Luke 23:31
For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
Cross-references
Proverbs 11:31 reasons that if the righteous suffer, the wicked will face worse — matching Jesus' logic about green and dry wood.
Jeremiah 25:29 shows judgment starting at God's own city — the same logic: if the 'green' suffers, the 'dry' will not escape.
Ezekiel 15:2-7 uses the same green/dry wood imagery: if the green vine is fuel for fire, how much more the dry? Applied to Jerusalem's judgment.
Ezekiel 20:47 prophesies fire devouring both green and dry trees — directly matching the imagery and judgment theme here.
John 15:6 uses the same image of branches withered and burned — the fate of those not abiding in Christ, like the 'dry' tree here.
In 1 Peter 4:17, the same 'judgment begins with the household of God' logic appears: if it starts with the righteous, what awaits the ungodly?
In 1 Peter 4:18, the same rhetorical pattern: if the righteous are barely saved, what becomes of the sinner? Echoes Jesus' green/dry tree warning.