Mark 11:20
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20 The next morning as they passed by the fig tree he had cursed, the disciples noticed it had withered from the roots up.
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John 15:6
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6 Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned.
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Mark 11:14
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14 Then Jesus said to the tree, “May no one ever eat your fruit again!” And the disciples heard him say it.
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Matthew 15:13
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13 Jesus replied, “Every plant not planted by my heavenly Father will be uprooted,
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Matthew 21:19-22
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19 and he noticed a fig tree beside the road. He went over to see if there were any figs, but there were only leaves. Then he said to it, “May you never bear fruit again!” And immediately the fig tree withered up.
20 The disciples were amazed when they saw this and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”
21 Then Jesus told them, “I tell you the truth, if you have faith and don’t doubt, you can do things like this and much more. You can even say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and it will happen. 22 You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it.”
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Matthew 13:6
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6 But the plants soon wilted under the hot sun, and since they didn’t have deep roots, they died.
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Isaiah 40:24
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24 They hardly get started, barely taking root,
when he blows on them and they wither.
The wind carries them off like chaff.
Jude 12
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12 When these people eat with you in your fellowship meals commemorating the Lord’s love, they are like dangerous reefs that can shipwreck you.[a] They are like shameless shepherds who care only for themselves. They are like clouds blowing over the land without giving any rain. They are like trees in autumn that are doubly dead, for they bear no fruit and have been pulled up by the roots.
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- 12 Or they are contaminants among you; or they are stains.
Hebrews 6:8
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8 But if a field bears thorns and thistles, it is useless. The farmer will soon condemn that field and burn it.
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Isaiah 5:4
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4 What more could I have done for my vineyard
that I have not already done?
When I expected sweet grapes,
why did my vineyard give me bitter grapes?
Job 20:5-7
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5 the triumph of the wicked has been short lived
and the joy of the godless has been only temporary?
6 Though the pride of the godless reaches to the heavens
and their heads touch the clouds,
7 yet they will vanish forever,
thrown away like their own dung.
Those who knew them will ask,
‘Where are they?’
Job 18:16-17
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16 Their roots will dry up,
and their branches will wither.
17 All memory of their existence will fade from the earth;
no one will remember their names.
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