James 3:12

Can a fig tree produce olives, my brothers, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a saltwater spring yield fresh water.

Exodus 15:23-25

They came to Marah, but they could not drink the water at Marah because it was bitter—that is why it was named Marah.

2 Kings 2:19-22

Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Even though our lord can see that the city’s location is good, the water is bad and the land unfruitful.”

He broke up the soil, cleared it of stones,
and planted it with the finest vines.
He built a tower in the middle of it
and even dug out a winepress there.
He expected it to yield good grapes,
but it yielded worthless grapes.

Jeremiah 2:21

I planted you, a choice vine
from the very best seed.
How then could you turn into
a degenerate, foreign vine?

Ezekiel 47:8-11

He said to me, “This water flows out to the eastern region and goes down to the Arabah. When it enters the sea, the sea of foul water, the water of the sea becomes fresh.

Matthew 7:16-20

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

Matthew 12:33

“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.

Luke 6:43-44

“A good tree doesn’t produce bad fruit; on the other hand, a bad tree doesn’t produce good fruit.

Romans 11:16-18

Now if the firstfruits offered up are holy, so is the whole batch. And if the root is holy, so are the branches.

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Summary

James 3:12

Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.

The fig tree

So

Exodus 15:23

2 Kings 2:19

Ezekiel 47:8

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