Matthew 13:21
but it has no root in him, but is temporary; and tribulation or persecution arising on account of the word, immediately he is offended.
Luke 13:7-9
and he said to the vinedresser, Behold, three years from which I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and I find none: cut it down; why indeed does it cumber the ground?
Luke 19:41-42
And when He drew near, seeing the city He wept over it,
2 Peter 2:20-22
For if having escaped the pollutions of the world through the perfect knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and having again become entangled in these things, they are overcome, the last state has to them become worse than the first.