Matthew 7:19
Kol etz (every tree) not producing pri tov is cut off and is thrown into HaEish (the Fire). + 7:19 Isa 66:24; Dan 12:2
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
In Context
18An etz tov is not able to produce pri rah nor is an etz nishchat able to produce pri tov.
20Therefore, by their perot (fruits) you shall have da'as of them.
Cross References
Isaiah 27:11When the boughs thereof are dry, 1 they shall be broken off; 1 the nashim come, and set them on fire; 1 for it is a people of no understanding; 1 therefore He that made them will not have compassion on them, 1 and He that formed them will show them no favor.
Matthew 3:10And already the ax is laid at the shoresh haetzim (the root of the trees); therefore, every etz not producing pri tov (good fruit) is cut down and thrown into the eish (fire).
Luke 3:9And already the ax is laid at the shoresh haetzim (the root of the trees). Therefore, every etz not producing pri tov is cut down and is thrown into the Eish.
John 15:2Every sarig (shoot, branch) in me not bearing p'ri + 15:2 Ps 92:14 He takes it away, and every sarig bearing p'ri He prunes that it may bear much p'ri.
Jude 1:12These [men] are hidden reefs [moored at] your seudas (agape-feasts), feasting with you without yires-hakoved, shepherding themselves, waterless clouds being carried away by winds, autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, torn up from their shorashim (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 →