Good Roots explained in the Old Testament

 

2 Kings 19:30 (KJV)
30 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

 

Psalm 80:9 (KJV)
9 Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.

 

Proverbs 12:3 (KJV)
3 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

 

Proverbs 12:12 (KJV)
12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

 

Isaiah 11:1 (KJV)
11 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:

 

Isaiah 27:6 (KJV)
6 He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.

 

Isaiah 37:31 (KJV)
31 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:

 

Isaiah 53:2 (KJV)
2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

 

Hosea 14:5 (KJV)
5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

 

Good Roots explained in the New Testament

 

Romans 11:16 (KJV)
16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.

 

Romans 11:17 (KJV)
17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;

 

Romans 11:18 (KJV)
18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.

 

Romans 15:12 (KJV)
12 And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.

 

Ephesians 3:17 (KJV)
17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

 

Colossians 2:7 (KJV)
7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

 

Bitter Roots explained in the Old Testament

 

Deuteronomy 29:18 (KJV)
18 Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

 

Proverbs 2:22 (KJV)
22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

 

Isaiah 5:24 (KJV)
24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

 

Isaiah 40:24 (KJV)
24 Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.

 

In the great Day of the Lord the proud will be cast out and the humble servants shall be as lively stones that are built up to serve God as His priests and children.

 

Jeremiah 1:10 (KJV)
10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.

 

Malachi 4:1 (KJV)
4 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

 

As Peter writes in the New Testament

 

1 Peter 2:4-5 (KJV)
4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

 

Bitter Roots explained in the New Testament

 

Bitterness is evil and must be repented of but as the Lord Yeshua says it must be replaced with thanksgiving and praising God and we are content being placed in His care and His tender mercies.

 

Luke 11:20-26 (KJV)
20 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.
21 When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:
22 But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
23 He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.
24 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.
25 And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.
26 Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.

 

2 Corinthians 12:10 (KJV)
10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

 

1 Timothy 6:6 (KJV)
6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.

 

Romans 8:28 (KJV)
28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

 

Colossians 3:15 (KJV)
15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

 

Philippians 4:6 (KJV)
6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

 

The Lord gave thanks at the Supper table He said take eat this is my body broken for you and then he gave thanks. He did everything for us with thanksgiving. Blessed be the Lord.

 

1 Corinthians 11:23-25 (KJV)
23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, this cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.

 

Bitter Roots

 

Matthew 13:6
And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

 

Matthew 13:21 (KJV)
21 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.

 

Mark 11:20 (KJV)
20 And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.

 

Luke 3:9 (KJV)
9 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

 

1 Timothy 6:10 (KJV)
10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

 

If we do not repent bitterness can defile many by comments, gossip, outbursts of anger directed improperly, malice and alike.

 

Hebrews 12:15 (KJV)
15 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;

 

Jude 1:12 (KJV)
12 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;