Matthew 7:19

KJV1611 – Modern English

Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

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  • Matt 3:10 : 10 And now also the axe is laid to the root of the trees: therefore every tree which does not bring forth good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.
  • Isa 5:5-7 : 5 And now, I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down: 6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor dug; but briers and thorns shall come up: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. 7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but behold, oppression; for righteousness, but behold, a cry.
  • Luke 3:9 : 9 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore that does not produce good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.
  • John 15:2-6 : 2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it, that it may produce more fruit. 3 Now you are clean through the word which I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, no more can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit, for without me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in me, he is cast forth as a branch and is withered; and men gather them and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
  • Heb 6:8 : 8 But that which bears thorns and thistles is rejected, and is near to being cursed, its end is to be burned.
  • Jude 1:12 : 12 These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots;
  • Luke 13:6-9 : 6 He also spoke this parable: A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. 7 Then he said to the keeper of his vineyard, Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why does it use up the ground? 8 And he answered and said to him, Lord, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it: 9 And if it bears fruit, well: and if not, then after that you shall cut it down.
  • Isa 27:11 : 11 When its boughs are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore He who made them will not have mercy on them, and He who formed them will show them no favor.
  • Ezek 15:2-7 : 2 Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch among the trees of the forest? 3 Shall wood be taken from it to do any work? Or will one take a peg from it to hang any vessel upon? 4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire consumes both ends of it, and the middle of it is burned. Is it fit for any work? 5 Behold, when it was whole, it was not fit for any work: how much less shall it be fit for any work when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned? 6 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Like 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. 7 And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and you shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.
  • Matt 21:19-20 : 19 And when he saw a fig tree by the road, he came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, Let no fruit grow on you ever again. And immediately the fig tree withered away. 20 And when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, How quickly the fig tree withered away!

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

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    9 And if it bears fruit, well: and if not, then after that you shall cut it down.

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