Matthew 7:17

Webster's Bible (1833)

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

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  • Ps 1:3 : 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.
  • Ps 92:13-14 : 13 They are planted in Yahweh's house. They will flourish in our God's courts. 14 They will still bring forth fruit in old age. They will be full of sap and green,
  • Isa 5:3-5 : 3 "Now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, Please judge between me and my vineyard. 4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Why, when I looked for it to yield grapes, did it yield wild grapes? 5 Now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will take away its hedge, and it will be eaten up. I will break down its wall of it, and it will be trampled down.
  • Gal 5:22-24 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.
  • 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 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{TR adds "of the heart"} brings out evil things.
  • Luke 13:6-9 : 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?' 8 He answered, 'Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it, and fertilize it. 9 If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.'"
  • Phil 1:11 : 11 being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
  • Col 1:10 : 10 that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
  • Jas 3:17-18 : 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 18 Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
  • Jude 1:12 : 12 These are hidden rocky reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you, shepherds who without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn leaves without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
  • Isa 61:3 : 3 to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.
  • Jer 11:19 : 19 But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I didn't know that they had devised devices against me, [saying], Let us destroy the tree with the fruit of it, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
  • Jer 17:8 : 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.

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  • Matt 7:18-21
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    18A good tree can't produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.

    19Every tree that doesn't grow 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,' will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

  • Luke 6:43-45
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    43For there is no good tree that brings forth rotten fruit; nor again a rotten tree that brings forth good fruit.

    44For 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.

    45The 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 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.

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

    35The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure{TR adds "of the heart"} brings out evil things.

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

    16By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?

  • Luke 3:9
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    9Even 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.

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

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

  • John 15:2
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    2Every 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 8:15
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    15That 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.

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

    7He 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?'

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

  • Ezek 17:8
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    8It 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Matt 21:19
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    19Seeing 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.

  • Mark 4:7
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    7Others fell among the 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 hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,

  • John 15:4-6
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    4Remain 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.

    5I 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.

    6If 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.

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

    8For 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.

  • Jer 17:8
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    8For 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.

  • Prov 10:16
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    16The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.

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

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

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

  • Matt 13:48
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    48which, 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 15:4
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    4A gentle tongue is a tree of life, But deceit in it crushes the spirit.

  • Heb 6:8
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    8but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is rejected and near being cursed, whose end is to be burned.

  • Luke 21:29
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    29He told them a parable. "See the fig tree, and all the trees.

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

  • Isa 3:10
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    10Tell the righteous "Good!" For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

  • Prov 13:2
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    2By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things; But the unfaithful crave violence.

  • Ps 1:3
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    3He 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.

  • Matt 13:8
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    8and others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.