Matthew 7:16 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁶ “By their fruits you shall know them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes or figs from thistles?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ You will fully recognize them by their fruits. Do people pick grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

Common English Bible

¹⁶ You will know them by their fruit. Do people get bunches of grapes from thorny weeds, or do they get figs from thistles?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ You shall know them by their fruits. Can grapes be gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ By their fruits you shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

Matthew 7:16 Cross References

Proverbs 20:11

Even a child is known by his deeds, Whether his work is clear and right.

Matthew 12:33

“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree rotten and its fruit rotten, for a tree is known by its fruit.

Matthew 7:20

“So then, by their fruits you shall know them –

Galatians 5:22

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trustworthiness,

James 2:18

But someone might say, “You have belief, and I have works.” Show me your belief without your works, and I shall show you my belief by my works.

James 3:12

My brothers, is a fig tree able to bear olives, or a grapevine figs? So neither is a fountain able to make salt and sweet water.

1 Samuel 24:13

“As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Wrong comes from the wrongdoer.’ But my hand is not against you.