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?
Three
Why
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Bible References
Three
Romans 2:4
Or do you despise the riches of his kindness and forbearance and long patience? Do you not know that the kindness of God is leading you to repentance?
Cut
Luke 3:9
And now truly the axe is already laid at the root of the trees. So every tree which is not bearing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire."
Matthew 3:10
And already the axe is lying at the roots of the trees. Any tree, therefore, that does not bear good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.
Matthew 7:19
"Every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.
John 15:2
"He cuts back any of my branches that bear no fruit, and prunes every fruit-bearing branch, that it may bear more.
Why
Matthew 3:9
And do not presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father'?? tell you that out of these very stones God is able to raise up descendants for Abraham.
General references
Luke 3:9
And now truly the axe is already laid at the root of the trees. So every tree which is not bearing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire."