As the tree falls, So Shall it lie.

Hi Anonymous,

A quick Google search reveals that "As the tree falls, so shall it lie" is actually a Chinese proverb. I guess it means "things are the way they are".

Perhaps one of our Chinese users could clarify this?

Hi,

You might like to compare these "tree words" by Virgil. As the twig is bent, so the tree inclines.

ie If you bend the baby tree, the tree will grow in that direction and thus the adult tree will be bent in the same way. The way you begin as a child will be the way you are when you are an adult.

Best wishes, Clive

Nice comments, Clive.

yes, it is from the bible and I am trying to find book and verse. I found it once and have misplaced it.
It is telling us that we can accept Christ as our Savior any time during our life, and *** will forgive and make us once of his children.
BUT
When we die, whatever we were at the time of death is what will decide on heaven or ****.
Once we are dead, (as the tree falls) it is t

Virgel got that line from the bilbe, Clive
Check it out.

The bible reference comes from ecclesiastes 11:3 "If the tree fall toward the South, or toward the North, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be."

However, I think the statement, as written, does seem to be a Chinese proverb.

AnonymousVirgel got that line from the bilbe, Clive
Check it out.

Can you give proof of this statement?

You can compare a tree to a man. If a tree falls & dies it is as it was in life. If it was good then it dies good if it was corrupted with diease etc so it will be when it dies.

Therefore if a man dies corrupt thout ***, there is no changing that he doesn't get up & try it again he dies corrupt. If a man dies righteously, he will be righteous in death. So when the Lord raises all men

The Jimmy Swaggart Expositors Bible suggests that it relates to not being able to change your circumstances in life. For what it's worth, my interpretation would be that if you die in an unsaved state, (without The Lord Jesus Christ) that you are lost for all eternity. ie. Once you die, your eternal status is cast, whether saved or lost. Friends from church seem to agree. Unger's Bible hand

Hi,

The verse does not exist :

We hear it stated .The bible says

As A tree falleth so shall it lie
It is simply a miss guided conception
The grace thropugh the blood opf Jesus Christ.
Is the total in: It is finished

Thanks
L. Johnson