1 Samuel 24:13

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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, shall ye find, them, out, - unless perhaps men gather - from thorns, grapes! or, from thistles, figs!

Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree worthless, and its fruit worthless; for, from the fruit, the tree is known.

For, out of the heart, come forth wicked designs, - murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, profane speakings:

His mischief, turneth back, on his own head, - and, on his own crown, his violence, descendeth.

Let, blamelessness and uprightness, watch over me, because I have waited for thee.

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