Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree rotten, and its fruit rotten; for the tree is known by its fruit.
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse the hands, ye sinful; and purify the hearts, ye double souled.
Hate evil and love good, and set ye judgment in the gate: perhaps Jehovah God of armies will compassionate the remnant of Joseph.
And also the axe is already laid at the root of the trees: therefore every tree not making good fruit is cut down, and cast into fire.
The fig tree, my brethren, cannot make olives, or the vine, figs: so no fountain can make salt and sweet water.
Cast away from you all your transgressions which ye transgressed against me, and make to you a new heart and a new spirit: and wherefore will ye die, O house of Israel?
O blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup, and side dish of sweetmeats, that also their outside might be clean.