Matthew 7:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.

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  • Ps 1:3 : 3 He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season; its leaf also shall not wither, and whatever he does shall prosper.
  • Ps 92:13-14 : 13 Those who are planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. 14 They shall still bear fruit in old age; they shall be full of sap and flourishing,
  • Isa 5:3-5 : 3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard. 4 What more could have been done to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Why, when I looked for it to bring forth grapes, did it bring forth wild grapes? 5 And now, I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down:
  • Gal 5:22-24 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
  • Eph 5:9 : 9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
  • Matt 12:33-35 : 33 Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit. 34 O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.
  • Luke 13:6-9 : 6 He also spoke this parable: A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. 7 Then he said to the keeper of his vineyard, Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why does it use up the ground? 8 And he answered and said to him, Lord, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it: 9 And if it bears fruit, well: and if not, then after that you shall cut it down.
  • Phil 1:11 : 11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
  • Col 1:10 : 10 That you might walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing him, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
  • Jas 3:17-18 : 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
  • Jude 1:12 : 12 These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots;
  • Isa 61:3 : 3 To appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He might be glorified.
  • Jer 11:19 : 19 But I was like a gentle lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I did not know that they had devised plots against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.
  • Jer 17:8 : 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreads out its roots by the river, and shall not see when heat comes, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be anxious in the year of drought, nor cease from yielding fruit.

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  • Matt 7:18-21
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    18A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.

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

    20Therefore, by their fruits you will know them.

    21Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father in heaven.

  • Luke 6:43-45
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    43For a good tree does not bring forth corrupt fruit; neither does a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

    44For every tree is known by its own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor from a bramble bush do they gather grapes.

    45A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth that which is evil: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

  • Matt 12:33-35
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    33Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit.

    34O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

    35A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.

  • Matt 7:15-16
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    15Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

    16You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles?

  • Luke 3:9
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    9And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore that does not produce good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

  • Matt 3:10
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    10And now also the axe is laid to the root of the trees: therefore every tree which does not bring forth good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

  • Matt 3:8
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    8Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance:

  • Luke 13:9
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    9And if it bears fruit, well: and if not, then after that you shall cut it down.

  • John 15:2
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    2Every branch in me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it, that it may produce more fruit.

  • Luke 8:15
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    15But that on the good ground are they, who in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

  • Luke 13:6-7
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    6He also spoke this parable: A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.

    7Then he said to the keeper of his vineyard, Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why does it use up the ground?

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

  • Ezek 17:8
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    8It was planted in good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches and bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.

  • Jas 3:10-12
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    10Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

    11Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening?

    12Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olive berries, or a vine bear figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh.

  • Eph 5:9
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    9(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)

  • Matt 15:13
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    13But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father has not planted, shall be rooted up.

  • Prov 12:12
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    12The wicked desires the catch of evil men, but the root of the righteous yields fruit.

  • Matt 21:19
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    19And when he saw a fig tree by the road, he came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, Let no fruit grow on you ever again. And immediately the fig tree withered away.

  • Mark 4:7
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    7And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

  • Mark 7:21
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    21For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

  • John 15:4-6
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    4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, no more can you, unless you abide in me.

    5I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit, for without me you can do nothing.

    6If anyone does not abide 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.

  • Gal 6:7-8
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    7Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatever a man sows, that shall he also reap.

    8For he who sows to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he who sows to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

  • Jer 17:8
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    8For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreads out its roots by the river, and shall not see when heat comes, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be anxious in the year of drought, nor cease from yielding fruit.

  • Prov 10:16
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    16The labor of the righteous tends to life, the fruit of the wicked to sin.

  • Mark 7:23
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    23All these evil things come from within and defile a man.

  • Matt 15:18-19
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    18But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart; and they defile a man.

    19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

  • Matt 13:48
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    48When it was full, the fishermen pulled it up on the shore. Then they sat down and collected the good fish in baskets, but threw the bad away.

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    4A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it is a break in the spirit.

  • Heb 6:8
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    8But that which bears thorns and thistles is rejected, and is near to being cursed, its end is to be burned.

  • Luke 21:29
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    29And he spoke to them a parable: Behold the fig tree and all the trees;

  • Jer 24:3
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    3Then the LORD said to me, What do you see, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.

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    10Say to the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

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    2A man shall eat well by the fruit of his mouth, but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.

  • Ps 1:3
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    3He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season; its leaf also shall not wither, and whatever he does shall prosper.

  • Matt 13:8
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    8But others fell on good soil and yielded a crop—some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.