1 Samuel 24:13

As the old proverb says, ‘Wickedness comes from wicked people.’ My hand will never be against you.

You’ll recognize them by their fruit. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes or figs from thistles?

So you’ll recognize them by their fruit.

“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.

For from the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.

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As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

You’ll recognize them by their fruit. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes or figs from thistles?

“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.

For from the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.

His trouble comes back on his own head,
and his violence falls on the top of his head.

May integrity and what is right
watch over me,
for I wait for You.

But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this defiles a man.