Matthew 7:18
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
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- 1 John 3:9-9 : 9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
- Gal 5:17 : 17 For the flesh lusteth ainst the Spirit, and the Spirit ainst the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
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- Matt 7:16-172 verses94%
16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
- Luke 6:43-453 verses91%
43 For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
44 For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
- Matt 7:19-202 verses87%
19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
- Matt 12:33-353 verses84%
33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
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9 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
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10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
- Jas 3:10-123 verses74%
10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
- John 15:4-63 verses72%
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
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9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
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15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
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2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
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6 He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.
7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
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8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
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8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
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13 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
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21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
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19 And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.
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9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
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30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
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3 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
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8 It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.
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18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
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7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
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12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
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23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
- Gal 6:7-82 verses69%
7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
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4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
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13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
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3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
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3 Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, emiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
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13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
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20 For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
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48 Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
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20 He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
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19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
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4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
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8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;