Bible Cross References
thou shalt not
Matthew 3:10
The ax is ready to cut down the trees at the roots; every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown in the fire.
Matthew 7:15-20
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"Be on your guard against false prophets; they come to you looking like sheep on the outside, but on the inside they are really like wild wolves.
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You will know them by what they do. Thorn bushes do not bear grapes, and briers do not bear figs.
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A healthy tree bears good fruit, but a poor tree bears bad fruit.
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A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a poor tree cannot bear good fruit.
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And any tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown in the fire.
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So then, you will know the false prophets by what they do.
Matthew 21:19
He saw a fig tree by the side of the road and went to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. So he said to the tree, "You will never again bear fruit!" At once the fig tree dried up.
Luke 13:7-9
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So he said to his gardener, 'Look, for three years I have been coming here looking for figs on this fig tree, and I haven't found any. Cut it down! Why should it go on using up the soil?'
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But the gardener answered, 'Leave it alone, sir, just one more year; I will dig around it and put in some fertilizer.
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Then if the tree bears figs next year, so much the better; if not, then you can have it cut down.' "
John 15:2-8
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He breaks off every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and he prunes every branch that does bear fruit, so that it will be clean and bear more fruit.
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You have been made clean already by the teaching I have given you.
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Remain united to me, and I will remain united to you. A branch cannot bear fruit by itself; it can do so only if it remains in the vine. In the same way you cannot bear fruit unless you remain in me.
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"I am the vine, and you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will bear much fruit; for you can do nothing without me.
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Those who do not remain in me are thrown out like a branch and dry up; such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, where they are burned.
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If you remain in me and my words remain in you, then you will ask for anything you wish, and you shall have it.
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My Father's glory is shown by your bearing much fruit; and in this way you become my disciples.
for the tree, etc.
Deuteronomy 26:6
The Egyptians treated us harshly and forced us to work as slaves.