Job 19:28

28If you say, ‘How we will apursue him!’
and, ‘The root of the matter is found in him,’

Proverbs 12:3

3No one is established by wickedness,
but the root of bthe righteous will never be moved.

Proverbs 12:12

12Whoever is wicked covets cthe spoil of evildoers,
but the root of the righteous bears fruit.

Matthew 7:22-23

22 dOn that day emany will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not fprophesy in your name, and cast out demons gin your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 hAnd then will I declare to them, ‘I inever knew you; jdepart from me, kyou workers of lawlessness.’

Matthew 7:26-27

26And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like la foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”

Matthew 13:6

6but mwhen the sun rose they were scorched. And since they had no root, nthey withered away.

Luke 8:13

13And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it owith joy. But these have no root; they pbelieve for a while, and in time of testing qfall away.

John 6:26

26Jesus answered them, Truly, truly, I say to you, ryou are seeking me, not because you saw ssigns, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.

John 6:61-65

61But Jesus, tknowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Do you take offense at this? 62Then what if you were to see uthe Son of Man vascending to wwhere he was before? 63 xIt is the Spirit who gives life; ythe flesh is no help at all. zThe words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. 64But aathere are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus abknew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and acwho it was who would betray him.) 65And he said, This is why I told you adthat no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.”

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