Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:
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Hew
Daniel 4:23
And whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from the heavens, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be bathed with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him:
Daniel 5:20
But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit hardened unto presumption, he was deposed from the throne of his kingdom, and they took his glory from him;
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.
Matthew 7:19
Every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.
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.
Luke 13:7
And he said to the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree and find none: cut it down; why does it also render the ground useless?
Let
Daniel 4:12
Its leaves were beautiful, and its fruit abundant, and in it was food for all: the beasts of the field found shade under it, and the birds of the heavens dwelt in its branches, and all flesh was fed from it.
Jeremiah 51:6
Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and save every man his life; be ye not cut off in her iniquity: for this is the time of Jehovah's vengeance: he shall render unto her a recompence.
Ezekiel 31:12
And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off and have left him; upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken in all the watercourses of the land; and all the peoples of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.
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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.