Bible Verses About Roots
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for roots, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,419 votes, led by Jeremiah 17:7-8. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Roots
Jeremiah 17:7-8274 votes
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
Colossians 2:6-7162 votes
As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
Psalms 1:3156 votes
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; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Mark 4:17133 votes
And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended.
Ephesians 3:16-19112 votes
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
Hebrews 12:1594 votes
Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
Matthew 13:3-880 votes
And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
Matthew 13:663 votes
And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
Jeremiah 17:859 votes
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Colossians 2:757 votes
Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
Ephesians 3:1751 votes
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
Mark 4:647 votes
But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
Romans 11:1647 votes
For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
Ezekiel 31:740 votes
Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.
Isaiah 11:1038 votes
And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
Amos 2:934 votes
Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
Matthew 13:2130 votes
Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
Job 28:929 votes
He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
John 15:4-529 votes
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
Romans 11:1728 votes
And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
Judges 5:1427 votes
Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.
Ezekiel 17:927 votes
Say thou, Thus saith the Lord God; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.
Jude 1:1227 votes
These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
Matthew 3:1025 votes
And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
2 Kings 19:3022 votes
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
What does the Bible say about roots?
Readers most often cite Jeremiah 17:7-8 on the subject of roots. Across 2,419 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Colossians 2:6-7, Psalms 1:3, Mark 4:17. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.