Matthew 7:18

World English Bible (2000)

A good tree can't produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 John 3:9-9 : 9 Whoever is born of God doesn't commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he can't sin, because he is born of God. 10 In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn't do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn't love his brother.
  • Gal 5:17 : 17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.

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  • Matt 7:16-17
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    16 By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?

    17 Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.

  • Luke 6:43-45
    3 verses
    91%

    43 For there is no good tree that brings forth rotten fruit; nor again a rotten tree that brings forth good fruit.

    44 For each tree is known by its own fruit. For people don't gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush.

    45 The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.

  • Matt 7:19-20
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    19 Every tree that doesn't grow good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire.

    20 Therefore, by their fruits you will know them.

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

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

    35 The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things.

  • Luke 3:9
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    9 Even now the axe also lies at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that doesn't bring forth good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire."

  • Matt 3:10
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    10 "Even now the axe lies at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that doesn't bring forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.

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

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

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

  • John 15:4-6
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    72%

    4 Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can't 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. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

    6 If a man doesn't remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

  • Luke 13:9
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    9 If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.'"

  • Luke 8:15
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    15 That in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and bring forth fruit with patience.

  • John 15:2
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    2 Every branch in me that doesn't bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

  • Luke 13:6-7
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    6 He 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 He said to the vine dresser, 'Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why does it waste the soil?'

  • Matt 3:8
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    8 Therefore bring forth fruit worthy of repentance!

  • Jer 17:8
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    8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat comes, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

  • Matt 15:13
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    13 But he answered, "Every plant which my heavenly Father didn't plant will be uprooted.

  • Mark 7:21
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    21 For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,

  • Matt 21:19
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    19 Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it, and found nothing on it but leaves. He said to it, "Let there be no fruit from you forever!" Immediately the fig tree withered away.

  • Eph 5:9
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    9 for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,

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

  • Prov 12:3
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    3 A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

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

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

    19 For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.

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

  • Prov 12:12
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    12 The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

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

  • Gal 6:7-8
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    7 Don't be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

    8 For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

  • Prov 15:4
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    4 A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.

  • Prov 17:13
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    13 Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

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

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

  • Jas 1:13
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    13 Let no man say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God can't be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.

  • Eccl 7:20
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    20 Surely there is not a righteous man on earth, who does good and doesn't sin.

  • Matt 13:48
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    48 which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach. They sat down, and gathered the good into containers, but the bad they threw away.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20 One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Rom 7:19
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    19 For the good which I desire, I don't do; but the evil which I don't desire, that I practice.

  • Job 14:4
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    4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.

  • Job 14:8
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    8 Though its root grows old in the earth, and its stock dies in the ground,