1 Samuel 24:13

As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Out of the wicked comes forth wickedness’; but my hand shall not be against you.

You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they?

So then, you will know them by their fruits.

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

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders.

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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 will

know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they?

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

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders.

His mischief will return upon his own head,
And his violence will descend upon his own pate.

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me,
For I wait for You.

But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man.