Psalms 92:13
92:13 Planted in the Lord’s house,
they grow in the courts of our God.
Isaiah 5:2
5:2 He built a hedge around it, removed its stones,
and planted a vine.
He built a tower in the middle of it,
and constructed a winepress.
He waited for it to produce edible grapes,
but it produced sour ones instead.
Jeremiah 2:21
2:21 I planted you in the land
like a special vine of the very best stock.
Why in the world have you turned into something like a wild vine
that produces rotten, foul-smelling grapes?
Matthew 15:13
15:13 And he replied,
“Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.
John 12:24
12:24 I tell you the solemn truth,
unless a kernel of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains by itself alone.
But if it dies, it produces
much grain.
John 15:1-8
The Vine and the Branches
15:1 “I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener.
15:2 He takes away every branch that does not bear fruit in me. He prunes every branch that bears fruit so that it will bear more fruit.
15:3 You are clean already because of the word that I have spoken to you.
15:4 Remain in me, and I will remain in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me.
15:5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me – and I in him – bears much fruit, because apart from me you can accomplish nothing.
15:6 If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown out like a branch, and dries up; and such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, and are burned up.
15:7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want, and it will be done for you.
15:8 My Father is honored by this, that you bear much fruit and show that you are my disciples.