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.
The axe
Therefore
General references
Bible References
Now
Hebrews 3:1
Therefore, holy brothers, comrades of a heavenly calling, fix your thoughts then upon Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our confession.
Hebrews 10:28
Any one who set at naught the law of Moses was put to death without pity, on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
Hebrews 12:25
See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape punishment when they refused to listen to their instructor on earth, much less shall we escape if we turn away from him who is teaching us from heaven;
The axe
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."
Luke 23:31
"For if this is what they do in the green tree, what will they do in the dry?"
Therefore
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.
Is hewn
Matthew 7:19
"Every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.
Matthew 21:19
and when he saw a solitary fig tree beside the road, he went to it, but found nothing on it but leaves. And he said to it, "Let no man gather fruit from you forever." And at once the fig tree withered away.
Luke 13:6
Then he gave them this parable. "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came to look for fruit on it, but found none.
John 15:6
"If any one does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers. Such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire and burned.
Hebrews 6:8
but if it produces thorns and thistles, it is considered worthless, and is in danger of being cursed, and its end will be to be burned.
1 Peter 4:17
It is time for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it first begin with us, what shall be the end of those who are disobedient to the gospel?
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."
Luke 6:43
"For there is not good tree which bears worthless fruit, nor again any worthless tree which bears good fruit; for each tree is known by its own fruit.
Luke 13:30
"And lo, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last."