1 Samuel 24:13

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

By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?

Therefore, by their fruits you will know them.

"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.

For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and 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.

By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?

"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.

For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.

The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.

But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.