Matthew 3:10

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Even now the ax is lying at the root of the trees; therefore every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

Cross References

John 15:6

Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.

Luke 3:9

Even now the ax is lying at the root of the trees; therefore every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”

Matthew 7:19

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

John 15:2

He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit.

Jeremiah 17:8

They shall be like a tree planted by water, sending out its roots by the stream. It shall not fear when heat comes, and its leaves shall stay green; in the year of drought it is not anxious, and it does not cease to bear fruit.

Hebrews 6:8

But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and on the verge of being cursed; its end is to be burned over.

Matthew 21:19

And seeing a fig tree by the side of the road, he went to it and found nothing at all on it but leaves. Then he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the fig tree withered at once.

Malachi 4:1

See, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble; the day that comes shall burn them up, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.

Psalm 1:3

They are like trees planted by streams of water, which yield their fruit in its season, and their leaves do not wither. In all that they do, they prosper.

Luke 23:31

For if they do this when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?”

Isaiah 61:3

to provide for those who mourn in Zion— to give them a garland instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit. They will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, to display his glory.

Isaiah 27:11

When its boughs are dry, they are broken; women come and make a fire of them. For this is a people without understanding; therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them; he who formed them will show them no favor.

Hebrews 12:25

See that you do not refuse the one who is speaking, for if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject the one who warns from heaven!

2 Samuel 23:7

to touch them one uses an iron bar or the shaft of a spear. And they are entirely consumed in fire on the spot.

Psalm 92:12

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

Psalm 140:10

Let burning coals fall on them! Let them be flung into pits, no more to rise!

Daniel 4:14

He cried aloud and said: ‘Cut down the tree and chop off its branches; strip off its foliage and scatter its fruit. Let the animals flee from beneath it and the birds from its branches.