Forests
31 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
20 sections
- (A Fruitful Field Turned Into) of the Jews Rejected by God
- (Destroyed by Fire) of Destruction of the Wicked
- Abounded with Wild Honey
- Arabian
- Bashan
- Called on to Rejoice at God's Mercy
- Carmel
- Ephraim
- Hareth
- Infested by Wild Beasts
- Jotham Built Towers, In
- Lebanon
- Often Afforded Pasture
- Often Destroyed by Enemies
- Supplied Timber for Building
- The King's
- The Power of God Extends Over
- The South
- Tracts of Land Covered with Trees
- Underbrush often In
(A Fruitful Field Turned Into) of the Jews Rejected by God
- Isaiah 29:17 In a very short time, will not Lebanon become an orchard, and the orchard seem like a forest?
- Isaiah 32:15 until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.
(Destroyed by Fire) of Destruction of the Wicked
- Isaiah 9:18 For wickedness burns like a fire that consumes the thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets, which roll upward in billows of smoke.
- Isaiah 10:17–18 And the Light of Israel will become a fire, and its Holy One a flame. In a single day it will burn and devour Assyria’s thorns and thistles. …
- Jeremiah 21:14 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.’”
Abounded with Wild Honey
- 1 Samuel 14:25–26 Then all the troops entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground. …
Arabian
- Isaiah 21:13 This is the burden against Arabia: In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.
Bashan
- Isaiah 2:13 against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan,
- Ezekiel 27:6 Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; of wood from the coasts of Cyprus they made your deck, inlaid with ivory.
- Zechariah 11:2 Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees are ruined! Wail, O oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has been cut down!
Called on to Rejoice at God's Mercy
- Isaiah 44:23 Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel.
Carmel
- 2 Kings 19:23 Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its …
- Isaiah 37:24 Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its …
Ephraim
- 2 Samuel 18:6 So David’s army marched into the field to engage Israel, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.
- 2 Samuel 18:8 The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.
Hareth
- 1 Samuel 22:5 Then the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold. Depart and go into the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.
Infested by Wild Beasts
- Psalm 50:10 for every beast of the forest is Mine — the cattle on a thousand hills.
- Psalm 104:20 You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.
- Isaiah 56:9 Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.
- Jeremiah 5:6 Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are …
- Micah 5:8 Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples and tears as it passes through, with no one to …
Jotham Built Towers, In
- 2 Chronicles 27:4 He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.
Lebanon
- 1 Kings 7:2 He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, with four rows of cedar pillars supporting the cedar beams.
- 1 Kings 10:17 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
Often Afforded Pasture
- Micah 7:14 Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
Often Destroyed by Enemies
- 2 Kings 19:23 Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its …
- Isaiah 37:24 Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its …
- Jeremiah 46:23 They will chop down her forest, declares the LORD, dense though it may be, for they are more numerous than locusts; they cannot be counted.
Supplied Timber for Building
- 1 Kings 5:6–8 Now therefore, order that cedars of Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants whatever wages you set, for you know that there are none among us as skilled in logging as the Sidonians.” …
The King's
- Nehemiah 2:8 And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy.” And because the gracious …
The Power of God Extends Over
- Psalm 29:9 The voice of the LORD twists the oaks and strips the forests bare. And in His temple all cry, “Glory!”
The South
- Ezekiel 20:46–47 “Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev. …
Tracts of Land Covered with Trees
- Isaiah 44:14 He cuts down cedars or retrieves a cypress or oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow.
Underbrush often In
- Isaiah 9:18 For wickedness burns like a fire that consumes the thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets, which roll upward in billows of smoke.
Related topics
Forests were Places of RefugeForests of the Unfruitful WorldThe Oak-Tree of Wicked Rulers
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.