Judges 9

Treated in 4 passages across the library.

  • 9:15 And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon. 2
  • 9:13 And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my new wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to wave to and fro over the trees? 1
  • 9:54 Then he called hastily unto the young man his armorbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and kill me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died. 1

American Standard Version

  1. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    1.3 The Preface to the Commandments cites Judges 9: 15

    …o rule over them, though after a while, fire will come out of the bramble to devour them. Judges 9: 15. What an infinite mercy is it when God brings poor souls out of this house of bondage, wh…

  2. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    An exhortation to love God cites Judg. ix. 15

    …but disappointment. “Let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon” (Judg. ix. 15). While we love the creature, fire comes out of this bramble to devour us; but if we love…

  3. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Sixth Stage cites Judges 9:13

    …ily thereof. The next they brought up was a bottle of wine, as red as blood. Deut. 32:14; Judges 9:13; John 15:5. So Gaius said to them, Drink freely; this is the true juice of the vine, that…

  4. The Bruised Reed · Richard Sibbes

    Be encouraged to go on cheerfully, with confidence cites Judg. ix. 54

    …een God and us. Abimelech could not endure that it should be said, a woman had slain him, Judg. ix. 54; and it must needs be a torment to Satan, that a weak child, a woman, and decrepit old ma…