Apples make several appearances in the Bible, often symbolizing temptation, knowledge, and beauty. These verses explore the spiritual lessons we can learn from the apple, reminding us to seek wisdom and be mindful of the choices we make.
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Bible Verses About Apples
Proverbs 25:11 – A word fitly spoken is sweet
“A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.” – Proverbs 25:11
Song of Solomon 2:3 – The beloved is compared to an apple tree
“As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons.” – Song of Solomon 2:3
Proverbs 3:18 – Wisdom likened to a tree of life
“She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.” – Proverbs 3:18
Proverbs 7:2 – Keep my commandments and live well
“Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.” – Proverbs 7:2
Deuteronomy 8:8 – The land of milk and honey
“A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey.” – Deuteronomy 8:8
Psalm 17:8 – Keeping us safe under His wings
“Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings.” – Psalm 17:8
Genesis 1:29 – God provides fruits for sustenance
“And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.” – Genesis 1:29
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 – A time for every purpose
“To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.” – Ecclesiastes 3:1-2
Isaiah 5:2 – God’s vineyard and its fruit
“And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein.” – Isaiah 5:2
Galatians 5:22-23 – The fruit of the Spirit
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance.” – Galatians 5:22-23
Luke 6:43-44 – Good trees bear good fruit
“For a good tree does not bear bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.” – Luke 6:43-44
Matthew 7:16 – Recognizing true followers by their fruits
“Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?” – Matthew 7:16
Proverbs 10:21 – The lips of the righteous feed many
“The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.” – Proverbs 10:21
1 Corinthians 15:38 – God gives every seed its own body
“But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.” – 1 Corinthians 15:38
Genesis 2:9 – Every tree pleasant to the sight
“And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food.” – Genesis 2:9
Psalm 104:14 – God provides food for man
“He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth.” – Psalm 104:14
John 15:5 – Jesus is the true vine
“I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.” – John 15:5
Psalm 1:3 – Like a tree planted by the rivers
“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.” – Psalm 1:3
Matthew 12:33 – A tree is known by its fruit
“Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.” – Matthew 12:33
Proverbs 18:20 – From the fruit of one’s mouth
“A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.” – Proverbs 18:20
Romans 7:4 – Bear fruit unto God
“Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.” – Romans 7:4
John 15:8 – Bearing fruit brings glory to God
“Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.” – John 15:8
Colossians 1:10 – Walk worthy of the Lord
“That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God.” – Colossians 1:10
Revelation 22:2 – The leaves are for healing
“In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.” – Revelation 22:2
Matthew 21:19 – Jesus cursed the barren fig tree
“And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward forever.” – Matthew 21:19
Isaiah 11:1 – A rod from the stem of Jesse
“And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots.” – Isaiah 11:1
Luke 13:6-9 – The parable of the barren fig tree
“He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.” – Luke 13:6-9
1 Peter 2:2 – Desire the pure milk of the Word
“As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby.” – 1 Peter 2:2
Matthew 25:29 – To him that hath shall be given
“For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.” – Matthew 25:29