Matthew 3:10 Cross References
Matthew 3:10
10: Even now the ax of God's judgment is poised, ready to sever your roots. Yes, every tree that does not produce good fruit will be chopped down and thrown into the fire.
John 15:6
- Anyone who parts from me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned.
Luke 3:9
- Even now the ax of God's judgment is poised, ready to sever your roots. Yes, every tree that does not produce good fruit will be chopped down and thrown into the fire."
John 15:2
- He cuts off every branch that doesn't produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more.
Luke 13:6
- Then Jesus used this illustration: "A man planted a fig tree in his garden and came again and again to see if there was any fruit on it, but he was always disappointed.
- Finally, he said to his gardener, 'I've waited three years, and there hasn't been a single fig! Cut it down. It's taking up space we can use for something else.'
- "The gardener answered, 'Give it one more chance. Leave it another year, and I'll give it special attention and plenty of fertilizer.
- If we get figs next year, fine. If not, you can cut it down.'"
Matthew 7:19
- So every tree that does not produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire.
Ezekiel 15:2
- "Son of man, how does a grapevine compare to a tree? Is a vine's wood as useful as the wood of a tree?
- Can its wood be used for making things, like pegs to hang up pots and pans?
- No, it can only be used for fuel, and even as fuel, it burns too quickly.
- Vine branches are useless both before and after being put into the fire!
- "And this is what the Sovereign LORD says: The people of Jerusalem are like grapevines growing among the trees of the forest. Since they are useless, I have set them aside to be burned!
1 Peter 4:17
- For the time has come for judgment, and it must begin first among God's own children. And if even we Christians must be judged, what terrible fate awaits those who have never believed God's Good News?
- And "If the righteous are barely saved, what chance will the godless and sinners have?"
Jeremiah 17:8
- They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months of drought. Their leaves stay green, and they go right on producing delicious fruit.
Malachi 3:1
- "Look! I am sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Then the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his Temple. The messenger of the covenant, whom you look for so eagerly, is surely coming," says the LORD Almighty.
- "But who will be able to endure it when he comes? Who will be able to stand and face him when he appears? For he will be like a blazing fire that refines metal or like a strong soap that whitens clothes.
- He will sit and judge like a refiner of silver, watching closely as the dross is burned away. He will purify the Levites, refining them like gold or silver, so that they may once again offer acceptable sacrifices to the LORD.
Psalms 92:13
- For they are transplanted into the LORD's own house. They flourish in the courts of our God.
- Even in old age they will still produce fruit; they will remain vital and green.
Luke 23:31
- For if these things are done when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry? "
Malachi 4:1
- The LORD Almighty says, "The day of judgment is coming, burning like a furnace. The arrogant and the wicked will be burned up like straw on that day. They will be consumed like a tree--roots and all.
Matthew 21:19
- and he noticed a fig tree beside the road. He went over to see if there were any figs on it, but there were only leaves. Then he said to it, "May you never bear fruit again!" And immediately the fig tree withered up.
Hebrews 10:28
- Anyone who refused to obey the law of Moses was put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
- Think how much more terrible the punishment will be for those who have trampled on the Son of God and have treated the blood of the covenant as if it were common and unholy. Such people have insulted and enraged the Holy Spirit who brings God's mercy to his people.
- For we know the one who said, "I will take vengeance. I will repay those who deserve it." He also said, "The Lord will judge his own people."
- It is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Psalms 1:3
- They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season without fail. Their leaves never wither, and in all they do, they prosper.
Psalms 80:15
- that you yourself have planted, this son you have raised for yourself.
- For we are chopped up and burned by our enemies. May they perish at the sight of your frown.
Isaiah 5:2
- He plowed the land, cleared its stones, and planted it with choice vines. In the middle he built a watchtower and carved a winepress in the nearby rocks. Then he waited for a harvest of sweet grapes, but the grapes that grew were wild and sour.
- "Now, you people of Jerusalem and Judah, you have heard the case; you be the judges.
- What more could I have done to cultivate a rich harvest? Why did my vineyard give me wild grapes when I expected sweet ones?
- Now this is what I am going to do to my vineyard: I will tear down its fences and let it be destroyed. I will break down its walls and let the animals trample it.
- I will make it a wild place. I will not prune the vines or hoe the ground. I will let it be overgrown with briers and thorns. I will command the clouds to drop no more rain on it."
Hebrews 12:25
- See to it that you obey God, the one who is speaking to you. For if the people of Israel did not escape when they refused to listen to Moses, the earthly messenger, how terrible our danger if we reject the One who speaks to us from heaven!
Isaiah 61:3
- To all who mourn in Israel, he will give beauty for ashes, joy instead of mourning, praise instead of despair. For the LORD has planted them like strong and graceful oaks for his own glory.
Isaiah 27:11
- The people are like the dead branches of a tree, broken off and used for kindling beneath the cooking pots. Israel is a foolish and stupid nation, for its people have turned away from God. Therefore, the one who made them will show them no pity or mercy.
Hebrews 3:1
- And so, dear brothers and sisters who belong to God and are bound for heaven, think about this Jesus whom we declare to be God's Messenger and High Priest.
- For he was faithful to God, who appointed him, just as Moses served faithfully and was entrusted with God's entire house.
- But Jesus deserves far more glory than Moses, just as a person who builds a fine house deserves more praise than the house itself.
Hebrews 6:8
- But if a field bears thistles and thorns, it is useless. The farmer will condemn that field and burn it.