James 3:12

A fig tree cannot bear olives, nor a grapevine figs, and salt water cannot yield fresh. The source determines the fruit, and so it is with the tongue.

Cross-references · 9

• Luke 6:43–44No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.
• Matt 12:33Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.
• Matt 7:16–20By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
• Jer 2:21I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?
• Rom 11:16–18If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches.
• Isa 5:2–4He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!
• Ezek 47:8–11And he said to me, “This water flows out to the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah. When it empties into the Sea, the water there becomes fresh.
• Exod 15:23–25And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)
• 2 Kgs 2:19–22Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please note, our lord, that the city’s location is good, as you can see. But the water is bad and the land is unfruitful.”

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