Verse 12

Can{G1410} a fig tree,{G4808} my{G3450} brethren,{G80} yield{G4160} olives,{G1636} or{G2228} a vine{G288} figs?{G4810} {G3779} Neither{G3762} [can] salt{G252} water{G5204} yield{G4160} sweet.{G1099}

Referenced Verses

  • Luke 6:43-44 : 43 For{G1063} there is no{G3756} good{G2570} tree{G1186} that{G2076} bringeth{G4160} forth{G4160} corrupt{G4550} fruit;{G2590} nor{G3761} again a corrupt{G4550} tree{G1186} that{G4160} bringeth forth{G4160} good{G2570} fruit.{G2590} 44 For{G1063} each{G1538} tree{G1186} is known{G1097} by{G1537} its own{G2398} fruit.{G2590} For{G1063} of{G1537} thorns{G173} men do{G4816} not{G3756} gather{G4816} figs,{G4810} nor{G3761} of{G1537} a bramble bush{G942} gather they{G5166} grapes.{G4718}
  • Matt 7:16-20 : 16 By{G575} their{G846} fruits{G2590} ye shall know{G1921} them.{G846} Do{G3385} [men] gather{G4816} grapes{G4718} of{G575} thorns,{G173} or{G2228} figs{G4810} of{G575} thistles?{G5146} 17 Even so{G3779} every{G3956} good{G18} tree{G1186} bringeth forth{G4160} good{G2570} fruit;{G2590} but{G1161} the corrupt{G4550} tree{G1186} bringeth forth{G4160} evil{G4190} fruit.{G2590} 18 A good{G18} tree{G1186} cannot{G1410} bring forth{G4160} evil{G4190} fruit,{G2590} neither{G3761} can a corrupt{G4550} tree{G1186} bring forth{G4160} good{G2570} fruit.{G2590} 19 Every{G3956} tree{G1186} that bringeth{G4160} not{G3361} forth{G4160} good{G2570} fruit{G2590} is hewn down,{G1581} and{G2532} cast{G906} into{G1519} the fire.{G4442} 20 Therefore{G686} by{G575} their{G846} fruits{G2590} ye shall know{G1921} them.{G846}
  • Matt 12:33 : 33 Either{G2228} make{G4160} the tree{G1186} good,{G2570} and{G2532} its{G846} fruit{G2590} good;{G2570} or{G2228} make{G4160} the tree{G1186} corrupt,{G4550} and{G2532} its{G846} fruit{G2590} corrupt:{G4550} for{G1063} the tree{G1186} is known{G1097} by{G1537} its fruit.{G2590}
  • Rom 11:16-18 : 16 And{G1161} if{G1487} the firstfruit{G536} is holy,{G40} so{G2532} is the lump:{G5445} and{G2532} if{G1487} the root{G4491} is holy,{G40} so{G2532} are the branches.{G2798} 17 But{G1161} if{G1487} some{G5100} of the branches{G2798} were broken off,{G1575} and{G1161} thou,{G4771} being{G5607} a wild olive,{G65} wast grafted{G1461} in{G1722} among them,{G846} and{G2532} didst become{G1096} partaker{G4791} with them of the root{G4491} {G2532} of the fatness{G4096} of the olive tree;{G1636} 18 glory{G2620} not{G3361} over the branches:{G2798} but{G1161} if{G1487} thou gloriest,{G2620} it is not{G3756} thou{G4771} that bearest{G941} the root,{G4491} but{G235} the root{G4491} thee.{G4571}
  • Jer 2:21 : 21 Yet I had planted{H5193} thee a noble vine,{H8321} wholly a right{H571} seed:{H2233} how then art thou turned{H2015} into the degenerate branches{H5494} of a foreign{H5237} vine{H1612} unto me?
  • Ezek 47:8-9 : 8 Then said{H559} he unto me, These waters{H4325} issue forth{H3318} toward the eastern{H6930} region,{H1552} and shall go down{H3381} into the Arabah;{H6160} and they shall go{H935} toward the sea;{H3220} into the sea{H3220} [shall the waters go] which were made to issue forth;{H3318} and the waters{H4325} shall be healed.{H7495} 9 And it shall come to pass, that every living creature{H5315} which swarmeth,{H2416} in every place{H8317} whither the rivers{H5158} come,{H935} shall live;{H2421} and there shall be a very{H3966} great{H7227} multitude of fish;{H1710} for these waters{H4325} are come{H935} thither, and [the waters of the sea] shall be healed,{H7495} and everything shall live{H2425} whithersoever the river{H5158} cometh.{H935} 10 And it shall come to pass, that fishers{H1728} shall stand{H5975} by it: from En-gedi{H5872} even unto En-eglaim{H5882} shall be a place for the spreading{H4894} of nets;{H2764} their fish{H1710} shall be after their kinds,{H4327} as the fish{H1710} of the great{H1419} sea,{H3220} exceeding{H3966} many.{H7227} 11 But the miry places{H1207} thereof, and the marshes{H1360} thereof, shall not be healed;{H7495} they shall be given{H5414} up to salt.{H4417}
  • Exod 15:23-25 : 23 And when they came{H935} to Marah,{H4785} they could{H3201} not drink{H8354} of the waters{H4325} of Marah,{H4785} for they were bitter:{H4751} therefore the name{H8034} of it was called{H7121} Marah.{H4785} 24 And the people{H5971} murmured{H3885} against Moses,{H4872} saying,{H559} What shall we drink?{H8354} 25 An he cried{H6817} unto Jehovah;{H3068} And Jehovah{H3068} showed{H3384} him a tree,{H6086} and he cast{H7993} it into the waters,{H4325} and the waters{H4325} were made sweet.{H4985} There he made{H7760} for them a statute{H2706} and an ordinance,{H4941} and there he proved{H5254} them;
  • 2 Kgs 2:19-22 : 19 And the men{H582} of the city{H5892} said{H559} unto Elisha,{H477} Behold, we pray thee, the situation{H4186} of this city{H5892} is pleasant,{H2896} as my lord{H113} seeth:{H7200} but the water{H4325} is bad,{H7451} and the land{H776} miscarrieth.{H7921} 20 And he said,{H559} Bring{H3947} me a new{H2319} cruse,{H6746} and put{H7760} salt{H4417} therein. And they brought{H3947} it to him. 21 And he went forth{H3318} unto the spring{H4161} of the waters,{H4325} and cast{H7993} salt{H4417} therein, and said,{H559} Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} I have healed{H7495} these waters;{H4325} there shall not be from thence any more death{H4194} or miscarrying.{H7921} 22 So the waters{H4325} were healed{H7495} unto this day,{H3117} according to the word{H1697} of Elisha{H477} which he spake.{H1696}
  • Isa 5:2-4 : 2 and he digged{H5823} it, and gathered out the stones{H5619} thereof, and planted{H5193} it with the choicest vine,{H8321} and built{H1129} a tower{H4026} in the midst{H8432} of it, and also hewed{H2672} out a winepress{H3342} therein: and he looked{H6960} that it should bring forth{H6213} grapes,{H6025} and it brought forth{H6213} wild grapes.{H891} 3 And now, O inhabitants{H3427} of Jerusalem{H3389} and men{H376} of Judah,{H3063} judge,{H8199} I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.{H3754} 4 What could have been done{H6213} more to my vineyard,{H3754} that I have not done{H6213} in it? wherefore,{H4069} when I looked{H6960} that it should bring forth{H6213} grapes,{H6025} brought it forth{H6213} wild grapes?{H891}