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Judges 9:8-15
8
The trees went forth once to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, `Reign thou over us.'
9
But the olive tree said unto them, `Should I leave my fatness, withwhich by me they honor God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?'
10
And the trees said to the fig tree, `Come thou, and reign over us.'
11
But the fig tree said unto them, `Should I forsake my sweetness and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?'
12
Then said the trees unto the vine, `Come thou, and reign over us.'
13
And the vine said unto them, `Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?'
14
Then said all the trees unto the bramble, `Come thou, and reign over us.'
15
And the bramble said unto the trees, `If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon.'
1 Kings 4:33
And he spoke of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall. He spoke also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
a wild beast
Psalm 80:13
The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.