Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

Bible References

Shall

Matthew 7:20
Therefore, by their fruit you will recognize them [as false prophets].
Matthew 12:33
“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for the tree is recognized and judged by its fruit.
2 Peter 2:10
and especially those who indulge in the corrupt passions of the sin nature, and despise authority.Presumptuous and reckless, self-willed and arrogant [creatures, despising the majesty of the Lord], they do not tremble when they revile angelic majesties,
Jude 1:10
But these men sneer at anything which they do not understand; and whatever they do know by [mere] instinct, like unreasoning and irrational beasts—by these things they are destroyed.

Do

Luke 6:43
For there is no good tree which produces bad fruit, nor, on the other hand, a bad tree which produces good fruit.
James 3:12
Can a fig tree, my brothers, produce olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Nor can salt water produce fresh.

General references

Proverbs 20:11

Even a boy is known and distinguished by his acts,
Whether his conduct is pure and right.
Matthew 7:20
Therefore, by their fruit you will recognize them [as false prophets].
Luke 6:43
For there is no good tree which produces bad fruit, nor, on the other hand, a bad tree which produces good fruit.