Unit 25

nourished

16 occurrences in 14 verses

Jacob 5:3, 5, 11, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 31, 34, 47, 63, 75, 76

Jacob 5:3

For behold, thus saith the Lord,

I will liken thee, O house of Israel, like unto a tame olive tree,

which a man took and nourished in his vineyard;

and it grew, and waxed old, and began to decay.

Jacob 5:5

And it came to pass that he pruned it, and digged about it, and nourished it

according to his word.

Jacob 5:11

And the Lord of the vineyard caused

that it should be digged about, and pruned, and nourished,

saying unto his servant:

It grieveth me that I should lose this tree;

wherefore, that perhaps I might preserve the roots thereof

that they perish not, that I might preserve them unto myself,

I have done this thing.

Jacob 5:20

And it came to pass that they went forth

whither the master had hid the natural branches of the tree,

and he said unto the servant:

Behold these;

and he beheld the first that it had brought forth much fruit;

and he beheld also that it was good.

And he said unto the servant:

Take of the fruit thereof, and lay it up against the season,

that I may preserve it unto mine own self;

for behold, said he, this long time have I nourished it,

and it hath brought forth much fruit.

Jacob 5:22

And the Lord of the vineyard said unto him:

Counsel me not;

I knew that it was a poor spot of ground;

wherefore, I said unto thee, I have nourished it this long time,

and thou beholdest that it hath brought forth much fruit.

Jacob 5:23

And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto his servant:

Look hither; behold I have planted another branch of the tree also;

and thou knowest that this spot of ground was poorer than the first.

But, behold the tree.

I have nourished it this long time,

and it hath brought forth much fruit;

therefore, gather it, and lay it up against the season,

that I may preserve it unto mine own self.

Jacob 5:24

And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said again unto his servant:

Look hither, and behold another branch also, which I have planted;

behold that I have nourished it also,

and it hath brought forth fruit.

Jacob 5:25

And he said unto the servant:

Look hither and behold the last.

Behold, this have I planted in a good spot of ground;

and I have nourished it this long time,

and only a part of the tree hath brought forth tame fruit,

and the other part of the tree hath brought forth wild fruit;

behold, I have nourished this tree like unto the others.

Jacob 5:31

And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard

did taste of the fruit, every sort according to its number.

And the Lord of the vineyard said:

Behold, this long time have we nourished this tree,

and I have laid up unto myself against the season much fruit.

Jacob 5:34

And the servant said unto his master:

Behold, because thou didst graft in the branches of the wild olive tree

they have nourished the roots,

that they are alive and they have not perished;

wherefore thou beholdest that they are yet good.

Jacob 5:47

But what could I have done more in my vineyard?

Have I slackened mine hand, that I have not nourished it?

Nay, I have nourished it, and I have digged about it,

and I have pruned it, and I have dunged it;

and I have stretched forth mine hand almost all the day long,

and the end draweth nigh.

And it grieveth me that I should hew down all the trees of my vineyard,

and cast them into the fire that they should be burned.

Who is it that has corrupted my vineyard?

Jacob 5:63

Graft in the branches;

begin at the last that they may be first, and that the first may be last,

and dig about the trees, both old and young,

the first and the last; and the last and the first,

that all may be nourished once again for the last time.

Jacob 5:75

And it came to pass that when the Lord of the vineyard saw

that his fruit was good, and that his vineyard was no more corrupt,

he called up his servants, and said unto them:

Behold, for this last time have we nourished my vineyard;

and thou beholdest that I have done according to my will;

and I have preserved the natural fruit,

that it is good, even like as it was in the beginning.

And blessed art thou;

for because ye have been diligent in laboring with me in my vineyard,

and have kept my commandments,

and have brought unto me again the natural fruit,

that my vineyard is no more corrupted, and the bad is cast away,

behold ye shall have joy with me because of the fruit of my vineyard.

Jacob 5:76

For behold, for a long time will I lay up of the fruit of my vineyard

unto mine own self against the season, which speedily cometh;

and for the last time have I nourished my vineyard,

and pruned it, and dug about it, and dunged it;

wherefore I will lay up unto mine own self of the fruit, for a long time,

according to that which I have spoken.