Matthew 7:19
Every tree that fails to bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
In Context
18A sound tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a worthless tree bear good fruit.
20So it is by the fruit of their lives that you will know such people.
Cross References
Matthew 3:10Already the axe is lying at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that fails to bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
Luke 3:9Already, indeed, the axe is lying at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that fails to bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”
John 15:2Any unfruitful branch in me he takes away, and he cleanses every fruitful branch, so that it may bear more fruit.
Jude 1:12These are the people who are blots on your ‘love-feasts,’ when they feast together and provide without scruple for themselves alone. They are clouds without rain, driven before the winds; they are leafless trees without a vestige of fruit, dead through and through, torn up by the roots;
Matthew Henry on Matthew 7:16-21
The Sermon on the Mount. 15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20… Read the whole commentary →