~ for the tree ~ 05_DEU_20_19  When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an ax against them, for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field [is] man's [life]) to employ [them] in the siege, #, 29_JOE_02_22  Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field, for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength. #, 40_MAT_12_33  Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt, for the tree is known by [his] fruit. #,