Matthew 7:16
You shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles?
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
In Context
17Even so, every good tree brings forth good fruit; but a bad tree brings forth bad fruit.
Cross References
Matthew 12:33Either 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.
James 3:12Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olives? or a vine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring yield fresh water.
Jude 1:10But these men speak evil of things which they do not understand: but what they know by instinct, like brute beasts, by these things they corrupt themselves.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 7:16-21
The Sermon on the Mount. 15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20… Read the whole commentary →