Verse 19

Whan thou must lye a longe season before a cite, against the which thou makest warre to take it, thou shalt not destroye ye trees therof that thou woldest hew them downe wt the axe, for thou mayest eate therof: and therfore shalt thou not hew them downe. For it is but wodd vpon the felde, and no man, and can not come & be bullworkes agaynst the.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 26:6 : 6 But the Egipcias intreated vs euell, and troubled vs, and layed an harde bondage vpo vs.
• Matt 3:10 : 10 Euen now is the axe put vnto ye rote of the trees: therfore euery tre which bringeth not forth good frute, shalbe hewe downe, and cast into the fyre.
• Matt 7:15-20 : 15 Beware of false Prophetes, which come to you in shepes clothinge, but inwardly they are rauenynge wolues, 16 Ye shall knowe them by their frutes. Do men gather grapes of thornes? or figges of thistles? 17 Euen so euery good tree bryngeth forth good frute. But a corrupte tree, bryngeth forth euyl frute, 18 A good tree can not bryng forth bad frute: nother can a rotten tre bringe forth good frute. 19 Euery tre that bryngeth not forth good frute, shalbe hewen downe, and cast into the fyre. 20 Wherfore by their frutes ye shall knowe them.
• Matt 21:19 : 19 And in the waye he sawe a fygge tre, and came vnto it, and founde nothinge theron, but leaues onely, and sayde vnto it: Neuer frute growe on the from hence forth. And immediatly the fygge tre wythred awaye.
• Luke 13:7-9 : 7 Then sayde he vnto the wynegardener: Beholde, This thre yeare longe haue I come euery yeare, and sought frute vpon this fygge tre, and fynde none: cut it downe, why hyndreth it the grounde? 8 But he answered, and sayde: Syr, let it alone yet this yeare, tyll I dygge roude aboute it and donge it, 9 yf it wyl brynge forth frute: Yf no, then cut it downe afterwarde.
• John 15:2-8 : 2 Euery braunch that bringeth not forth frute in me, shal he cut of: and euery one that bryngeth forth frute, shal he pourge, yt it maye bringe forth more frute. 3 Now are ye cleane, because of the worde, that I haue spoke vnto you. 4 Byde ye in me, and I in you. Like as ye braunch can not brynge forth frute of it self excepte it byde in the vyne, Euen so nether ye also, excepte ye abyde in me. 5 I am the vyne, ye are the braunches. He that abydeth in me, and I in him, the same bryngeth forth moch frute: for without me can ye do nothinge. 6 He that abydeth not in me, is cast out as a vyne braunche, and it wythereth, and men gather it vp, and cast it in to the fyre, and it burneth. 7 Yf ye abyde in me, and my wordes abyde in you, ye shal axe what ye wyl, & it shal be done vnto you. 8 Herin is my father praysed, that ye brynge forth moch frute, and become my disciples.