Fruits
31 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
28 sections
- (Bad) of the Conduct and Conversation of Evil Men
- Called The: Fruit of the Earth
- Called The: Fruit of the Ground
- Called The: Increase of the Land
- Divided Into: Evil or Bad
- Divided Into: Goodly
- Divided Into: Hasty or Precocious
- Divided Into: New and Old
- Divided Into: Pleasant
- Divided Into: Precious
- Divided Into: Summer Fruits
- First of, Devoted to God
- Given by God
- Natural
- Often Destroyed by Blight
- Often Destroyed by Drought
- Often Destroyed by Enemies
- Often Destroyed by Locusts
- Often Destroyed in God's Anger
- Often Sent As Presents
- Preserved to Us by God
- Produced in Their Due Seasons
- Require: A Fruitful Land
- Require: Influence of the Sun and Moon
- Require: Rain from Heaven
- The Produce of Corn
- The Produce of Trees
- To be Waited for with Patience
(Bad) of the Conduct and Conversation of Evil Men
- Matthew 12:33 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.
Called The: Fruit of the Earth
- Isaiah 4:2 On that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors.
Called The: Fruit of the Ground
- Genesis 4:3 So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD,
- Jeremiah 7:20 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.
Called The: Increase of the Land
- Psalm 85:12 The LORD will indeed provide what is good, and our land will yield its increase.
Divided Into: Evil or Bad
- Matthew 7:17 Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
Divided Into: Goodly
- Jeremiah 11:16 The LORD once called you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. But with a mighty roar He will set it on fire, and its branches will be consumed.
Divided Into: Hasty or Precocious
- Isaiah 28:4 The fading flower of his beautiful splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest: Whoever sees it will take it in his hand and swallow it.
Divided Into: New and Old
- Song of Solomon 7:13 The mandrakes send forth a fragrance, and at our door is every delicacy, new as well as old, that I have treasured up for you, my beloved.
Divided Into: Pleasant
- Song of Solomon 4:16 Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind. Breathe on my garden and spread the fragrance of its spices. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choicest fruits.
Divided Into: Precious
- Deuteronomy 33:14 with the bountiful harvest from the sun and the abundant yield of the seasons,
Divided Into: Summer Fruits
- 2 Samuel 16:1 When David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer …
First of, Devoted to God
- Deuteronomy 26:2 you are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name,
Given by God
- Acts 14:17 Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”
Natural
- Genesis 1:11–12 Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so. …
- Genesis 1:27–29 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. …
Often Destroyed by Blight
- Joel 1:12 The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple— all the trees of the orchard— are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.
Often Destroyed by Drought
- Haggai 1:10 Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops.
Often Destroyed by Enemies
- Ezekiel 25:4 therefore I will indeed give you as a possession to the people of the East. They will set up their camps and pitch their tents among you. They will eat your fruit and drink your milk.
Often Destroyed by Locusts
- Deuteronomy 28:38–39 You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it. …
- Joel 1:4 What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.
Often Destroyed in God's Anger
- Jeremiah 7:20 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.
Often Sent As Presents
- Genesis 43:11 Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry them down as a gift for the man — a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, …
Preserved to Us by God
- Malachi 3:11 I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your land, and the vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the LORD of Hosts.
Produced in Their Due Seasons
- Matthew 21:41 “He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.”
Require: A Fruitful Land
- Psalm 107:31 Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
Require: Influence of the Sun and Moon
- Deuteronomy 33:14 with the bountiful harvest from the sun and the abundant yield of the seasons,
Require: Rain from Heaven
- Psalm 104:13 He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His works.
- James 5:18 Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops.
The Produce of Corn
- Deuteronomy 22:9 Do not plant your vineyard with two types of seed; if you do, the entire harvest will be defiled — both the crop you plant and the fruit of your vineyard.
- Psalm 107:37 They sow fields and plant vineyards that yield a fruitful harvest.
The Produce of Trees
- Genesis 1:29 Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.
- Ecclesiastes 2:5 I made gardens and parks for myself, where I planted all kinds of fruit trees.
To be Waited for with Patience
- James 5:7 Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil — how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.
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Fruits of a Holy ConversationFruits of Converts to the ChurchFruits of Effects of IndustryFruits of Good WorksFruits of Works of the SpiritFruits of Doctrines of Christ
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.