Figurative
- Proverbs 11:28
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
- Hosea 14:6
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
- Isaiah 60:21
Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
- John 15:2–5
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. Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. …