Personification in the Bible Personification in the Bible Personification, the attribution of human form and characteristics to abstract concepts such as nations, emotions and natural forces like seasons and the weather, is a literary device found in many ancient texts, including the Hebrew Bible and Christian New Testament. Personification is often part of allegory, parable and metaphor in the Bible. A famous example of personification is the personification of Wisdom as a woman in the Book of Proverbs, or natural forces in the Book of Job. An early example of zoomorphism in the Hebrew Bible is when sin is likened to an animal "crouching"
Figs in the Bible tree is a parable of Jesus recorded in the Gospel of Luke . A vinekeeper holds out hope that a barren fig tree will bear fruit next year. Mark includes an account of Jesus cursing the fig tree: A parallel is found in Matthew , but the fig tree withers immediately and is noticed at that time by the disciples. Figs in the Bible Figs in the Bible refers to references to figs and fig trees in the Tanakh and the New Testament, which are sometimes symbolic. The fig tree is the third tree to be mentioned by name in