9 and if it may bear fruit for the future; . . . but, otherwise, certainly, thou shalt cut it down.
Luke 13:9 Cross References - Rotherham
Ezra 9:14-15
14 should we again break thy commandments and join ourselves by affinity of marriage with the peoples of these abominations,––wouldst thou not be angry with us, unto a full end, that there should be neither remainder nor deliverance?
15 O Yahweh, God of Israel, righteous thou art, for we have had left us a deliverance as at this day,––here we are, before thee, in our guilty deeds, for there is no standing before thee, because of this thing!
Psalms 69:22-28
22 Let their table, before them, become a snare, And unto their friends, a lure;
23 Let their eyes become too dim to see, And, their loins, continually cause thou to shake;
24 Pour out over them thine indignation, And let, the glow of thine anger, overtake them:
25 Let their encampment become desolate, In their tents, be there none to dwell:
26 For, whom, thou thyself, hadst smitten, they pursued, And, unto the pain of thy wounded ones, they must needs add.
27 Lay punishment on their iniquity, And let them not enter into thy righteousness;
28 Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And, with the righteous, let them not be enrolled.
Daniel 9:5-8
5 We have sinned and committed iniquity, and been guilty of lawlessness and been rebellious,––even departing from thy commandments, and from thy regulations;
6 and have not hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, who spake in thy name, unto our kings, our rulers, and our fathers,––and unto all the people of the land.
7 To thee, O Lord, belongeth righteousness, but, to us, the shame of faces, as at this day,––to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, the near and the far off, throughout all the lands whither thou hast driven them, in their treachery, wherewith they had been treacherous against thee.
8 O Yahweh, to us, belongeth the shame of faces, to our kings, to our rulers, and to our fathers,––in that we have sinned against thee.
John 15:2
2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, He taketh it away; and, every one that beareth, fruit, He pruneth it, that, more fruit, it may bear.
1 Thessalonians 2:15
15 Who have both slain the, Lord, Jesus––and the prophets, and, us, have persecuted, and, unto God, are displeasing, and, unto all men, are contrary,––
Hebrews 6:8
8 But, should it be bringing forth thorns and briars, it is disapproved, and, unto cursing, nigh,––whose end is for burning.
Revelation 15:3-4
3 and they sing the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb, saying––Great and marvelous, are thy works, Lord, God, the Almighty! Righteous and true, are thy ways, O King of the ages!
4 Who shall in anywise not be put in fear, O Lord, and glorify thy name,––because, alone, full of lovingkindness; because, all the nations, will have come, and will do homage before thee, because, thy righteous deeds, were made manifest?
Revelation 16:5-7
5 And I heard the messenger of the waters, saying––Righteous, art thou Who art, and Who wast, Who art full of lovingkindness,––in that, these things, thou hast adjudged;
6 Because, blood of saints and prophets, poured they out, and, blood, unto them, hast thou given to drink: Worthy, they are!
7 And I heard the altar, saying––Yea! Lord, God, the Almighty: True and righteous, are thy judgments!