Matthew 3:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

Now

Hebrews 12:25

The axe

Luke 3:9

Luke 23:31

Therefore

John 15:2

Is hewn

General references

Bible References

Now

"Watch out! I'm sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly, the LORD you are looking for will come to his Temple. He is the messenger of the covenant whom you desire. Watch out! He is coming!" says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

"The coming day is certainly going to burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and all who practice evil will be stubble the coming day will set them on fire," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.

Therefore, holy brothers, partners in a heavenly calling, keep your focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession.

Anyone who violates the Law of Moses dies without mercy "on the testimony of two or three witnesses."

See to it that you do not ignore the one who is speaking. For if the hearers did not escape when they ignored the one who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we turn away from the one who is from heaven!

The axe

The ax already lies against the roots of the trees. So every tree not producing good fruit will be cut down and thrown into a fire."

And if they do this when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?"

Therefore

He will be like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in its season, and whose leaf does not wither. He will prosper in everything he does.

Planted in the LORD's Temple, they will flourish in the courtyard of our God.

to provide for those who grieve in Zion to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, a mantle of praise instead of a spirit of despair." "Then people will call them "Oaks of Righteousness", "The Planting of the LORD", in order to display his splendor.

He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by a stream. He won't fear when the heat comes, and his leaves will be green. In a year of drought he won't be concerned, nor will he stop producing fruit."

He cuts off every branch that does not produce fruit in me, and he cuts back every branch that does produce fruit, so that it might produce more fruit.

Is hewn

Every tree that doesn't produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into a fire.

Seeing a fig tree by the roadside, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. He told it, "May fruit never come from you again!" And immediately the fig tree dried up.

The root that your right hand planted, the shoot that you tended for yourself,

He plowed its land and cleared it of stones. Then he planted it with the choicest vines, built a watchtower in the middle of it, and dug a wine vat in it; He expected it to produce good grapes, but it produced only wild ones."

When its branches are dry, they are broken off, and women come and kindle fires with them, since this is a people who show no consideration. That is why the One who made them shows them no compassion; the One who created them shows them no mercy.

"Son of Man, how does wood from a vine compare to a branch taken from any of the trees in the forest?

Then Jesus told them this parable: "A man had a fig tree that had been planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it but didn't find any.

Unless a person abides in me, he is thrown away like a pruned branch and dries up. People gather such branches, throw them into a fire, and they are burned up.

However, if it continues to produce thorns and thistles, it is worthless and in danger of being cursed, and in the end will be burned.

For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God. And if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who refuse to obey the gospel of God?

General references

"When there is a conflict between individuals, let them come to court to judge the case, decide who is innocent, and condemn the guilty person.

The ax already lies against the roots of the trees. So every tree not producing good fruit will be cut down and thrown into a fire."

"A good tree doesn't produce rotten fruit, and a rotten tree doesn't produce good fruit,

You see, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.