Matthew 7:18

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A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot produce good fruit.

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  • 1 John 3:9-9 : 9 No one born of God practices sin, for His seed abides in them; they cannot keep on sinning, because they have been born of God. 10 By this the children of God and the children of the devil are distinguished: Anyone who does not practice righteousness and does not love their brother or sister is not of God.
  • Gal 5:17 : 17 For the flesh desires what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want to do.

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  • Matt 7:16-17
    2 verses
    94%

    16You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?

    17In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit.

  • Luke 6:43-45
    3 verses
    91%

    43No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.

    44Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from bramble bushes.

    45A good person brings good things out of the good stored up in their heart, and an evil person brings evil things out of the evil stored up in their heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

  • Matt 7:19-20
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    87%

    19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

    20So then, you will recognize them by their fruits.

  • Matt 12:33-35
    3 verses
    84%

    33Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.

    34You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

    35The good person brings out good things from the good treasure of his heart, and the evil person brings out evil things from his evil treasure.

  • Luke 3:9
    79%

    9The axe is already laid at the root of the trees, so every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

  • Matt 3:10
    77%

    10Even now the axe is laid at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

  • Jas 3:10-12
    3 verses
    74%

    10Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things should not be this way.

    11Does a spring pour forth both sweet and bitter water from the same opening?

    12Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt spring yield fresh water.

  • John 15:4-6
    3 verses
    72%

    4Remain in me, as I also remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me.

    5I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

    6If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.

  • Luke 13:9
    71%

    9If it bears fruit next year, fine! But if not, then cut it down.'

  • Luke 8:15
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    15But the seed on good soil represents those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and produce a harvest through perseverance.

  • John 15:2
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    2He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.

  • Luke 13:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6Then he told this parable: 'A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it but found none.'

    7He said to the gardener, 'For three years I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?'

  • Matt 3:8
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    8Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.

  • Jer 17:8
    70%

    8They will be like a tree planted by water, stretching out its roots by a stream. It will not fear when heat comes, and its leaves remain green. It will not worry in a year of drought or cease to produce fruit.

  • Matt 15:13
    70%

    13He answered, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.

  • Mark 7:21
    70%

    21For from within, out of the human heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,

  • Matt 21:19
    70%

    19Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, he went to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it, 'May no fruit ever come from you again!' And immediately, the fig tree withered.

  • Eph 5:9
    70%

    9(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.)

  • Prov 11:30
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    30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and the one who wins souls is wise.

  • Prov 12:3
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    3No one can be established by wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.

  • Ezek 17:8
    69%

    8It was planted in fertile soil by abundant waters to produce branches, bear fruit, and become a splendid vine.

  • Matt 15:18-19
    2 verses
    69%

    18But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these defile a person.

    19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, and slanders.

  • Mark 4:7
    69%

    7Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, so it didn’t produce any grain.

  • Prov 12:12
    69%

    12The wicked desire the plunder of evildoers, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

  • Mark 7:23
    69%

    23All these evils come from within and defile a person.

  • Gal 6:7-8
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    69%

    7Do not be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a person sows, that they will also reap.

    8The one who sows to their flesh will reap decay from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

  • Prov 15:4
    69%

    4A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

  • Prov 17:13
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    13If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never depart from their house.

  • Ps 1:3
    68%

    3He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season, and whose leaf does not wither; whatever he does prospers.

  • Jer 24:3
    68%

    3Then the LORD said to me, "What do you see, Jeremiah?" And I answered, "Figs. The good figs are very good, but the bad ones are so bad they cannot be eaten."

  • Jas 1:13
    68%

    13Let no one say when he is tempted, 'I am being tempted by God,' for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone.

  • Eccl 7:20
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    20Surely there is no one righteous on earth who always does good and never sins.

  • Matt 13:48
    68%

    48When it was full, the fishermen pulled it onto the shore. Then they sat down and gathered the good fish into baskets, but threw the bad ones away.

  • Prov 17:20
    68%

    20A crooked heart will not find good, and the one with a deceitful tongue will fall into trouble.

  • Rom 7:19
    68%

    19For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.

  • Job 14:4
    68%

    4Who can bring what is pure out of the unclean? No one.

  • Job 14:8
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    8Even if its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,