Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
Make the tree good
And his fruit good
General references
Bible References
Make the tree good
Matthew 23:26
Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, so that the outside of them may also become clean.
Ezekiel 18:31
Cast away from you all your transgressions, by which ye have transgressed, and make you a new heart and a new spirit. For why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Amos 5:15
Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate. It may be that LORD, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
Luke 11:39
And the Lord said to him, Now ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your interior is full of plundering and wickedness.
James 4:8
Approach God and he will approach you. Cleanse the hands, ye sinners, and purify the hearts, ye double-minded.
And his fruit good
Matthew 3:8
Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance.
Matthew 7:16
From their fruits ye will know them. Do they gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?
Luke 3:9
And even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore not making good fruit is cut down, and cast into fire.
Luke 6:43
For a good tree is not producing corrupt fruit, nor a corrupt tree producing good fruit.
John 15:4
Dwell in me, and I in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it dwells in the grapevine, so neither ye, if ye do not dwell in me.
James 3:12
A fig tree, my brothers, cannot make olives, or a grapevine figs. In the same way, no one spring makes water salty and sweet.
General references
Luke 6:43
For a good tree is not producing corrupt fruit, nor a corrupt tree producing good fruit.