‘And there came an angel of the Lᴏʀᴅ, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite:  and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
‘And the angel of the Lᴏʀᴅ appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.’
—Judges 6:11, 12

‘The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree:  he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
‘Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God.
‘They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing’
—Psalm 92:12–14

‘Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me?  Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.
‘Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.’
—John 1:48–49

‘And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.’
—1 Kings 19:5

‘I called upon the Lᴏʀᴅ in distress: the Lᴏʀᴅ answered me, and set me in a large place.
‘The Lᴏʀᴅ is on my side; I will not fear:  what can man do unto me?
‘The Lᴏʀᴅ taketh my part with them that help me:  therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.
‘It is better to trust in the Lᴏʀᴅ than to put confidence in man.
‘It is better to trust in the Lᴏʀᴅ than to put confidence in princes.’
—Psalm 118:5-9

‘And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him:  for he was to pass that way.’
—Luke 19:4

‘And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.’
—Luke 19:9

‘And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.
‘But God raised him from the dead’
—Acts 13:29, 30

‘Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.’
—1 Peter 2:24

‘Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.’
—1 Peter 2:24

‘Thou shalt not steal.’
—Exodus 20:15

‘Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.’
—2 Corinthians 8:21

A thought-provoking encounter between two of the passengers of R.M.S. Titanic.

‘As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
‘Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.’
—Colossians 2:6, 7