Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
General references
Bible References
General references
Luke 13:7
So, he said to the orchard worker, "Look, I have been coming [here] looking for figs for three years now, but have not found any. Cut down the tree, [for] why should it waste the space [i.e., by not producing]?"
Luke 23:29
For look, the time will come when people will be saying, 'Those [women] who are without children and who have never given birth or nursed babies are [truly] happy!'
Matthew 3:10
And even now the axe is ready to chop down the trees [i.e., you Jewish people]. Every tree [i.e., person] that does not produce wholesome fruit [i.e., godly, repentant lives] will be cut down and thrown into the fire [i.e., the final punishment of the wicked].
Matthew 7:19
Every tree that does not produce wholesome fruit should be chopped down and thrown into the fire.
John 15:6
If a person does not remain united to me, he will be thrown out as a [fruitless] branch and dried up. People gather up such branches and throw them into the fire to be burned [as fuel ?].
Hebrews 10:28
The person who has disregarded the law of Moses is put to death without being shown mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
Hebrews 12:29
for our God is truly a consuming fire.