'Roots' in the Bible
The ax already lies against the roots of the trees. So every tree that isn't producing good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
But when the sun came up, they were scorched. Since they did not have any roots, they dried up.
He replied, "Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be pulled up by the roots.
But when the sun came up, they were scorched. Since they didn't have any roots, they dried up.
but since they don't have any roots, they last for only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes along because of the word, they immediately fall away.
And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
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."
The ones on the stony ground are the people who joyfully welcome the word when they hear it. But since they don't have any roots, they believe for a while, but in a time of testing they fall away.
So the Lord replied, "If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this black mulberry tree, 'Be pulled out by the roots and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.
I pray that Christ may make His home in your hearts through your faith; so that having your roots deep and your foundations strong, in love, you may become mighty to grasp the idea,
having been deeply rooted [in Him] and now being continually built up in Him and [becoming increasingly more] established in your faith, just as you were taught, and overflowing in it with gratitude.
These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;