Deuteronomy 20:19
This is what you must do whenever you blockade a city for a long time in order to capture it in war. Do not harm any of its fruit trees with an ax. You may eat the fruit. Never cut those trees down, because the trees of the field are not people you have come to blockade.
Deuteronomy 26:6
The Egyptians treated us harshly and afflicted us. They imposed hard labor on us.
Matthew 3:10
The ax is ready to cut down the trees at the roots. Every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
Matthew 7:15-20
Watch out for the false prophets. They are disguised as sheep. But in their hearts they are vicious wolves.
Matthew 21:19
He saw a fig tree along the side of the road. He went to it and saw nothing on it but leaves. He told it: You will not bare fruit from this time forward, forever. Immediately the fig tree became dry and dead.
Luke 13:7-9
So he told his gardener, I have been coming here looking for figs on this tree for three years. I have not found any. So cut it down! Why should it continue using the soil?
John 15:2-8
He takes away the branches in me that do not bear fruit. He cleans every branch that bears fruit. That way it may bear more fruit.