Even a child is known by his acts, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
Matthew 7:16 - King James 2000 You shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You will fully recognize them by their fruits. Do people pick grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? American Standard Version (1901) By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Common English Bible 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 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 By their fruits you shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? |
Even a child is known by his acts, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
Either 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.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Yea, a man may say, You have faith, and I have works: show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
As says the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceeds from the wicked: but my hand shall not be upon you.