Matthew 7:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.

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  • 1 John 3:9-9 : 9 Whoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his seed remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 10 In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: whoever does not do righteousness is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.
  • Gal 5:17 : 17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you cannot do the things that you wish.

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  • Matt 7:16-17
    2 verses
    94%

    16You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles?

    17Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.

  • Luke 6:43-45
    3 verses
    91%

    43For a good tree does not bring forth corrupt fruit; neither does a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

    44For every tree is known by its own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor from a bramble bush do they gather grapes.

    45A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth that which is evil: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

  • Matt 7:19-20
    2 verses
    87%

    19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

    20Therefore, by their fruits you will know them.

  • Matt 12:33-35
    3 verses
    84%

    33Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit.

    34O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

    35A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.

  • Luke 3:9
    79%

    9And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore that does not produce good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

  • Matt 3:10
    77%

    10And now also the axe is laid to the root of the trees: therefore every tree which does not bring forth good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

  • Jas 3:10-12
    3 verses
    74%

    10Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

    11Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening?

    12Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olive berries, or a vine bear figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh.

  • John 15:4-6
    3 verses
    72%

    4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, no more can you, unless you abide in me.

    5I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit, for without me you can do nothing.

    6If anyone does not abide in me, he is cast forth as a branch and is withered; and men gather them and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

  • Luke 13:9
    71%

    9And if it bears fruit, well: and if not, then after that you shall cut it down.

  • Luke 8:15
    71%

    15But that on the good ground are they, who in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

  • John 15:2
    71%

    2Every branch in me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it, that it may produce more fruit.

  • Luke 13:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6He also spoke this parable: A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.

    7Then he said to the keeper of his vineyard, Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why does it use up the ground?

  • Matt 3:8
    71%

    8Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance:

  • Jer 17:8
    70%

    8For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreads out its roots by the river, and shall not see when heat comes, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be anxious in the year of drought, nor cease from yielding fruit.

  • Matt 15:13
    70%

    13But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father has not planted, shall be rooted up.

  • Mark 7:21
    70%

    21For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

  • Matt 21:19
    70%

    19And when he saw a fig tree by the road, he came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, Let no fruit grow on you ever again. And immediately the fig tree withered away.

  • Eph 5:9
    70%

    9(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)

  • Prov 11:30
    70%

    30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.

  • Prov 12:3
    70%

    3A man will not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will not be moved.

  • Ezek 17:8
    69%

    8It was planted in good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches and bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.

  • Matt 15:18-19
    2 verses
    69%

    18But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart; and they defile a man.

    19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

  • Mark 4:7
    69%

    7And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

  • Prov 12:12
    69%

    12The wicked desires the catch of evil men, but the root of the righteous yields fruit.

  • Mark 7:23
    69%

    23All these evil things come from within and defile a man.

  • Gal 6:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatever a man sows, that shall he also reap.

    8For he who sows to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he who sows to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

  • Prov 15:4
    69%

    4A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it is a break in the spirit.

  • Prov 17:13
    69%

    13Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

  • Ps 1:3
    68%

    3He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season; its leaf also shall not wither, and whatever he does shall prosper.

  • Jer 24:3
    68%

    3Then the LORD said to me, What do you see, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.

  • Jas 1:13
    68%

    13Let no one say when he is tempted, I am tempted by God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, nor does He tempt anyone;

  • Eccl 7:20
    68%

    20For there is not a just man on earth who does good and does not sin.

  • Matt 13:48
    68%

    48When it was full, the fishermen pulled it up on the shore. Then they sat down and collected the good fish in baskets, but threw the bad away.

  • Prov 17:20
    68%

    20He who has a perverse heart finds no good, and he who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Rom 7:19
    68%

    19For the good that I want to do, I do not do; but the evil I do not want to do, that I do.

  • Job 14:4
    68%

    4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.

  • Job 14:8
    68%

    8Though its root grows old in the earth, and its stump dies in the ground;