Even now the ax is ready to strike the root of the trees! Therefore, every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

Every branch in Me that does not produce fruit He removes, and He prunes every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce more fruit.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

These are the ones who are like dangerous reefs at your love feasts. They feast with you, nurturing only themselves without fear. They are waterless clouds carried along by winds; trees in late autumn—fruitless, twice dead, pulled out by the roots;

In old age

Even when I am old and gray,
God, do not abandon me.
Then I will proclaim Your power
to another generation,
Your strength to all who are to come.

Yet the righteous person will hold to his way,
and the one whose hands are clean will grow stronger.

The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
shining brighter and brighter until midday.

I will be the same until your old age,
and I will bear you up when you turn gray.
I have made you, and I will carry you;
I will bear and save you.

He will be like a tree planted by water:
it sends its roots out toward a stream,
it doesn’t fear when heat comes,
and its foliage remains green.
It will not worry in a year of drought
or cease producing fruit.

Flourishing

All kinds of trees providing food will grow along both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. Each month they will bear fresh fruit because the water comes from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be used for food and their leaves for medicine.”

General references

In days to come, Jacob will take root.
Israel will blossom and bloom
and fill the whole world with fruit.

“A good tree doesn’t produce bad fruit; on the other hand, a bad tree doesn’t produce good fruit.