James 3:12

Can a fig-tree, my brethren, produce olives; or a vine figs? so also can no fountain send forth salt water and sweet.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.

In Context

11Doth a fountain from the same aperture spout forth sweet water and bitter?

13Who is a wise man and intelligent among you, let him shew in a becoming conduct his works with the meekness of wisdom.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:16By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather a bunch of grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?

Luke 6:43For there is no good tree which produceth fruit of a bad quality; neither doth a tree of a bad sort produce good fruit.

Matthew Henry on James 3:2-13

Government of the Tongue. ( a. d. 61.) 1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. 2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. 3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. 4 Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm,… Read the whole commentary →

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