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Leaves are mentioned in several contexts, from the natural world to metaphorical illustrations, reflecting the richness of biblical imagery.<br><br><b>Creation and Nature</b><br><br>The first mention of leaves in the Bible is found in the account of creation. In <a href="/genesis/1-11.htm">Genesis 1:11-12</a> , God commands the earth to bring forth vegetation, including plants yielding seed and trees bearing fruit with seed in them. While leaves are not explicitly mentioned here, they are an integral part of the plant life that God created, serving as a symbol of life and growth.<br><br><b>The Fall</b><br><br>In <a href="/genesis/3-7.htm">Genesis 3:7</a> , after Adam and Eve eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, "the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves." Here, leaves are used as a means of covering, symbolizing humanity's initial attempt to deal with sin and shame through their own efforts.<br><br><b>Symbol of Prosperity and Judgment</b><br><br>Leaves are often used to symbolize prosperity and blessing. In <a href="/psalms/1-3.htm">Psalm 1:3</a> , the righteous man "is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does." The imagery of a tree with unwithered leaves signifies spiritual vitality and the blessings that come from living in accordance with God's law.<br><br>Conversely, withered leaves can symbolize judgment and spiritual decay. In <a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">Isaiah 64:6</a> , the prophet laments, "All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind, our iniquities sweep us away." Here, the withered leaf represents the frailty and impermanence of human righteousness apart from God.<br><br><b>Eschatological Imagery</b><br><br>In the eschatological visions of the Bible, leaves also play a significant role. In <a href="/ezekiel/47-12.htm">Ezekiel 47:12</a> , the prophet describes trees growing by the river flowing from the temple: "Their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing." This imagery is echoed in <a href="/revelation/22-2.htm">Revelation 22:2</a> , where the leaves of the tree of life are described as being "for the healing of the nations." These passages highlight the restorative and healing power of God's ultimate plan for creation.<br><br><b>Moral and Spiritual Lessons</b><br><br>The Bible uses the imagery of leaves to convey moral and spiritual lessons. In the Gospels, Jesus curses a fig tree that has leaves but no fruit (<a href="/mark/11-13.htm">Mark 11:13-14</a>), using it as a metaphor for the spiritual barrenness of Israel. The presence of leaves without fruit serves as a warning against outward religiosity without genuine faith and obedience.<br><br><b>Conclusion</b><br><br>Throughout Scripture, leaves are a multifaceted symbol, representing life, growth, prosperity, judgment, and healing. They serve as a reminder of the Creator's design, the consequences of sin, and the hope of redemption and restoration through God's sovereign plan.<a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>Of a tree. The olive-leaf mentioned <a href="/genesis/8-11.htm">Genesis 8:11</a>. The barren fig-tree had nothing but leaves (<a href="/matthew/21-19.htm">Matthew 21:19</a>; <a href="/mark/11-13.htm">Mark 11:13</a>). The oak-leaf is mentioned Isaiah 1:30; 6:13. There are numerous allusions to leaves, their flourishing, their decay, and their restoration (<a href="/leviticus/26-36.htm">Leviticus 26:36</a>; <a href="/isaiah/34-4.htm">Isaiah 34:4</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/8-13.htm">Jeremiah 8:13</a>; <a href="/daniel/4-12.htm">Dan. 4:12</a>, 14, 21; <a href="/mark/11-13.htm">Mark 11:13</a>; <a href="/mark/13-28.htm">13:28</a>). The fresh leaf is a symbol of prosperity (<a href="/psalms/1-3.htm">Psalm 1:3</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/17-8.htm">Jeremiah 17:8</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/47-12.htm">Ezek. 47:12</a>); the faded, of decay (<a href="/job/13-25.htm">Job 13:25</a>; <a href="/isaiah/1-30.htm">Isaiah 1:30</a>; <a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">64:6</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/8-13.htm">Jeremiah 8:13</a>).<p>Leaf of a door (<a href="/1_kings/6-34.htm">1 Kings 6:34</a>), the valve of a folding door.<p>Leaf of a book (<a href="/jeremiah/36-23.htm">Jeremiah 36:23</a>), perhaps a fold of a roll. <a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>n.</I>) A colored, usually green, expansion growing from the side of a stem or rootstock, in which the sap for the use of the plant is elaborated under the influence of light; one of the parts of a plant which collectively constitute its foliage.<p>2. (<I>n.</I>) A special organ of vegetation in the form of a lateral outgrowth from the stem, whether appearing as a part of the foliage, or as a cotyledon, a scale, a bract, a spine, or a tendril.<p>3. (<I>n.</I>) Something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger body by one edge or end; as : (a) A part of a book or folded sheet containing two pages upon its opposite sides. (b) A side, division, or part, that slides or is hinged, as of window shutters, folding doors, etc. (c) The movable side of a table. (d) A very thin plate; as, gold leaf. (e) A portion of fat lying in a separate fold or layer. (f) One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.<p>4. (<I>v. i.</I>) To shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; as, the trees leaf in May.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">LEAF; LEAVES</span><p>lef, levz: Used in three different senses, with reference:<br><br>(1) To trees (`aleh, "a coming up"), <a href="/genesis/3-7.htm">Genesis 3:7</a>; <a href="/genesis/8-11.htm">Genesis 8:11</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-36.htm">Leviticus 26:36</a> (Tereph); <a href="/ezekiel/17-9.htm">Ezekiel 17:9</a>; phullon. Figuratively<br><br>(a) of spiritual blessings (<a href="/ezekiel/47-12.htm">Ezekiel 47:12</a>; compare <a href="/revelation/22-2.htm">Revelation 22:2</a>) and prosperity (<a href="/psalms/1-3.htm">Psalm 1:3</a>);<br><br>(b) of moral decay (<a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">Isaiah 64:6</a>), and<br><br>(c) of a formal, empty profession (<a href="/matthew/21-19.htm">Matthew 21:19</a>).<br><br>(2) To a book (deleth), <a href="/jeremiah/36-23.htm">Jeremiah 36:23</a> (margin "columns"; see 36:2); as the parchment was gradually unfolded the successive columns could be read.<br><br>(3) To doors (tsela`, "side," qela`,"a screen," "hanging"), <a href="/1_kings/6-34.htm">1 Kings 6:34</a>. The door of the Holy Place consisted of two halves, but each half had two leaves (compare <a href="/ezekiel/41-24.htm">Ezekiel 41:24</a>).<br><br>M. O. Evans<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/5444.htm"><span class="l">5444. phullon -- a <b>leaf</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> phullon. 5445 . a <b>leaf</b>. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: phullon<br> Phonetic Spelling: (fool'-lon) Short Definition: a <b>leaf</b> Definition: a <b>leaf</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5444.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/3200.htm"><span class="l">3200. membrana -- parchment</span></a> <br><b>...</b> parchment. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: membrana Phonetic Spelling:<br> (mem-bran'-ah) Short Definition: a parchment <b>leaf</b> Definition: a parchment <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3200.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/4439.htm"><span class="l">4439. pule -- a gate</span></a> <br><b>...</b> a gate, porch. Apparently a primary word; a gate, ie The <b>leaf</b> or wing of a folding<br> entrance (literally or figuratively) -- gate. (pulai) -- 1 Occurrence. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4439.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/5929.htm"><span class="l">5929. aleh -- <b>leaf</b>, leafage</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5928, 5929. aleh. 5930 . <b>leaf</b>, leafage. Transliteration: aleh Phonetic<br> Spelling: (aw-leh') Short Definition: <b>leaf</b>. Word Origin from <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5929.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2964.htm"><span class="l">2964. tereph -- prey, food, a <b>leaf</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 2963, 2964. tereph. 2965 . prey, food, a <b>leaf</b>. Transliteration: tereph Phonetic<br> Spelling: (teh'-ref) Short Definition: prey. <b>...</b> <b>leaf</b>, meat, prey, spoil. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2964.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6763.htm"><span class="l">6763. tsela -- rib, side</span></a><br><b>...</b> chambers (10), sides (5), walls (1). beam, board, chamber, corner, <b>leaf</b>,<br> plank, rib, side chamber. Or (feminine) tsaltah {tsal-aw <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6763.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/1817.htm"><span class="l">1817. deleth -- a door</span></a><br><b>...</b> door two-leaved, gate, <b>leaf</b>, lid. From dalah; something swinging, ie The valve of<br> a door -- door (two-leaved), gate, <b>leaf</b>, lid. (In Psa. 141:3, dal, irreg.). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1817.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7050.htm"><span class="l">7050. qela' -- a sling</span></a><br><b>...</b> hanging, <b>leaf</b>, sling From qala'; a sling; also a (door) screen (as if slung across),<br> or the valve (of the door) itself -- hanging, <b>leaf</b>, sling. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7050.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3689.htm"><span class="l">3689. kesel -- loins, stupidity, confidence</span></a><br><b>...</b> From kacal; properly, fatness, ie By implication (literally) the loin (as the seat<br> of the <b>leaf</b> fat) or (generally) the viscera; also (figuratively) silliness <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3689.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3712.htm"><span class="l">3712. kippah -- a branch, frond (of a palm tree)</span></a><br><b>...</b> of kaph Definition a branch, frond (of a palm tree) NASB Word Usage palm branch<br> (3). branch. Feminine of kaph; a <b>leaf</b> of a palm-tree -- branch. see HEBREW kaph. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3712.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/jowett/my_daily_meditation_for_the_circling_year/september_the_seventeenth_the_never-withering.htm"><span class="l">September the Seventeenth the Never-Withering <b>Leaf</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> SEPTEMBER The Seventeenth THE NEVER-WITHERING <b>LEAF</b>. JEREMIAH xvii.5-11.<br> Let me look at "the blessed man" in the interpreting symbol <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../september the seventeenth the never-withering.htm</font><p><a href="/library/binning/the_works_of_the_rev_hugh_binning/sermon_xvii_and_we_all.htm"><span class="l">"And we all do Fade as a <b>Leaf</b>, and Our Iniquities, Like the Wind <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Sermon XVII. "And we all do fade as a <b>leaf</b>, and our iniquities, like the<br> wind, have taken us away.". Isaiah lxiv.6.""And we all <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/sermon xvii and we all.htm</font><p><a href="/library/binning/the_works_of_the_rev_hugh_binning/sermon_xvi_all_our_righteousnesses.htm"><span class="l">"All Our Righteousnesses are as Filthy Rags, and we all do Fade as <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Sermon XVI. "All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags, and we all do fade as<br> a <b>leaf</b>, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.". <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the works of the rev hugh binning/sermon xvi all our righteousnesses.htm</font><p><a href="/library/trotter/parables_of_the_cross/death_to_sin_is_the.htm"><span class="l">Death to Sin is the Way Out into a Life of Holiness.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The first hour that the sap begins to withdraw, and the <b>leaf</b>-stalk begins to silt<br> up, the <b>leaf's</b> fate is sealed: there is never a moment's reversal of the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/trotter/parables of the cross/death to sin is the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/newcomb/a_practical_directory_for_young_christian_females/letter_iii_true_religion_a.htm"><span class="l">Letter iii. True Religion a Work of Grace in the Heart; but it <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> "And he (the righteous) shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that<br> bringeth forth his fruit in his season: his <b>leaf</b> shall not wither.""PS.1:3. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../letter iii true religion a.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/the_christian_foundation_or_scientific_and_religious_journal_v_1/a_funeral_oration.htm"><span class="l">A Funeral Oration.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Some profess to know, but they know not. Where have last summer's roses gone? What<br> will become of yon dry <b>leaf</b>, torn from its parent stem by this wintry blast? <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../a funeral oration.htm</font><p><a href="/library/trotter/parables_of_the_cross/death_to_sins_penalty_is.htm"><span class="l">Death to Sin's Penalty is the Way Out into a Life of Justification <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> where it ceases to keep its rag of former existence, and lets everything go to the<br> fresh shoot: the twig must withdraw its sap from last year's <b>leaf</b>, and let <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../trotter/parables of the cross/death to sins penalty is.htm</font><p><a href="/library/flavel/on_keeping_the_heart/iv_the_fourth_season.htm"><span class="l">The Fourth Season,</span></a> <br><b>...</b> " I will send faintness into their hearts in the land of their enemies, and the<br> sound of a shaking <b>leaf</b> shall chase them." What poor spirited men are those, to <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/flavel/on keeping the heart/iv the fourth season.htm</font><p><a href="/library/wilson-carmichael/things_as_they_are/chapter_viii_roots.htm"><span class="l">Roots</span></a> <br><b>...</b> "Is the rice ready?". "No.". "Then give me some betel <b>leaf</b>," and she settles down<br> to roll small pieces of lime into little balls, and these balls she rolls up in <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../wilson-carmichael/things as they are/chapter viii roots.htm</font><p><a href="/library/white/the_desire_of_ages/chapter_1_god_with_us.htm"><span class="l">"God with Us"</span></a> <br><b>...</b> There is no <b>leaf</b> of the forest, or lowly blade of grass, but has its ministry.<br> Every tree and shrub and <b>leaf</b> pours forth that element <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/white/the desire of ages/chapter 1 god with us.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/l/leaf.htm"><span class="l"><b>Leaf</b> (20 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Easton's Bible Dictionary Of a tree. The olive-<b>leaf</b> mentioned Genesis<br> 8:11. The <b>...</b> 13). The oak-<b>leaf</b> is mentioned Isaiah 1:30; 6:13. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/leaf.htm - 16k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/olive-leaf.htm"><span class="l">Olive-<b>leaf</b> (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br>Olive-<b>leaf</b>. Olive-gardens, Olive-<b>leaf</b>. Olive-oil . Multi-Version<br> Concordance Olive-<b>leaf</b> (1 Occurrence). Genesis 8:11 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/olive-leaf.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/fade.htm"><span class="l">Fade (16 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 28:1, 4; 40:7, 8); once it is the translation of balal "to well up," "to overflow";<br> perhaps from nabhal (Isaiah 64:6, "We all do fade as a <b>leaf</b>"); in the New <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/fade.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/fadeth.htm"><span class="l">Fadeth (9 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Psalms 1:3 And he is as a tree planted by brooks of water, which giveth its fruit<br> in its season, and whose <b>leaf</b> fadeth not; and all that he doeth prospereth. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/fadeth.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/pan.htm"><span class="l">Pan (26 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 3. (n.) A <b>leaf</b> of gold or silver. 4. (vt & i.) To join or fit together; to unite.<br> 5. (n.) The betel <b>leaf</b>; also, the masticatory made of the betel <b>leaf</b>, etc. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/pan.htm - 20k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/wither.htm"><span class="l">Wither (30 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (See JPS RSV). Psalms 1:3 He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water,<br> that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose <b>leaf</b> also does not wither. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/wither.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/logia.htm"><span class="l">Logia</span></a><br><b>...</b> They began work on the ruins of the town, January 11, 1897, and on the following<br> day discovered a papyrus <b>leaf</b> inscribed with a number of sayings introduced by <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/logia.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/leaves.htm"><span class="l">Leaves (55 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Plural of <b>Leaf</b>. 2. (n.) pl. of <b>Leaf</b>. Int.<br> Standard Bible Encyclopedia. <b>LEAF</b>; LEAVES. lef, levz: Used <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/leaves.htm - 24k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/fig-tree.htm"><span class="l">Fig-tree (33 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> of Palestine have shed all their leaves, and they remain bare until about the end<br> of March, when they commence putting forth their tender <b>leaf</b> buds (Matthew 24 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/fig-tree.htm - 26k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/figtree.htm"><span class="l">Figtree</span></a><br><b>...</b> of Palestine have shed all their leaves, and they remain bare until about the end<br> of March, when they commence putting forth their tender <b>leaf</b> buds (Matthew 24 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/figtree.htm - 15k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/poetry-in-the-Bible.html">How should poetry in the Bible be interpreted? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/filthy-rags.html">Why are all of our righteous acts considered filthy rags? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/predetermination.html">What does the Bible say about predetermination? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/leaf.htm">Leaf: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Leaf (20 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/24-32.htm">Matthew 24:32</a></span><br />"Now learn from the fig-tree the lesson it teaches. As soon as its branches have now become soft and it is bursting into <span class="boldtext">leaf</span>, you all know that summer is near.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/4-28.htm">Mark 4:28</a></span><br />The earth gives fruit by herself; first the <span class="boldtext">leaf</span>, then the head, then the full grain.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/11-13.htm">Mark 11:13</a></span><br />But in the distance He saw a fig-tree in full <span class="boldtext">leaf</span>, and went to see whether perhaps He could find some figs on it. When however He came to it, He found nothing but leaves (for it was not fig time)<br /><span class="source">(WEY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/13-28.htm">Mark 13:28</a></span><br />"Learn from the fig-tree the lesson it teaches. As soon as its branch has become soft and it is bursting into <span class="boldtext">leaf</span>, you know that summer is near.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/21-30.htm">Luke 21:30</a></span><br />When they put out their young leaves, you take note of it, and it is clear to you that summer is coming.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/8-11.htm">Genesis 8:11</a></span><br />The dove came back to him at evening, and, behold, in her mouth was an olive <span class="boldtext">leaf</span> plucked off. So Noah knew that the waters were abated from the earth.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/39-3.htm">Exodus 39:3</a></span><br />They beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, in the purple, in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, the work of the skillful workman.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/26-36.htm">Leviticus 26:36</a></span><br />"'As for those of you who are left, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven <span class="boldtext">leaf</span> will put them to flight; and they shall flee, as one flees from the sword; and they will fall when no one pursues.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/13-25.htm">Job 13:25</a></span><br />Will you harass a driven <span class="boldtext">leaf</span>? Will you pursue the dry stubble? <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/15-32.htm">Job 15:32</a></span><br />It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be leafy.<br /><span class="source">(Root in JPS BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/41-29.htm">Job 41:29</a></span><br />A thick stick is no better than a <span class="boldtext">leaf</span> of grass, and he makes sport of the onrush of the spear.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/1-3.htm">Psalms 1:3</a></span><br />He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose <span class="boldtext">leaf</span> also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/11-28.htm">Proverbs 11:28</a></span><br />He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green <span class="boldtext">leaf</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/1-30.htm">Isaiah 1:30</a></span><br />For you shall be as an oak whose <span class="boldtext">leaf</span> fades, and as a garden that has no water.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/34-4.htm">Isaiah 34:4</a></span><br />All of the army of the sky will be dissolved. The sky will be rolled up like a scroll, and all its armies will fade away, as a <span class="boldtext">leaf</span> fades from off a vine or a fig tree.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/64-5.htm">Isaiah 64:5</a></span><br />For we have all become like an unclean person, and all our good acts are like a dirty robe: and we have all become old like a dead <span class="boldtext">leaf</span>, and our sins, like the wind, take us away.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">Isaiah 64:6</a></span><br />For we have all become as one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is as a polluted garment: and we all fade as a <span class="boldtext">leaf</span>; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/8-13.htm">Jeremiah 8:13</a></span><br />I will utterly consume them, says Yahweh: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the <span class="boldtext">leaf</span> shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/17-8.htm">Jeremiah 17:8</a></span><br />For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat comes, but its <span class="boldtext">leaf</span> shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/47-12.htm">Ezekiel 47:12</a></span><br />By the river on its bank, on this side and on that side, shall grow every tree for food, whose <span class="boldtext">leaf</span> shall not wither, neither shall its fruit fail: it shall bring forth new fruit every month, because its waters issue out of the sanctuary; and its fruit shall be for food, and its leaf for healing.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/l/leaf.htm">Leaf</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/ashe'rim.htm">Ashe'rim (19 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/l/leaf.htm">Leaf (20 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/hilltops.htm">Hilltops (10 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/l/league.htm">League (20 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/o/outer.htm">Outer (98 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/l/lovely.htm">Lovely (19 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/fields.htm">Fields (199 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/thick.htm">Thick (129 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/trees.htm">Trees (179 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/plant.htm">Plant (92 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/carpet.htm">Carpet (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/j/josi'ah.htm">Josi'ah (50 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/l/lover.htm">Lover (55 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/beautiful.htm">Beautiful (152 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/branches.htm">Branches (103 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/sacrifices.htm">Sacrifices (186 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/l/leads.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leads"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leads" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/l/leafy.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leafy"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leafy" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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