Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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
Bible References
The fig tree
Matthew 7:16
By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?
Matthew 12:33
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.
Luke 6:43
For there is no good tree which bringeth forth corrupt fruit, neither a corrupt tree, which bringeth forth good fruit.
Romans 11:16
For if the first-fruits be holy, so is the lump: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.