General references
the Holy Bible

--Proverbs--

He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch. (11:28)

--Isaiah--

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. (60:21)

--Hosea--

His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. (14:6)

--John--

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. (15:2)

Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. (15:3)

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. (15:4)

I am the vine, ye [are] the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. (15:5)

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