Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the Lord our God to go and worship the gods of those nations; make sure there is no root among you that produces such bitter poison.

Some came from Ephraim, whose roots were in Amalek; Benjamin was with the people who followed you. From Makir captains came down, from Zebulun those who bear a commander’s staff.

Once more a remnant of the kingdom of Judah will take root below and bear fruit above.

I myself have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.

it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks and looks for a place among the stones.

Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil,

His roots dry up below and his branches wither above.

“If you say, ‘How we will hound him, since the root of the trouble lies in him,’

People assault the flinty rock with their hands and lay bare the roots of the mountains.

My roots will reach to the water, and the dew will lie all night on my branches.

In the brush they gathered salt herbs, and their food was the root of the broom bush.

You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.

the root your right hand has planted, the son you have raised up for yourself.

The wicked desire the stronghold of evildoers, but the root of the righteous endures.

Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel.

The Branch From Jesse

A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.

In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his resting place will be glorious.

Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken; from the root of that snake will spring up a viper, its fruit will be a darting, venomous serpent.

The poorest of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety. But your root I will destroy by famine; it will slay your survivors.

In days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will bud and blossom and fill all the world with fruit.

Once more a remnant of the kingdom of Judah will take root below and bear fruit above.

No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner do they take root in the ground, than he blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.

He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.

You have planted them, and they have taken root; they grow and bear fruit. You are always on their lips but far from their hearts.

They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.”