Matthew 7:18

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

A good tree is not able to bear bad fruit, nor a bad tree to bear good fruit.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 John 3:9-9 : 9 Everyone who has been fathered by God does not practice sin, because God’s seed resides in him, and thus he is not able to sin, because he has been fathered by God. 10 By this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Everyone who does not practice righteousness– the one who does not love his fellow Christian– is not of God.
  • Gal 5:17 : 17 For the flesh has desires that are opposed to the Spirit, and the Spirit has desires that are opposed to the flesh, for these are in opposition to each other, so that you cannot do what you want.

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  • Matt 7:16-17
    2 verses
    94%

    16You will recognize them by their fruit. Grapes are not gathered from thorns or figs from thistles, are they?

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

  • Luke 6:43-45
    3 verses
    91%

    43“For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit,

    44for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thorns, nor are grapes picked from brambles.

    45The good person out of the good treasury of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasury produces evil, for his mouth speaks from what fills his heart.

  • 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 fruit.

  • Matt 12:33-35
    3 verses
    84%

    33Trees and Their Fruit“Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.

    34Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart.

    35The good person brings good things out of his good treasury, and the evil person brings evil things out of his evil treasury.

  • Luke 3:9
    79%

    9Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”

  • Matt 3:10
    77%

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

  • Jas 3:10-12
    3 verses
    74%

    10From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. These things should not be so, my brothers and sisters.

    11A spring does not pour out fresh water and bitter water from the same opening, does it?

    12Can a fig tree produce olives, my brothers and sisters, or a vine produce figs? Neither can a salt water spring produce fresh water.

  • John 15:4-6
    3 verses
    72%

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

    5“I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me– and I in him– bears much fruit, because apart from me you can accomplish nothing.

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

  • Luke 13:9
    71%

    9Then if it bears fruit next year, very well, but if not, you can cut it down.’”

  • Luke 8:15
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    15But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing the word, cling to it with an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance.

  • John 15:2
    71%

    2He takes away every branch that does not bear fruit in me. He prunes every branch that bears fruit so that it will bear more fruit.

  • Luke 13:6-7
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    6Warning to Israel to Bear Fruit Then Jesus told this parable:“A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none.

    7So he said to the worker who tended the vineyard,‘For three years now, I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and each time I inspect it I find none. Cut it down! Why should it continue to deplete the soil?’

  • Matt 3:8
    71%

    8Therefore produce fruit that proves your repentance,

  • Jer 17:8
    70%

    8They will be like a tree planted near a stream whose roots spread out toward the water. It has nothing to fear when the heat comes. Its leaves are always green. It has no need to be concerned in a year of drought. It does not stop bearing fruit.

  • Matt 15:13
    70%

    13And he replied,“Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.

  • Mark 7:21
    70%

    21For from within, out of the human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder,

  • Matt 21:19
    70%

    19After noticing a fig tree by the road he went to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it,“Never again will there be fruit from you!” And the fig tree withered at once.

  • Eph 5:9
    70%

    9for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth–

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

  • Prov 12:3
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    3No one can be established through wickedness, but a righteous root cannot be moved.

  • Ezek 17:8
    69%

    8In a good field, by abundant waters, it was planted to grow branches, bear fruit, and become a beautiful vine.

  • Matt 15:18-19
    2 verses
    69%

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

    19For out of the heart come evil ideas, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.

  • Mark 4:7
    69%

    7Other seed fell among the thorns, and they grew up and choked it, and it did not produce grain.

  • Prov 12:12
    69%

    12The wicked person has desired the stronghold of the wicked, but the root of the righteous will yield fruit.

  • 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 will not be made a fool. For a person will reap what he sows,

    8because the person who sows to his own flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

  • Prov 15:4
    69%

    4Speech that heals is like a life-giving tree, but a perverse speech breaks the spirit.

  • Prov 17:13
    69%

    13As for the one who repays evil for good, evil will not leave his house.

  • Ps 1:3
    68%

    3He is like a tree planted by flowing streams; it yields its fruit at the proper time, and its leaves never fall off. He succeeds in everything he attempts.

  • Jer 24:3
    68%

    3The LORD said to me,“What do you see, Jeremiah?” I answered,“I see figs. The good ones look very good. But the bad ones look very bad, so bad that they cannot be eaten.”

  • Jas 1:13
    68%

    13Let no one say when he is tempted,“I am tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.

  • Eccl 7:20
    68%

    20For there is not one truly righteous person on the earth who continually does good and never sins.

  • Matt 13:48
    68%

    48When it was full, they pulled it ashore, sat down, and put the good fish into containers and threw the bad away.

  • Prov 17:20
    68%

    20The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.

  • Rom 7:19
    68%

    19For I do not do the good I want, but I do the very evil I do not want!

  • Job 14:4
    68%

    4Who can make a clean thing come from an unclean? No one!

  • Job 14:8
    68%

    8Although its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump begins to die in the soil,