What does the Bible say about apples?

11 verses about apples, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about apples

1. Proverbs 25:11 — A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. 12 votes
2. Song of Solomon 2:3 — As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. 10 votes
3. Psalms 17:8 — Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings, 9 votes
4. Joel 1:12 — The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men. 6 votes
5. Proverbs 7:2 — Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. 5 votes
6. Song of Solomon 7:8 — I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples; 5 votes
7. Deuteronomy 32:10 — He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. 4 votes
8. Song of Solomon 2:5 — Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love. 4 votes
9. Song of Solomon 8:5 — Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee. 3 votes
10. Zechariah 2:8 — For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye. 3 votes
11. Genesis 1:29 — And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. 2 votes

Where these verses are

Song of Solomon (4), Proverbs (2), Genesis (1), Deuteronomy (1), Psalms (1), Joel (1), Zechariah (1)

Topical Bible data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/topics/), CC BY 4.0. Votes reflect how many readers judged each verse relevant; they are not a doctrinal ranking. Verse text: King James Version.