Verse 12

Can{G3361}{G1410}{(G5736)} the fig tree{G4808}, my{G3450} brethren{G80}, bear{G4160}{(G5658)} olive berries{G1636}? either{G2228} a vine{G288}, figs{G4810}? so{G3779} can no{G3762} fountain{G4077} both yield{G4160}{(G5658)} salt{G252} water{G5204} and{G2532} fresh{G1099}.

Referenced Verses

  • Luke 6:43-44 : 43 For{G1063} a good{G2570} tree{G1186} bringeth{G2076}{(G5748)}{G4160} not{G3756} forth{G4160}{(G5723)} corrupt{G4550} fruit{G2590}; neither{G3761} doth{G4160} a corrupt{G4550} tree{G1186} bring forth{G4160}{(G5723)} good{G2570} fruit{G2590}. 44 For{G1063} every{G1538} tree{G1186} is known{G1097}{(G5743)} by{G1537} his own{G2398} fruit{G2590}. For{G1063} of{G1537} thorns{G173} men do not{G3756} gather{G4816}{(G5719)} figs{G4810}, nor{G3761} of{G1537} a bramble bush{G942} gather they{G5166}{(G5719)} grapes{G4718}.
  • Matt 7:16-20 : 16 Ye shall know{G1921}{(G5695)} them{G846} by{G575} their{G846} fruits{G2590}{G3385}. Do men gather{G4816}{(G5719)} grapes{G4718} of{G575} thorns{G173}, or{G2228} figs{G4810} of{G575} thistles{G5146}? 17 Even so{G3779} every{G3956} good{G18} tree{G1186} bringeth forth{G4160}{(G5719)} good{G2570} fruit{G2590}; but{G1161} a corrupt{G4550} tree{G1186} bringeth forth{G4160}{(G5719)} evil{G4190} fruit{G2590}. 18 A good{G18} tree{G1186} cannot{G3756}{G1410}{(G5736)} bring forth{G4160}{(G5721)} evil{G4190} fruit{G2590}, neither{G3761} can a corrupt{G4550} tree{G1186} bring forth{G4160}{(G5721)} good{G2570} fruit{G2590}. 19 Every{G3956} tree{G1186} that bringeth{G4160} not{G3361} forth{G4160}{(G5723)} good{G2570} fruit{G2590} is hewn down{G1581}{(G5743)}, and{G2532} cast{G906}{(G5743)} into{G1519} the fire{G4442}. 20 Wherefore{G686} by{G575} their{G846} fruits{G2590} ye shall know{G1921}{(G5695)} them{G846}.
  • Matt 12:33 : 33 Either{G2228} make{G4160}{(G5657)} the tree{G1186} good{G2570}, and{G2532} his{G846} fruit{G2590} good{G2570}; or else{G2228} make{G4160}{(G5657)} the tree{G1186} corrupt{G4550}, and{G2532} his{G846} fruit{G2590} corrupt{G4550}: for{G1063} the tree{G1186} is known{G1097}{(G5743)} by{G1537} his fruit{G2590}.
  • Rom 11:16-18 : 16 For{G1161} if{G1487} the firstfruit{G536} be holy{G40}, the lump{G5445} is also{G2532} holy: and{G2532} if{G1487} the root{G4491} be holy{G40}, so{G2532} are the branches{G2798}. 17 And{G1161} if some{G1536} of the branches{G2798} be broken off{G1575}{(G5681)}, and{G1161} thou{G4771}, being{G5607}{(G5752)} a wild olive tree{G65}, wert graffed in{G1461}{(G5681)} among{G1722} them{G846}, and{G2532} with{G4791} them{G1096}{(G5633)} partakest{G4791} of the root{G4491} and{G2532} fatness{G4096} of the olive tree{G1636}; 18 Boast{G2620} not{G3361} against{G2620}{(G5737)} the branches{G2798}. But{G1161} if{G1487} thou boast{G2620}{(G5736)}, thou{G4771} bearest{G941}{(G5719)} not{G3756} the root{G4491}, but{G235} the root{G4491} thee{G4571}.
  • Jer 2:21 : 21 Yet I had planted{H5193}{(H8804)} thee a noble vine{H8321}, wholly a right{H571} seed{H2233}: how then art thou turned{H2015}{(H8738)} into the degenerate plant{H5494} of a strange{H5237} vine{H1612} unto me?
  • Ezek 47:8-9 : 8 Then said{H559}{(H8799)} he unto me, These waters{H4325} issue out{H3318}{(H8802)} toward the east{H6930} country{H1552}, and go down{H3381}{(H8804)} into the desert{H6160}, and go{H935}{(H8804)} into the sea{H3220}: which being brought forth{H3318}{(H8716)} into the sea{H3220}, the waters{H4325} shall be healed{H7495}{(H8738)}. 9 And it shall come to pass, that every thing{H5315} that liveth{H2416}, which moveth{H8317}{(H8799)}, whithersoever the rivers{H5158} shall come{H935}{(H8799)}, shall live{H2421}{(H8799)}: and there shall be a very{H3966} great{H7227} multitude of fish{H1710}, because these waters{H4325} shall come{H935}{(H8804)} thither: for they shall be healed{H7495}{(H8735)}; and every thing shall live{H2425}{(H8804)} whither the river{H5158} cometh{H935}{(H8799)}. 10 And it shall come to pass, that the fishers{H1728} shall stand{H5975}{(H8804)}{(H8675)}{H5975}{(H8799)} upon it from Engedi{H5872} even unto Eneglaim{H5882}; they shall be a place to spread forth{H4894} nets{H2764}; their fish{H1710} shall be according to their kinds{H4327}, as the fish{H1710} of the great{H1419} sea{H3220}, exceeding{H3966} many{H7227}. 11 But the miry places{H1207} thereof and the marishes{H1360} thereof shall not be healed{H7495}{(H8735)}; they shall be given{H5414}{(H8738)} to salt{H4417}.
  • Exod 15:23-25 : 23 And when they came{H935}{(H8799)} to Marah{H4785}, they could{H3201}{(H8804)} not drink{H8354}{(H8800)} of the waters{H4325} of Marah{H4785}, for they were bitter{H4751}: therefore the name{H8034} of it was called{H7121}{(H8804)} Marah{H4785}. 24 And the people{H5971} murmured{H3885}{(H8735)} against Moses{H4872}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, What shall we drink{H8354}{(H8799)}? 25 And he cried{H6817}{(H8799)} unto the LORD{H3068}; and the LORD{H3068} shewed{H3384}{(H8686)} him a tree{H6086}, which when he had cast{H7993}{(H8686)} into the waters{H4325}, the waters{H4325} were made sweet{H4985}{(H8799)}: there he made{H7760}{(H8804)} for them a statute{H2706} and an ordinance{H4941}, and there he proved{H5254}{(H8765)} them,
  • 2 Kgs 2:19-22 : 19 And the men{H582} of the city{H5892} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Elisha{H477}, Behold, I pray thee, the situation{H4186} of this city{H5892} is pleasant{H2896}, as my lord{H113} seeth{H7200}{(H8802)}: but the water{H4325} is naught{H7451}, and the ground{H776} barren{H7921}{(H8764)}. 20 And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Bring{H3947}{(H8798)} me a new{H2319} cruse{H6746}, and put{H7760}{(H8798)} salt{H4417} therein. And they brought{H3947}{(H8799)} it to him. 21 And he went forth{H3318}{(H8799)} unto the spring{H4161} of the waters{H4325}, and cast{H7993}{(H8686)} the salt{H4417} in there, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, I have healed{H7495}{(H8765)} these waters{H4325}; there shall not be from thence any more death{H4194} or barren{H7921}{(H8764)} land. 22 So the waters{H4325} were healed{H7495}{(H8735)} unto this day{H3117}, according to the saying{H1697} of Elisha{H477} which he spake{H1696}{(H8765)}.
  • Isa 5:2-4 : 2 And he fenced{H5823}{(H8762)} it, and gathered out the stones{H5619}{(H8762)} thereof, and planted{H5193}{(H8799)} it with the choicest vine{H8321}, and built{H1129}{(H8799)} a tower{H4026} in the midst{H8432} of it, and also made{H2672}{(H8804)} a winepress{H3342} therein: and he looked{H6960}{(H8762)} that it should bring forth{H6213}{(H8800)} grapes{H6025}, and it brought forth{H6213}{(H8799)} wild grapes{H891}. 3 And now, O inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of Jerusalem{H3389}, and men{H376} of Judah{H3063}, judge{H8199}{(H8798)}, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard{H3754}. 4 What could have been done{H6213}{(H8800)} more to my vineyard{H3754}, that I have not done{H6213}{(H8804)} in it? wherefore{H4069}, when I looked{H6960}{(H8765)} that it should bring forth{H6213}{(H8800)} grapes{H6025}, brought it forth{H6213}{(H8799)} wild grapes{H891}?