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 shall come into the land, and shall have planted all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count the fruit of them as uncircumcised. It shall be uncircumcised three years to you. It shall not be eaten.
Leviticus 25:21
Then I will command My blessing on you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.
Romans 2:4
Or do you despise the riches of His kindness, and the forbearance and long-suffering, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?
Cut
Luke 3:9
And now also the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bring forth good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.
Exodus 32:10
And now leave Me alone, so that My wrath may become hot against them and so that I may consume them. And I will make of you a great nation.
Daniel 4:14
He cried aloud and said this, Cut down the tree, and cut off its branches; shake off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the animals get away from under it, and the birds from its branches.
Matthew 3:10
And now also, the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bring forth good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.
Matthew 7:19
Every tree that does not bring forth good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
John 15:2
Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away. And every one that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bring forth more fruit.
Why
Exodus 32:10
And now leave Me alone, so that My wrath may become hot against them and so that I may consume them. And I will make of you a great nation.
Matthew 3:9
and do not think to say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father. For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.
General references
Judges 9:11
But the fig tree said to them, Should I forsake my sweetness and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
Luke 3:9
And now also the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bring forth good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.