Luke 3:9

American Standard Version (1901)

And even now the axe also lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

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  • Matt 7:19 : 19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
  • Luke 13:9 : 9 and if it bear fruit thenceforth, [well] ; but if not, thou shalt cut it down.
  • Luke 13:7 : 7 And he said unto the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why doth it also cumber the ground?
  • John 15:6 : 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
  • Matt 3:10 : 10 And even now the axe lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
  • Heb 10:28 : 28 A man that hath set at nought Moses law dieth without compassion on [the word of] two or three witnesses:
  • Heb 12:29 : 29 for our God is a consuming fire.
  • Isa 10:33-34 : 33 Behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, will lop the boughs with terror: and the high of stature shall be hewn down, and the lofty shall be brought low. 34 And he will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
  • Ezek 15:2-4 : 2 Son of man, what is the vine-tree more than any tree, the vine-branch which is among the trees of the forest? 3 Shall wood be taken thereof to make any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? 4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire hath devoured both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned: is it profitable for any work?
  • Ezek 31:18 : 18 To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with them that are slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord Jehovah.
  • Dan 4:14 : 14 He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from its branches.
  • Dan 4:23 : 23 And whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew down the tree, and destroy it; nevertheless leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field, and let it be wet with the dew of heaven: and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;
  • Luke 23:29-31 : 29 For behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck. 30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us. 31 For if they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry?

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    7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

    8Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of repentance:

    9and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

    10And even now the axe lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

    11I indeed baptize you in water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and [in] fire:

    12whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor; and he will gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.

  • Matt 7:16-20
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    16By their fruits ye shall know them. Do [men] gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

    17Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

    18A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

    19Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

    20Therefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

  • Luke 13:9
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    9and if it bear fruit thenceforth, [well] ; but if not, thou shalt cut it down.

  • Luke 3:7-8
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    7He said therefore to the multitudes that went out to be baptized of him, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

    8Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

  • Luke 3:10
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    10And the multitudes asked him, saying, What then must we do?

  • Matt 12:33
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    33Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit.

  • Luke 6:43-44
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    43For there is no good tree that bringeth forth corrupt fruit; nor again a corrupt tree that bringeth forth good fruit.

    44For each tree is known by its own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.

  • Luke 13:5-7
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    5I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

    6And he spake this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit thereon, and found none.

    7And he said unto the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why doth it also cumber the ground?

  • John 15:1-2
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    1I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

    2Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh it away: and every [branch] that beareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bear more fruit.

  • John 15:4-6
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    4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me.

    5I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing.

    6If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

  • Matt 15:13
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    13But he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father planted not, shall be rooted up.

  • Matt 21:19
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    19And seeing a fig tree by the way side, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only; and he saith unto it, Let there be no fruit from thee henceforward for ever. And immediately the fig tree withered away.

  • Isa 18:5
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    5For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becometh a ripening grape, he will cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and the spreading branches will he take away [and] cut down.

  • Luke 3:17
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    17whose fan is in his hand, thoroughly to cleanse his threshing-floor, and to gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.

  • Heb 6:8
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    8but if it beareth thorns and thistles, it is rejected and nigh unto a curse; whose end is to be burned.

  • Matt 21:43
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    43Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken away from you, and shall be given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.

  • Luke 21:29
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    29And he spake to them a parable: Behold the fig tree, and all the trees:

  • Matt 3:2
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    2Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

  • Mark 4:29
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    29But when the fruit is ripe, straightway he putteth forth the sickle, because the harvest is come.

  • Luke 23:31
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    31For if they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry?

  • Isa 9:18
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    18For wickedness burneth as the fire; it devoureth the briers and thorns; yea, it kindleth in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.

  • Mark 12:9
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    9What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.

  • Matt 13:42
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    42and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

  • Ezek 15:6
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    6Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As the vine-tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

  • Job 18:16
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    16His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off.

  • Jer 21:14
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    14And I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith Jehovah; and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is round about her.

  • Dan 4:14
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    14He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from its branches.

  • Mark 11:20
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    20And as they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots.

  • Judg 9:10
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    10And the trees said to the fig-tree, Come thou, and reign over us.

  • Mark 9:45
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    45And if thy foot cause thee to stumble, cut it off: it is good for thee to enter into life halt, rather than having thy two feet to be cast into hell.

  • Mark 4:7
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    7And other fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

  • Jer 10:3
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    3For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.

  • Joel 1:7
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    7He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig-tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.

  • Matt 13:50
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    50and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.