He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.
The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown
Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may sh
But Jesus replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots.
Those I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples.
So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tr
For land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is tended rece
Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken awa
His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn u
Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless a
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a
Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!”
See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and de
You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever
And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silve
Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
the faith and love proceeding from the hope stored up for you in heaven, of which you have already heard in the word of
The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zeal
While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost,
Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us.
And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpo
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal.
For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the
The humble will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measure
Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all