Here are 10 Bible verses about pruning from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible (King James Version), sorted from most to least relevant.
Isaiah 2:4 KJV
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Leviticus 25:3 KJV
Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;
Isaiah 5:6 KJV
Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;
Joel 3:10 KJV
And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
Hebrews 12:6 KJV
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
Isaiah 18:5 KJV
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
John 15:2 KJV
For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruninghooks, and take away and cut down the branches.
Micah 4:3 KJV
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Leviticus 25:3-4 KJV
And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
John 15:2-6 KJV
Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.
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