Luke 13:8
And he said, Lord, let it be for this year, and I will have the earth turned up round it, and put animal waste on it, to make it fertile:
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Luke 13:8
And he said, Lord, let it be for this year, and I will have the earth turned up round it, and put animal waste on it, to make it fertile:
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Luke 13:6
And he made up this story for them: A certain man had a fig-tree in his garden, and he came to get fruit from it, and there was no fruit.
Luke 13:7
And he said to the gardener, See, for three years I have been looking for fruit from this tree, and I have not had any: let it be cut down; why is it taking up space?
Luke 13:8
And he said, Lord, let it be for this year, and I will have the earth turned up round it, and put animal waste on it, to make it fertile:
Luke 13:9
And if, after that, it has fruit, it is well; if not, let it be cut down.
Isaiah 5:2
And after working the earth of it with a spade, he took away its stones, and put in it a very special vine; and he put up a watchtower in the middle of it, hollowing out in the rock a place for the grape-crushing; and he was hoping that it would give the best grapes, but it gave common grapes.
Isaiah 5:3
And now, you people of Jerusalem and you men of Judah, be the judges between me and my vine-garden.
Isaiah 5:4
Is there anything which might have been done for my vine-garden which I have not done? why then, when I was hoping for the best grapes did it give me common grapes?
Isaiah 5:5
And now, this is what I will do to my vine-garden: I will take away the circle of thorns round it, and it will be burned up; its wall will be broken down and the beasts of the field will go through it;
Isaiah 5:6
And I will make it waste; its branches will not be touched with the knife, or the earth worked with the spade; but blackberries and thorns will come up in it: and I will give orders to the clouds not to send rain on it.
Isaiah 5:7
For the vine-garden of the Lord of armies is the people of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he was looking for upright judging, and there was blood; for righteousness, and there was a cry for help.
Matthew 3:10
And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; every tree then which does not give good fruit is cut down, and put into the fire.
Luke 3:9
And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; and every tree which does not have good fruit will be cut down and put into the fire.
Jeremiah 8:13
I will put an end to them completely, says the Lord: there are no grapes on the vine and no figs on the fig-tree, and the leaf is dry.
Daniel 4:23
And as for the vision which the king saw of a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven, saying, Let the tree be cut down and given to destruction;
Joel 1:12
The vine has become dry and the fig-tree is feeble; the pomegranate and the palm-tree and the apple-tree, even all the trees of the field, are dry: because joy has gone from the sons of men.
John 9:31
We have knowledge that God does not give ear to sinners, but if any man is a worshipper of God and does his pleasure, to him God's ears are open.
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Matthew 21:18
Now in the morning when he was coming back to the town, he had a desire for food.
Matthew 21:19
And seeing a fig-tree by the wayside, he came to it, and saw nothing on it but leaves only; and he said to it, Let there be no fruit from you from this time forward for ever. And straight away the fig-tree became dry and dead.
Matthew 21:20
And when the disciples saw it they were surprised, saying, How did the fig-tree become dry in so short a time?
Mark 11:13
And seeing a fig-tree in the distance with leaves, he went to see if by chance it had anything on it: and when he came to it, he saw nothing but leaves, for it was not the time for the fruit.
Mark 11:14
And he said to it, Let no man take fruit from you for ever. And his disciples took note of his words.
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Genesis 15:16
And in the fourth generation they will come back here; for at present the sin of the Amorite is not full.
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1 Kings 11:12
I will not do it in your life-time, because of your father David, but I will take it from your son.
1 Kings 21:29
Do you see how Ahab has made himself low before me? because he has made himself low before me, I will not send the evil in his life-time, but in his son's time I will send the evil on his family.
2 Kings 13:23
But the Lord was kind to them and had pity on them, caring for them, because of his agreement with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; he would not put them to destruction or send them away from before his face till now.
Ecclesiastes 8:11
Because punishment for an evil work comes not quickly, the minds of the sons of men are fully given to doing evil.
Isaiah 48:9
Because of my name I will put away my wrath, and for my praise I will keep myself from cutting you off.
1 Peter 3:20
Who, in the days of Noah, went against God's orders; but God in his mercy kept back the punishment, while Noah got ready the ark, in which a small number, that is to say eight persons, got salvation through water:
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John 15:2
He takes away every branch in me which has no fruit, and every branch which has fruit he makes clean, so that it may have more fruit.
John 15:3
You are clean, even now, through the teaching which I have given you.
John 15:4
Be in me at all times as I am in you. As the branch is not able to give fruit of itself, if it is not still on the vine, so you are not able to do so if you are not in me.
John 15:5
I am the vine, you are the branches: he who is in me at all times as I am in him, gives much fruit, because without me you are able to do nothing.
John 15:6
If a man does not keep himself in me, he becomes dead and is cut off like a dry branch; such branches are taken up and put in the fire and burned.
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Matthew 7:19
Every tree which does not give good fruit is cut down and put in the fire.
Matthew 7:20
So by their fruits you will get knowledge of them.
Matthew 3:8
Let your change of heart be seen in your works:
Matthew 7:17
Even so, every good tree gives good fruit; but the bad tree gives evil fruit.
Luke 6:43
For no good tree gives bad fruit, and no bad tree gives good fruit.
Luke 6:44
For every tree is judged by its fruit. Men do not get figs from thorns, or grapes from blackberry plants.
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Hebrews 6:7
For a land, drinking in the frequent rain and producing good plants for those for whom it is worked, has a blessing from God:
Hebrews 6:8
But if it sends up thorns and evil plants, it is of no use and is ready to be cursed; its only end is to be burned.
Ezekiel 15:2
Son of man, what is the vine-tree more than any branching tree which is among the trees of the woods?
Ezekiel 15:3
Will its wood be used for any work? do men make of it a pin for hanging any vessel on?
Ezekiel 15:4
See, it is put into the fire for burning: the fire has made a meal of its two ends and the middle part of it is burned; is it good for any work?
Ezekiel 15:5
Truly, before it was cut down, it was not used for any purpose: how much less, when the fire has made a meal of it and it is burned, will it be made into anything?
Ezekiel 15:6
For this cause the Lord has said: Like the vine-tree among the trees of the woods which I have given to the fire for burning, so will I give the people of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 15:7
And my face will be turned against them; and though they have come out of the fire they will be burned up by it; and it will be clear to you that I am the Lord when my face is turned against them.
Isaiah 27:11
When its branches are dry they will be broken off; the women will come and put fire to them: for it is a foolish people; for this cause he who made them will have no mercy on them, and he whose work they are will not have pity on them.
Luke 14:35
It is no good for the land or for the place of waste; no one has a use for it. He who has ears, let him give ear.
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Psalms 1:3
He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, which gives its fruit at the right time, whose leaves will ever be green; and he will do well in all his undertakings.
John 15:8
Here is my Father's glory, in that you give much fruit and so are my true disciples.
Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith,
Galatians 5:23
Gentle behaviour, control over desires: against such there is no law.
Philippians 1:11
Being full of the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Colossians 1:10
Living uprightly in the approval of the Lord, giving fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Psalms 92:13
Those who are planted in the house of the Lord will come up tall and strong in his gardens.
Psalms 92:14
They will give fruit even when they are old; they will be fertile and full of growth;
Isaiah 61:3
To give them a fair head-dress in place of dust, the oil of joy in place of the clothing of grief, praise in place of sorrow; so that they may be named trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, and so that he may have glory.
John 15:16
You did not take me for yourselves, but I took you for myself; and I gave you the work of going about and producing fruit which will be for ever; so that whatever request you make to the Father in my name he may give it to you.
Romans 15:28
So when I have done this, and have given them this fruit of love, I will go on by you into Spain.
Ephesians 5:9
(Because the fruit of the light is in all righteousness and in everything which is good and true),
Philippians 4:17
Not that I am looking for an offering, but for fruit which may be put to your credit.
James 3:17
But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is.
James 3:18
And the fruit of righteousness is planted in peace for those who make peace.
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Luke 13:5
I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to an end in the same way.
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Genesis 2:17
But of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you may not take; for on the day when you take of it, death will certainly come to you.
Deuteronomy 8:2
And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not.
Judges 3:1
Now these are the nations which the Lord kept in the land for the purpose of testing Israel by them, all those who had had no experience of all the wars of Canaan;
1 Kings 3:14
And if you go on in my ways, keeping my laws and my orders as your father David did, I will give you a long life.
Luke 19:13
And he sent for ten of his servants and gave them ten pounds and said to them, Do business with this till I come.
John 6:6
This he said, testing him: for he had no doubt what he himself would do.
1 Timothy 3:10
And let these first be put to the test; then let them become Deacons if there is nothing against them.
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Luke 13:1
Now some people who were there at that time, gave him an account of how the blood of some Galilaeans had been mixed by Pilate with their offerings.
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Luke 13:34
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who were sent to her! again and again would I have taken your children to myself, as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, but you would not!
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Luke 16:3
And the servant said to himself, What am I to do now that my lord takes away my position? I have not enough strength for working in the fields, and I would be shamed if I made requests for money from people in the streets.
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Luke 19:41
And when he got near and saw the town, he was overcome with weeping for it,
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Luke 19:42
Saying, If you, even you, had knowledge today, of the things which give peace! but you are not able to see them.
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