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
O blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup, and side dish of sweetmeats, that also their outside might be clean.
Ezekiel 18:31
Cast away from you all your transgressions which ye transgressed against me, and make to you a new heart and a new spirit: and wherefore will ye die, O house of Israel?
Amos 5:15
Hate evil and love good, and set ye judgment in the gate: perhaps Jehovah God of armies will compassionate the remnant of Joseph.
Luke 11:39
And the Lord said to him, Now ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and trencher; and your inside is full of plunder and wickedness.
James 4:8
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse the hands, ye sinful; and purify the hearts, ye double souled.
And his fruit good
Matthew 3:8
Do ye therefore fruit worthy of repentance.
Matthew 7:16
By their fruits shall ye know them. Far from it, do they gather grapes from thorns, or figs from caltrops
Luke 3:9
And also the axe is already laid at the root of the trees: therefore every tree not making good fruit is cut down, and cast into fire.
Luke 6:43
For it is not a good tree making decayed fruit; neither a decayed tree making good fruit.
John 15:4
Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, if it remain not in the vine; so neither ye, if ye remain not in me.
James 3:12
The fig tree, my brethren, cannot make olives, or the vine, figs: so no fountain can make salt and sweet water.
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Luke 6:43
For it is not a good tree making decayed fruit; neither a decayed tree making good fruit.