Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege:
Thou shalt not
Bible References
Thou shalt not
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 7:15
But beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but within are ravening wolves.
Matthew 21:19
And seeing one fig-tree in the way, he came to it and found on it nothing but leaves only. And he says to it, Let there be never more fruit of thee for ever. And the fig-tree was immediately dried up.
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?
John 15:2
As to every branch in me not bearing fruit, he takes it away; and as to every one bearing fruit, he purges it that it may bring forth more fruit.