For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_19 92:12-14
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The righteous thrive like a palm tree and grow like a cedar tree in Lebanon.
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Planted in the house of the LORD, they thrive in the courtyards of our God.
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They will still bear fruit in old age, healthy and green,
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 5:4
What more could I have done for My vineyard than I did? Why, when I expected a yield of good grapes, did it yield worthless grapes?
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 61:3
to provide for those who mourn in Zion; to give them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, festive oil instead of mourning, and splendid clothes instead of despair. And they will be called righteous trees, planted by the LORD, to glorify Him.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_24 2:21
I planted you, a choice vine from the very best seed. How then could you turn into a degenerate, foreign vine?
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_40 3:10
Even now the ax is ready to strike the root of the trees! Therefore every tree that doesn't produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_40 7:16-20
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You'll recognize them by their fruit. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes or figs from thistles?
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In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit.
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A good tree can't produce bad fruit; neither can a bad tree produce good fruit.
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Every tree that doesn't produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
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So you'll recognize them by their fruit.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_40 12:33
"Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.
