Producing
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Definition and Context:
In the biblical context, "producing" often refers to the act of bringing forth or yielding fruit, results, or outcomes. This concept is deeply rooted in the agricultural society of ancient Israel, where the production of crops and livestock was essential for survival and prosperity. However, the term extends beyond agriculture to encompass spiritual and moral productivity, reflecting one's faith and obedience to God.

Biblical References:

1. Agricultural Production:
The Bible frequently uses agricultural metaphors to illustrate spiritual truths. In Genesis 1:11-12 , God commands the earth to produce vegetation: "Then God said, 'Let the earth produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.' And it was so. The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good." This passage highlights God's creative power and the natural order He established.

2. Spiritual Fruitfulness:
Spiritual productivity is a central theme in the New Testament. In John 15:5 , Jesus emphasizes the importance of remaining in Him to produce spiritual fruit: "I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing." This metaphor underscores the necessity of a close relationship with Christ to achieve spiritual growth and effectiveness.

3. Moral and Ethical Production:
The Bible also speaks to the production of good works as evidence of faith. In Galatians 5:22-23 , the Apostle Paul lists the "fruit of the Spirit" as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. These virtues are the result of the Holy Spirit's work in a believer's life, demonstrating moral and ethical productivity.

4. Warnings Against Unfruitfulness:
Scripture warns against spiritual barrenness and the consequences of failing to produce good fruit. In Matthew 7:19 , Jesus states, "Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire." This warning serves as a call to self-examination and repentance, urging believers to live lives that reflect their faith.

5. Parables of Production:
Jesus often used parables to teach about the Kingdom of God and the importance of producing fruit. The Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13:3-9) illustrates different responses to the Word of God, with only the good soil producing a bountiful harvest. This parable encourages believers to cultivate receptive hearts that yield spiritual fruit.

Theological Implications:
Producing, in the biblical sense, is not merely about physical or material output but is deeply connected to one's spiritual state and relationship with God. It reflects the transformative power of the Holy Spirit in a believer's life, leading to the manifestation of Christ-like character and actions. The call to produce good fruit is a call to live out one's faith authentically and visibly, impacting the world for God's glory.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Produce.
Greek
4647. skolops -- anything pointed, spec. a stake, thorn
... 4647 -- properly, anything with a , a ; (figuratively) an instrument producing
pain, discomfort (acute irritation), used only in 2 Cor 12:7. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4647.htm - 7k

4160. poieo -- to make, do
... 7), performs (1), practice (5), practices (11), practicing (1), present (1), proceeding
(1), produce (3), produced (1), produces (2), producing (1), provide (1 ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4160.htm - 14k

212. alazoneia -- boastfulness
... roaming") -- properly, a vagabond ("quack"), making empty boasts about having "cures"
to rid people of all their ills (even by producing "wonders," etc.). ...
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2716. katergazomai -- to work out
... 1), committed (1), committing (1), does (1), doing (4), done (1), effecting (1),
performed (1), prepared (1), produced (2), produces (2), producing (2), work (1 ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2716.htm - 8k

850. auchmeros -- to boast
... 850 -- properly, dry ("dried out") from strong heat, producing dust (parched dirt);
(figuratively) , filled with extraneous filth () which impede vision ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/850.htm - 6k

1174. deisidaimonesteros -- very fearful of gods, religious ...
... 1174 (from , "to dread" and , "a deity") -- properly, religious (superstitious)
fear, driven by a confused concept of God -- producing "sincere" but religion. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1174.htm - 7k

1760. enthumeomai -- to reflect on, to ponder
... by . [This root () refers to "passionate supposing (surmising)" in a person's
mind (heart) producing .]. Word Origin from a comp. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1760.htm - 7k

1325. didomi -- to give (in various senses lit. or fig.)
... 10), granting (2), leave (1), make (1), offer (2), pass (1), pay (5), permitted
(1), pour (1), poured (1), produce (1), produces (1), producing (1), put (6 ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1325.htm - 12k

Strong's Hebrew
3323. yitshar -- fresh oil
... anointed oil. From tsahar; oil (as producing light); figuratively, anointing -- +
anointed oil. see HEBREW tsahar. 3322, 3323. yitshar. 3324 . Strong's Numbers
/hebrew/3323.htm - 6k

4161. motsa -- a place or act of going forth, issue, export ...
... or product; specifically, dawn, the rising of the sun (the East), exportation,
utterance, a gate, a fountain, a mine, a meadow (as producing grass) -- brought ...
/hebrew/4161.htm - 6k

Library

Celsus in the Next Place, Producing from History Other than that ...
... Chapter XXXVI. Celsus in the next place, producing from history other
than that of the divine record? Celsus in the next place ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xxxvi celsus in the.htm

Whether Christ as Man had the Power of Producing the Inward ...
... OF THE CAUSES OF THE SACRAMENTS (TEN ARTICLES) Whether Christ as man had the
power of producing the inward sacramental effect? Objection ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether christ as man had 2.htm

Of the Attainment of Cheerfulness in the Duty of Catechising, and ...
... Chapter 10."Of the Attainment of Cheerfulness in the Duty of Catechising, and
of Various Causes Producing Weariness in the Catechumen. 14. ...
/.../on the catechising of the uninstructed/chapter 10 of the attainment of.htm

Whether Observances Directed to the Alteration of Bodies, as for ...
... iii, 8,9). But their power is from God. Therefore it is lawful to make use of
their power for the purpose of producing these alterations. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether observances directed to the.htm

A Look into the Hebrew Bible.
... contains supernatural elements. He is ready to affirm that other than natural
forces have been employed in producing it. It is to ...
//christianbookshelf.org/gladden/who wrote the bible/chapter i a look into.htm

He Falsely Imagines that the Same Energies Produce the Same Works ...
... Of the same strain is that which he adds in the next paragraph; "the same energies
producing sameness of works, and different works indicating difference in ...
/.../gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/section 27 he falsely imagines.htm

Of Exercises of the Will: to Wit, Forced Immediate Acts...
... will be long before that good affections do, as it were, naturally flow from her,
so that she will need to use some force upon herself for the producing of the ...
/.../chapter i of exercises of.htm

A Manifestation of God in Answer to Prayer
... The believers had assembled for the specific purpose of producing a miracle in the
spiritual world, and not for the purpose of producing a phenomenon in the ...
/.../anderson/prayer availeth much/chapter 7 a manifestation of.htm

Do are Then Make Void the Law through Faith? God Forbid; Yea, we ...
... law. II. That it rather establishes the law, by producing true obedience
to it, and as the only means that does this. The greatest ...
/.../finney/lectures to professing christians/do are then make void.htm

Concerning "Omnipotent," "Ancient of Days"; and Also Concerning " ...
... maintains and embraces the Universe, founding and establishing and compacting it;
knitting the whole together in Himself without a rift, producing the Universe ...
/.../rolt/dionysius the areopagite/chapter x concerning omnipotent ancient.htm

Thesaurus
Producing (20 Occurrences)
... n.) of Produce. Multi-Version Concordance Producing (20 Occurrences). ... (DBY). Matthew
7:19 Every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire. ...
/p/producing.htm - 12k

Plants (70 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 6:7 For a land, drinking in the frequent rain and producing good plants
for those for whom it is worked, has a blessing from God: (BBE). ...
/p/plants.htm - 27k

Plant (92 Occurrences)
... Genesis 1:12 And grass came up on the earth, and every plant producing seed of its
sort, and every tree producing fruit, in which is its seed, of its sort: and ...
/p/plant.htm - 37k

Lamp (45 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A light-producing vessel, instrument or apparatus; especially, a vessel
with a wick used for the combustion of oil or other inflammable liquid, for the ...
/l/lamp.htm - 28k

Engraving (7 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns,
characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines ...
/e/engraving.htm - 9k

Power (862 Occurrences)
... to act, regarded as latent or inherent; the faculty of doing or performing something;
capacity for action or performance; capability of producing an effect ...
/p/power.htm - 66k

Barren (44 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (a.) Incapable of producing offspring; producing
no young; sterile; -- said of women and female animals. ...
/b/barren.htm - 23k

Fertile (55 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Producing fruit or vegetation in abundance; fruitful; able to produce
abundantly; prolific; fecund; productive; rich; inventive; as, fertile land or ...
/f/fertile.htm - 23k

Fan (8 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) An instrument used for producing artificial currents
of air, by the wafting or revolving motion of a broad surface. ...
/f/fan.htm - 12k

Magical (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (a.) Pertaining to the hidden wisdom supposed to be possessed by the Magi; relating
to the occult powers of nature, and the producing of effects by their ...
/m/magical.htm - 7k

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Producing (20 Occurrences)

Matthew 3:10
And already the axe is applied to the root of the trees; every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.
(DBY)

Matthew 7:19
Every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.
(DBY)

Matthew 21:43
For this reason I say to you, The kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation producing the fruits of it.
(BBE DBY NAS RSV)

Luke 3:9
And already also the axe is applied to the root of the trees; every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.
(DBY)

John 15:16
You did not take me for yourselves, but I took you for myself; and I gave you the work of going about and producing fruit which will be for ever; so that whatever request you make to the Father in my name he may give it to you.
(BBE)

1 Corinthians 14:7
Even things without life, giving a voice, whether pipe or harp, if they didn't give a distinction in the sounds, how would it be known what is piped or harped?
(See NAS)

2 Corinthians 3:9
For if the operation of the law, producing punishment, had its glory, how much greater will be the operation of the Spirit causing righteousness?
(BBE)

2 Corinthians 4:17
For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
(See NAS)

2 Corinthians 9:11
you being enriched in everything to all liberality, which works through us thanksgiving to God.
(See NAS)

Hebrews 6:7
For a land, drinking in the frequent rain and producing good plants for those for whom it is worked, has a blessing from God:
(BBE)

Hebrews 13:21
fully equip you with every grace that you may need for the doing of His will, producing in us that which will truly please Him through Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory to the Ages of the Ages! Amen.
(WEY)

Revelation 22:2
In the midst of its street, and of the river, on this side and on that side, the tree of life, producing twelve fruits, in each month yielding its fruit; and the leaves of the tree for healing of the nations.
(DBY)

Genesis 1:11
And God said, Let grass come up on the earth, and plants producing seed, and fruit-trees giving fruit, in which is their seed, after their sort: and it was so.
(BBE DBY)

Genesis 1:12
And grass came up on the earth, and every plant producing seed of its sort, and every tree producing fruit, in which is its seed, of its sort: and God saw that it was good.
(BBE DBY)

Genesis 1:29
And God said, See, I have given you every plant producing seed, on the face of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit producing seed: they will be for your food:
(BBE DBY)

Genesis 38:9
Onan knew that the seed wouldn't be his; and it happened, when he went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 18:5
For before harvest, when the flower is perfect, And the blossom is producing unripe fruit, Then hath 'one' cut the sprigs with pruning hooks, And the branches he hath turned aside, cut down.
(YLT)

Isaiah 57:19
Producing the fruit of the lips, 'Peace, peace,' to the far off, and to the near, And I have healed him, said Jehovah.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 17:11
Like the partridge, getting eggs together but not producing young, is a man who gets wealth but not by right; before half his days are ended, it will go from him, and at his end he will be foolish.
(BBE)

Joel 2:22
Have no fear, you beasts of the field, for the grass-lands of the waste are becoming green, for the trees are producing fruit, the fig-tree and the vine give out their strength.
(BBE)

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