Matthew 7:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. ”

Matthew 7:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Epilogue. Warnings and exhortations close the new Law, like the old ( Exodus 23:20 ff.). Matthew 7:13 f. The Two Gates and the Two Ways ( Luke 13:24 ). The picture is based on Jeremiah 21:8...
Matthew 7:19 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1332 MEN KNOWN BY THEIR FRUITS Matthew 7:15-20 . Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fr...
Matthew 7:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit - What a terrible sentence is this against Christless pastors, and Ch...
Matthew 7:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ye shall know them by their fruits— That is, by the evil tendency of their doctrines, as well as by the immorality of their lives. Compare 1 John 4:1 . 1 Corinthians 13:3 . What follows seems to...
Matthew 7:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. See the notes at Matth...
Matthew 7:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Sermon on the Mount (concluded) The connexion of thought in this chapter is less close than in the earlier part of the sermon, and the whole chapter bears the appearance of an appendix of misc...
Matthew 7:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit. — The crowds who listened must, for the most part, have recognised the words as those which they had heard before from the lips of the Baptist, and th...
Matthew 7:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 7 The Gospel of the Kingdom ("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1-48 ; Matthew 6:1-34 ; Matthew 7:1-29 IT may seem almost heresy to object to the time-honoured title "Sermon on the M...
Matthew 7:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Seeking Life; Testing Leaders Matthew 7:13-23 The world is full of shams. Counterfeit coins circulate; paste jewels are worn. Let us take heed against a counterfeit religion. It betrays itself...
Matthew 7:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

After thus enunciating the laws of the Kingdom, and bringing men into the realm of direct dealing with God, the King authoritatively set up the standard of judgment. No man is to be his brother's jud...
Matthew 7:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nothing can be more interesting than what the Lord JESUS hath here said. And no form of words can be more decisive to mark the godly man from the hypocrite. I only detain the Reader to observe, how v...
Matthew 7:19 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

BEWARE! ‘Beware of false prophets.… Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of My Father which is in heaven.’ Matthew 7:...
Matthew 7:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit ,.... Every preacher and teacher that does not bring the Gospel of Christ with him, and plainly and faithfully preach it to the people, sooner or later,...
Matthew 7:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Ver. 19. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, &c. ] Fruitless trees are cut down to the fire. Sho...
Matthew 7:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Even so As grapes are not reaped from thorns, or figs from thistles, but the fruit will always be agreeable in its nature and kind to the tree that produces it; so every good tree bringeth forth g...
Matthew 7:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Simple honesty will understand these first five verses without difficulty. The word "judge" is used in various different ways in Scripture. Believers are told to "judge" what Paul says ( 1 Corinthian...
Matthew 7:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sermon on the Mount. 15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves....
Matthew 7:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Matthew 7:20 " .
Matthew 7:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exhortation to Choose the Right Way and Produce Good Fruit by Full Obedience to His Words So As To Enter Into Life and Avoid Destruction (7:13-27). We now move on to the application part of the Se...
Matthew 7:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 7:13 . Destruction. —The word implies, not annihilation, but waste ( Matthew 26:8 ; Mark 14:4 ), perdition, i.e . the loss of all that makes existence precious. I questi...
Matthew 7:19 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 7:15-20 I. Christ warns us here to beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing. There is allusion here, no doubt, to the symbolical garments of the prophets, with which...
Matthew 7:19 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

While we are reading, let us also be adoring at the same time, for the. words of Christ have a gracious divinity about them; they are infinite; they are omnipotent. There is a kind of life in them; a...
Matthew 7:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 7:1 . Judge not, that ye be not judged. This refers to private and censorious reproaches of others. We must judge nothing before the time. It is better that ten bad men pass for innocent,...
Matthew 7:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

Know them by their fruits. Utility the test of truth The two criteria on which men most chiefly rest for the guidance “of their religious opinions would here be of no avail; authority would b...
Matthew 7:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 7:1-40 (2) As anxiety about the things of this life hinders us Godwards ( Matthew 6:19-40 ), so does censoriousness manwards ( Matthew 7:1-40 ), our Lord thus tacitly...
Matthew 7:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire.
Matthew 7:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 15:2-7 ; Hebrews 6:8 ; Isaiah 27:11 ; Isaiah 5:5-7 ; John 15:2-6 ; Jude 1:12 ; Luke 13:6-9 ; Luke 3:9 ; Matthew 21:19 ; Matthew 21:20 ; Matthew 3:10
Matthew 7:19 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Sermon on the Mount (Continued) Matthew 7:1-29 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. A command. God not only requests but definitely commands us, that we should not judge one another. There is probably no...
Matthew 7:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire — How dreadful then is the condition of that teacher who hath brought no sinners to God!

Matthew 7:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 7:19 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Matthew 7:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 7:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 7:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 7:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 7:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 7:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 7:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 7:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 7:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 7:19 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 7:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 7:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 7:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 7:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 7:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 7:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 7:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 7:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 7:19 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 7:19 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 7:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 7:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 7:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 7:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 7:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 7:19 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Matthew 7:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes