פְּרִי

May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, the people of its cities like the grass of the field.

He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His works.

They devoured every plant in their land and consumed the produce of their soil.

…and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.

They sow fields and plant vineyards that yield a fruitful harvest.

Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.

The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.

…mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars,

So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

My fruit is better than gold, pure gold, and my harvest surpasses choice silver.

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.

By fruitful speech a man is filled with good things, and the work of his hands returns to him.

From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things, but the desire of the faithless is violence.

From the fruit of his mouth a man’s belly is filled; with the harvest from his lips he is satisfied.

Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.

She appraises a field and buys it; from her earnings she plants a vineyard.

Give her the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her at the gates.

I made gardens and parks for myself, where I planted all kinds of fruit trees.

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.

Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,

Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind. Breathe on my garden and spread the fragrance of its spices. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choicest fruits.

Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver.

But my own vineyard is mine to give; the thousand shekels are for you, O Solomon, and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit.

Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.

On that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors.

So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.

Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children.

Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg.

Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.

And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.

They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land and made My inheritance detestable.

Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their own schemes, because they have paid no attention to My word and have rejected My instruction.

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.

The LORD once called you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. But with a mighty roar He will set it on fire, and its branches will be consumed.

You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.

He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.

I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.

I will punish you as your deeds deserve, declares the LORD. I will kindle a fire in your forest that will consume everything around you.’”

“Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce.

For he has sent to us in Babylon, claiming: Since the exile will be lengthy, build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat their produce.’”

…the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.

Look, O LORD, and consider: Whom have You ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the infants they have nurtured? Should priests and prophets be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?

It had been planted in good soil by abundant waters in order to yield branches and bear fruit and become a splendid vine.’

So you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Will it flourish? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it shrivels? All its foliage will wither! It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by its roots.

I will plant it on the mountain heights of Israel so that it will bear branches; it will yield fruit and become a majestic cedar. Birds of every kind will nest under it, taking shelter in the shade of its branches.

But it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off and they withered; the fire consumed them.

Fire has gone out from its main branch and devoured its fruit; on it no strong branch remains fit for a ruler’s scepter.’ This is a lament and shall be used as a lament.”