Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
General references
Bible References
Three
Leviticus 19:23
" 'And when you have come into the land and you plant any tree for food, {you shall regard its fruit as unharvestable}; [for] three years it shall be forbidden for you; it shall not be eaten.
Leviticus 25:21
then I will command my blessing for you in the sixth year, so that it will make the yield for three years.
Romans 2:4
Or do you despise the wealth of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?
Cut
Luke 3:9
And even now the ax is positioned at the root of the trees; therefore every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire."
Exodus 32:10
And now leave me [alone] so that {my anger may blaze} against them, and let me destroy them, and I will make you into a great nation."
Daniel 4:14
He cried {aloud} and so he said: "Cut down the tree and chop off its branches; shake off its foliage and scatter its fruit. Let the animals flee from under it, and the birds from its branches.
Matthew 3:10
Already now the ax is positioned at the root of the trees; therefore every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Matthew 7:19
Every tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
John 15:2
Every branch that does not bear fruit in me, he removes it, and every [branch] that bears fruit, he prunes it in order that it may bear more fruit.
Why
Exodus 32:10
And now leave me [alone] so that {my anger may blaze} against them, and let me destroy them, and I will make you into a great nation."
Matthew 3:9
And do not think to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham [as] father.' For I say to you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones!
General references
Judges 9:11
But the fig tree said to them, 'Should I stop [producing] my sweetness, and my good crop, to go sway over the trees?'
Luke 3:9
And even now the ax is positioned at the root of the trees; therefore every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire."