Matthew 3:10

Modern English Version

Even now the axe is put to the tree roots. Therefore, every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

Cross References

2 Samuel 23:7

But the man who touches them must have an iron implement and the shaft of a spear, and they must be burned with fire on the spot.

Psalm 1:3

He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season; its leaf will not wither, and whatever he does will prosper.

Psalm 140:10

Let burning coals fall upon them; let them be cast into the fire, into deep pits, from which they cannot rise.

Psalm 92:12

The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Isaiah 27:11

When its boughs are withered, they are broken off; the women come and make a fire with them, for they are not a people of understanding; therefore, their maker will not have mercy on them, and their Creator will show them no grace.

Isaiah 61:3

to preserve those who mourn in Zion, to give to them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He might be glorified.

Jeremiah 17:8

For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreads out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat comes, but its leaf shall be green, and it shall not be anxious in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

Daniel 4:14

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 animals get away from under it, and the fowl from its branches.

Malachi 4:1

Surely the day is coming, burning like an oven; all the proud, yes, all evildoers will be stubble. The day that is coming will burn them up, says the Lord of Hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.

Matthew 21:19

When He saw a fig tree by the road, He went to it but found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it, “Let no fruit ever grow on you again.” Immediately the fig tree withered away.

Matthew 7:19

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

Luke 23:31

For if men do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”

Luke 3:9

Even now the axe is put to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”

John 15:2

Every branch in Me that bears no fruit, He takes away. And every branch that bears fruit, He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

John 15:6

If a man does not remain in Me, he is thrown out as a branch and withers. And they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

Hebrews 12:25

See that you do not refuse Him who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused Him who spoke on earth, much less shall we escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven.

Hebrews 6:8

But land that bears thorns and thistles is rejected and near to being cursed. Its destiny is to be burned.