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Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Matthew 7 True and False Prophets New International Version (NIV) 15 “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. 16 By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17 Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into...

Pray For Our American Heroes and Our Nation Stand Firm Luke 24:13-35 On the Road to Emmaus New International Version (NIV) 13 Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles[a] from Jerusalem. 14 They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. 15 As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; 16 but they were kept from recognizing him. 17 He asked them, “What are you discussing together as you walk along?” They stood still, their faces downcast. 18 One of them, named...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Matthew 3 John the Baptist Prepares the Way New International Version (NIV) 1 In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea 2 and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” 3 This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness,‘Prepare the way for the Lord,    make straight paths for him.’” 4 John’s clothes were made of camel’s hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey. 5 People...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Genesis 21 The Treaty at Beersheba New International Version (NIV) 22 At that time Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forces said to Abraham, “God is with you in everything you do. 23 Now swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or my descendants. Show to me and the country where you now reside as a foreigner the same kindness I have shown to you.”   24 Abraham said, “I swear it.”   25 Then Abraham complained to Abimelek about a...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Genesis 30:37  Jacob Prospers New International Version (NIV)   …36And he put a distance of three days' journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks. 37Then Jacob took fresh rods of poplar and almond and plane trees, and peeled white stripes in them, exposing the white which was in the rods. 38He set the rods which he had peeled in front of the flocks in the gutters, even in the watering troughs, where the flocks came to drink; and they mated when they...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Song of Songs 4 The Bride New International Version (NIV) 10 How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride!     How much more pleasing is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume     more than any spice! 11 Your lips drop sweetness as the honeycomb, my bride;     milk and honey are under your tongue. The fragrance of your garments     is like the fragrance of Lebanon. 12 You are a garden locked up, my , my bride;     you are a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain. 13 Your plants are an orchard...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Judges 9 Jotham's Parable New International Version (NIV) 9 Abimelek son of Jerub-Baal went to his mother’s brothers in Shechem and said to them and to all his mother’s clan, 2 “Ask all the citizens of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you: to have all seventy of Jerub-Baal’s sons rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember, I am your flesh and blood.” 3 When the brothers repeated all this to the citizens of Shechem, they were inclined to follow Abimelek, for they said, “He is related to us.” 4 They gave...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible 1 Kings 9:11 The Building of The Temple New International Version (NIV) 11 King Solomon gave twenty towns in Galilee to Hiram king of Tyre, because Hiram had supplied him with all the cedar and juniper and gold he wanted.

Pray For Our American Heroes and Our Nation Stand Firm Psalm 91 New International Version (NIV) 1 Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High     will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.[a] 2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,     my God, in whom I trust.” 3 Surely he will save you     from the fowler’s snare     and from the deadly pestilence. 4 He will cover you with his feathers,     and under his wings you will find refuge;     his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. 5 You will not fear the terror of night,     nor the...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Song of Songs 2 Apple Tree New International Version (NIV) She 2 I am a rose of Sharon,    a lily of the valleys. He 2 Like a lily among thorns    is my darling among the young women. She 3 Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest    is my beloved among the young men.I delight to sit in his shade,    and his fruit is sweet to my taste.4 Let him lead me to the banquet hall,    and let his banner over me be love.5 Strengthen me with raisins,    refresh me with apples,    for I am faint with love.6 His...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Joel 1 A Call to Repentence New International Version (NIV) 12 The vine is dried up     and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, the palm and the apple tree—     all the trees of the field—are dried up. Surely the people’s joy     is withered away. A Call to Lamentation 13 Put on sackcloth, you priests, and mourn;     wail, you who minister before the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth,     you who minister before my God; for the grain offerings and drink offerings     are withheld from the house of your...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Ecclesiastes 12:5 Almond Tree New Living Translation Remember him before you become fearful of falling and worry about danger in the streets; before your hair turns white like an almond tree in bloom, and you drag along without energy like a dying grasshopper, and the caperberry no longer inspires sexual desire. Remember him before you near the grave, your everlasting home, when the mourners will weep at your funeral.

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Psalm 137 Willow Tree New International Version (NIV) 1. By the rivers of Babylon, here we sat down and wept, When we remembered Zion. 2. Upon the willows in the midst of it We hung our harps. 3. For there our captors demanded of us songs, And our tormentors mirth, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion.” 4. How can we sing the LORD’S song In a foreign land? 5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, May my right hand forget her skill. 6 May my...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Isaiah 44:3-4 Poplar tree New International Version (NIV) 3 For I will pour water on the thirsty land,     and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring,     and my blessing on your descendants. 4 They will spring up like grass in a meadow,     like poplar trees by flowing streams.

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Leviticus 23 The Feast of Booths New International Version (NIV) …39'On exactly the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the crops of the land, you shall celebrate the feast of the LORD for seven days, with a rest on the first day and a rest on the eighth day. 40'Now on the first day you shall take for yourselves the foliage of beautiful trees, palm branches and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the LORD...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Jonah 4 The Castor Bean Plant New International Version (NIV) 1. But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he became angry. 2. So he prayed to the LORD, and said, “Ah, LORD, was not this what I said when I was still in my country? Therefore I fled previously to Tarshish; for I know that You are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, One who relents from doing harm. 3. Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is...

Pray For Our American Heroes and Our Nation Stand Firm Ephesians 6:12 New International Version (NIV) 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Psalm 29 A psalm of David. New International Version (NIV) 1 Ascribe to the Lord, you heavenly beings,     ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. 2 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;     worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness. 3 The voice of the Lord is over the waters;     the God of glory thunders,     the Lord thunders over the mighty waters. 4 The voice of the Lord is powerful;     the voice of the Lord is majestic. 5 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;     the Lord breaks...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Haggai 1 A Call to Build the House of the Lord New International Version (NIV) 1 In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest: 2 This is what the Lord Almighty says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the Lord’s house.’” 3 Then the word of the Lord came through the prophet...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible 1 Kings 5 Preparations for Building the Temple New International Version (NIV) 1. When Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king to succeed his father David, he sent his envoys to Solomon, because he had always been on friendly terms with David. 2 Solomon sent back this message to Hiram: 3 “You know that because of the wars waged against my father David from all sides, he could not build a temple for the Name of the Lord his God until the Lord put his enemies...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Exodus 26 New International Version) 15 “Make upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle. 16 Each frame is to be ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide, 17 with two projections set parallel to each other. Make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way. 18 Make twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle 19 and make forty silver bases to go under them—two bases for each frame, one under each projection. 20 For the other side, the north side of the tabernacle, make twenty frames 21 and...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Isaiah 60 New International Version) "The glory of Lebanon will come to you, the juniper, the fir and the cypress together, to adorn my sanctuary; and I will glorify the place for my feet.

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Isaiah 53 New International Version) 1 Who has believed our message    and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot,    and like a root out of dry ground.

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Psalm 92:12-14 New International Version) 12 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree,    they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;13 planted in the house of the Lord,    they will flourish in the courts of our God.14 They will still bear fruit in old age,    they will stay fresh and green,

Pray For Our American Heroes and Our Nation Stand Firm Psalm 33(NIV) 11. The counsel of the LORD stands forever, The plans of His heart from generation to generation. 12. Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, The people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance. 13. The LORD looks from heaven; He sees all the sons of men;…

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Isaiah 44 New International Version) 12 The blacksmith takes a tool    and works with it in the coals;he shapes an idol with hammers,    he forges it with the might of his arm.He gets hungry and loses his strength;    he drinks no water and grows faint.13 The carpenter measures with a line    and makes an outline with a marker;he roughs it out with chisels    and marks it with compasses.He shapes it in human form,    human form in all its glory,    that it may dwell in a shrine.14 He cut down cedars,    or perhaps took a cypress or oak.He let it...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Daniel 4:11-12 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 11 ‘The tree grew large and became strongAnd its height reached to the sky,And it was visible to the end of the whole earth.12 ‘Its foliage was beautiful and its fruit abundant,And in it was food for all.The beasts of the field found shade under it,And the birds of the sky dwelt in its branches,And all living creatures fed themselves from it.

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Ezekiel 27 A Lament for Tyre …5"They have made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you. 6"Of oaks from Bashan they have made your oars; With ivory they have inlaid your deck of boxwood from the coastlands of Cyprus. 7"Your sail was of fine embroidered linen from Egypt So that it became your distinguishing mark; Your awning was blue and purple from the coastlands of Elishah.

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Psalm 1 King James Version (KJV) 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 4 The...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Isaiah 2 The Day of Reckoning …12For the LORD of hosts will have a day of reckoning Against everyone who is proud and lofty And against everyone who is lifted up, That he may be abased. 13And it will be against all the cedars of Lebanon that are lofty and lifted up, Against all the oaks of Bashan, 14Against all the lofty mountains, Against all the hills that are lifted up,…

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Isaiah 37:31 The Surviving Remnant English Standard Version (ESV) 31 And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward.

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Isaiah 55:12 Tree of The Field New International Version (NIV) 12 You will go out in joy    and be led forth in peace;the mountains and hills    will burst into song before you,and all the trees of the field    will clap their hands.

Pray For Our American Heroes and Our Nation Stand Firm James 1:12 (NIV) Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Isaiah 6 Tree Stumps…A Remnant New International Version (NIV) 11 Then I said, “For how long, Lord?” And he answered: “Until the cities lie ruined
    and without inhabitant,until the houses are left deserted    and the fields ruined and ravaged,12 until the Lord has sent everyone far away    and the land is utterly forsaken.13 And though a tenth remains in the land,    it will again be laid waste.But as the terebinth and oak    leave stumps when they are cut down,    so the holy seed will be the stump in the land.”

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Isaiah 1:29-30 Nature and Idolatry New International Version (NIV) 29 “You will be ashamed because of the sacred oaks    in which you have delighted; you will be disgraced because of the gardens     that you have chosen. 30 You will be like an oak with fading leaves,     like a garden without water.

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Isaiah Chapter 41:19 The Trees of the Desert New International Version I will put in the desert the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive. I will set junipers in the wasteland, the fir and the cypress together,

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Isaiah Chapter 11 A Tree Stump 1. A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse;from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.2. The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him—the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,the Spirit of counsel and of might,the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the LORD—3. and he will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,or decide by what he hears with his ears;4. but with righteousness he will...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Zechariah 4 Vision of the Lampstand and Olive Trees 1. Now the angel who talked with me came back and wakened me, as a man who is wakened out of his sleep. 2. And he said to me, “What do you see?” So I said, “I am looking, and there is a lampstand of solid gold with a bowl on top of it, and on the stand seven lamps with seven pipes to the seven lamps. 3. Two olive trees are by it, one at the right of...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Genesis 43 Almonds and Pistachios New International Version (NIV) 43 Now the famine was still severe in the land. 2 So when they had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.” 3 But Judah said to him, “The man warned us solemnly, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’ 4 If you will send our brother along with us, we will go down and buy food for you. 5 But if...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible 1 Kings 19 The The Broom Tree 19 Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, “May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.” 3 Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, 4 while he himself went a...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Isaiah 35:1,2 The Rose King James Version (KJV) 35 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. 2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God.

Pray For Our American Heroes and Our Nation Stand Firm John 14:13 New International Version And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Judges 4 The Palm Tree and The Tent Peg New International Version (NIV) Deborah 4 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord, now that Ehud was dead. 2 So the Lord sold them into the hands of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. Sisera, the commander of his army, was based in Harosheth Haggoyim. 3 Because he had nine hundred chariots fitted with iron and had cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years, they cried to the Lord for help. 4 Now Deborah, a prophet, the...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Leviticus 14:51-52 Cedar 51 And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet , and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times: 52 And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet : >

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Leviticus 14:51-52 Cedar 51 And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet , and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times: 52 And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Joshua 24:26 New International Version (NIV) 26 And Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak near the holy place of the Lord.

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Exodus 27:20-21 The Olive Tree Common English Bible (CEB) Olive oil for the lampstand 20 You must require the Israelites to bring you pure oil of crushed olives for the light so that the lamp may be set up to burn continually. 21 In the meeting tent, outside the veil that hangs in front of the covenant document, Aaron and his sons will tend the lamp from evening to morning in the Lord’s presence. It will be a permanent regulation for the Israelites in every generation.

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Exodus 25:31-40 The Lampstand New International Version (NIV) 31 “Make a lampstand of pure gold. Hammer out its base and shaft, and make its flowerlike cups, buds and blossoms of one piece with them. 32 Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand—three on one side and three on the other. 33 Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms are to be on one branch, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches extending from the lampstand. 34 And on the lampstand...

Pray For Our American Heroes and Our Nation Stand Firm Joshua 1:9 New International Version (NIV) 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Trees of The Bible Numbers 21:5-9 The Serpent and the Staff New International Version (NIV) 5 they spoke against God and against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!” 6 Then the Lord sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died. 7 The people came to Moses and said, “We sinned when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord will take...