Matthew 7:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

It is not possible for a good tree to give bad fruit, and a bad tree will not give good fruit.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 John 3:9-9 : 9 Anyone who is a child of God does no sin, because he still has God's seed in him; he is not able to be a sinner, because God is his Father. 10 In this way it is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the Evil One; anyone who does not do righteousness or who has no love for his brother, is not a child of God.
  • Gal 5:17 : 17 For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; because these are opposite the one to the other; so that you may not do the things which you have a mind to do.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 7:16-17
    2 verses
    94%

    16By their fruits you will get knowledge of them. Do men get grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?

    17Even so, every good tree gives good fruit; but the bad tree gives evil fruit.

  • Luke 6:43-45
    3 verses
    91%

    43For no good tree gives bad fruit, and no bad tree gives good fruit.

    44For every tree is judged by its fruit. Men do not get figs from thorns, or grapes from blackberry plants.

    45The good man, out of the good store of his heart, gives good things; and the evil man, out of his evil store, gives evil: for out of the full store of the heart come the words of the mouth.

  • Matt 7:19-20
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    87%

    19Every tree which does not give good fruit is cut down and put in the fire.

    20So by their fruits you will get knowledge of them.

  • Matt 12:33-35
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    84%

    33Make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad; for by its fruit you will get knowledge of the tree.

    34You offspring of snakes, how are you, being evil, able to say good things? because out of the heart's store come the words of the mouth.

    35The good man out of his good store gives good things; and the evil man out of his evil store gives evil things.

  • Luke 3:9
    79%

    9And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; and every tree which does not have good fruit will be cut down and put into the fire.

  • Matt 3:10
    77%

    10And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; every tree then which does not give good fruit is cut down, and put into the fire.

  • Jas 3:10-12
    3 verses
    74%

    10Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, it is not right for these things to be so.

    11Does the fountain send from the same outlet sweet and bitter water?

    12Is a fig-tree able to give us olives, my brothers, or do we get figs from a vine, or sweet water from the salt sea?

  • John 15:4-6
    3 verses
    72%

    4Be in me at all times as I am in you. As the branch is not able to give fruit of itself, if it is not still on the vine, so you are not able to do so if you are not in me.

    5I am the vine, you are the branches: he who is in me at all times as I am in him, gives much fruit, because without me you are able to do nothing.

    6If a man does not keep himself in me, he becomes dead and is cut off like a dry branch; such branches are taken up and put in the fire and burned.

  • Luke 13:9
    71%

    9And if, after that, it has fruit, it is well; if not, let it be cut down.

  • Luke 8:15
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    15And those in the good earth are those who, having given ear to the word, keep it with a good and true heart, and in quiet strength give fruit.

  • John 15:2
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    2He takes away every branch in me which has no fruit, and every branch which has fruit he makes clean, so that it may have more fruit.

  • Luke 13:6-7
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    6And he made up this story for them: A certain man had a fig-tree in his garden, and he came to get fruit from it, and there was no fruit.

    7And he said to the gardener, See, for three years I have been looking for fruit from this tree, and I have not had any: let it be cut down; why is it taking up space?

  • Matt 3:8
    71%

    8Let your change of heart be seen in your works:

  • Jer 17:8
    70%

    8For he will be like a tree planted by the waters, pushing out its roots by the stream; he will have no fear when the heat comes, but his leaf will be green; in a dry year he will have no care, and will go on giving fruit.

  • Matt 15:13
    70%

    13But he said in answer, Every plant which my Father in heaven has not put in the earth, will be taken up by the roots.

  • Mark 7:21
    70%

    21Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures,

  • Matt 21:19
    70%

    19And seeing a fig-tree by the wayside, he came to it, and saw nothing on it but leaves only; and he said to it, Let there be no fruit from you from this time forward for ever. And straight away the fig-tree became dry and dead.

  • Eph 5:9
    70%

    9(Because the fruit of the light is in all righteousness and in everything which is good and true),

  • Prov 11:30
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    30The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life, but violent behaviour takes away souls.

  • Prov 12:3
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    3No man will make himself safe through evil-doing; but the root of upright men will never be moved.

  • Ezek 17:8
    69%

    8He had it planted in a good field by great waters so that it might put out branches and have fruit and be a strong vine.

  • Matt 15:18-19
    2 verses
    69%

    18But the things which come out of the mouth come from the heart; and they make a man unclean.

    19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words:

  • Mark 4:7
    69%

    7And some went among the thorns, and the thorns came up, and it had no room for growth and gave no fruit.

  • Prov 12:12
    69%

    12The resting-place of the sinner will come to destruction, but the root of upright men is for ever.

  • Mark 7:23
    69%

    23All these evil things come from inside, and make the man unclean.

  • Gal 6:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain.

    8Because he who puts in the seed of the flesh will of the flesh get the reward of death; but he who puts in the seed of the Spirit will of the Spirit get the reward of eternal life.

  • Prov 15:4
    69%

    4A comforting tongue is a tree of life, but a twisted tongue is a crushing of the spirit.

  • Prov 17:13
    69%

    13If anyone gives back evil for good, evil will never go away from his house.

  • Ps 1:3
    68%

    3He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, which gives its fruit at the right time, whose leaves will ever be green; and he will do well in all his undertakings.

  • Jer 24:3
    68%

    3Then the Lord said to me, What do you see, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs are very good, and the bad very bad, and of no use for food, they are so bad.

  • Jas 1:13
    68%

    13Let no man say when he is tested, I am tested by God; for it is not possible for God to be tested by evil, and he himself puts no man to such a test:

  • Eccl 7:20
    68%

    20There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.

  • Matt 13:48
    68%

    48When it was full, they took it up on the sands; and seated there they put the good into vessels, but the bad they put away.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.

  • Rom 7:19
    68%

    19For the good which I have a mind to do, I do not: but the evil which I have no mind to do, that I do.

  • Job 14:4
    68%

    4If only a clean thing might come out of an unclean! But it is not possible.

  • Job 14:8
    68%

    8Though its root may be old in the earth, and its cut-off end may be dead in the dust;