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
'Blind Pharisee! cleanse first the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside of them also may become clean.
Ezekiel 18:31
Cast from off you all your transgressions, By which ye have transgressed, And make to you a new heart, and a new spirit, And why do ye die, O house of Israel?
Amos 5:15
Hate evil, and love good, And set up judgment in the gate, It may be Jehovah, God of Hosts, doth pity the remnant of Joseph.
Luke 11:39
And the Lord said unto him, 'Now do ye, the Pharisees, the outside of the cup and of the plate make clean, but your inward part is full of rapine and wickedness;
James 4:8
draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you; cleanse hands, ye sinners! and purify hearts, ye two-souled!
And his fruit good
Matthew 3:8
bear, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation,
Matthew 7:16
From their fruits ye shall know them; do men gather from thorns grapes? or from thistles figs?
Luke 3:9
and already also the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree, therefore, not making good fruit is cut down, and to fire it is cast.'
Luke 6:43
'For there is not a good tree making bad fruit, nor a bad tree making good fruit;
John 15:4
remain in me, and I in you, as the branch is not able to bear fruit of itself, if it may not remain in the vine, so neither ye, if ye may not remain in me.
James 3:12
is a fig-tree able, my brethren, olives to make? or a vine figs? so no fountain salt and sweet water is able to make.
General references
Luke 6:43
'For there is not a good tree making bad fruit, nor a bad tree making good fruit;