1 Samuel 24:13

It's like the old proverb says: 'From evil people evil proceeds.' But my hand will not be against you.

You will recognize them by their fruit. Grapes are not gathered from thorns or figs from thistles, are they?

So then, you will recognize them by their fruit.

"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.

For out of the heart come evil ideas, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.

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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 recognize them by their fruit. Grapes are not gathered from thorns or figs from thistles, are they?

"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.

For out of the heart come evil ideas, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.

He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head.

May integrity and godliness protect me, for I rely on you!

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a person.