Matthew 7:16
By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
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- Luke 6:43–45 For there is no good tree that bringeth forth corrupt fruit; nor again a corrupt tree that bringeth forth good fruit. For each tree is known by its own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. The good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth that which is evil: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
- Matthew 12:33 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.
- James 3:12 can a fig tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine figs? neither can salt water yield sweet.