So 2:13; Ho 14:7

God made, fruitful for his people when obedient—Joe 2:22; Zec 8:12

Frequently made unfruitful as a punishment—Jer 8:13; Ho 2:12; Joe 1:7,12; Hag 2:19

Sometimes cast its fruit before it came to perfection—Job 15:33; Mal 3:11

Nazarites prohibited eating any part of—Nu 6:3,4

ILLUSTRATIVE

Of Christ
—Joh 15:1,2
Of Israel
—Ps 80:8; Isa 5:2,7
(Its fruitful branches,) of saints
—Joh 15:5
(Of unfruitful branches,) of mere professors
—Joh 15:2,6
(Its quick growth,) of the growth of saints in grace
—Ho 14:7
(Its rich clusters,) of the graces of the church
—So 7:8
(Pruning of,) of God's purifying his people by afflictions
—Joh 15:2
(Worthlessness of its wood,) of the unprofitableness, of
the wicked—Eze 15:6,7
(Unfruitful,) of the wicked
—Ho 10:1
(Sitting under one's own) of peace and prosperity
—1Ki 4:25; Mic 4:4; Zec 3:10

Proverbial allusion to fathers eating the unripe fruit of—Jer 31:29,30; Eze 18:2

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