Matthew 7:16 Cross References - Wesley

¹⁶ By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?

²⁰ Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

³³ Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit.

⁴³ For there is no good tree which bringeth forth corrupt fruit, neither a corrupt tree, which bringeth forth good fruit. ⁴⁴ For every tree is known by its own fruit; for they do not gather figs from thorns, nor from a bramble do they gather grapes. ⁴⁵ A good man, out of the good treasure of his heart, bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man, out of the evil treasure of his heart, bringeth forth that which is evil; for of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

¹² Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries, or a vine figs? So can no fountain yield salt water and fresh.

¹⁰ But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise government: presumptuous, self-willed; they are not afraid to rail at dignities: ¹¹ Whereas angels, who are greater in power and might, bring not a railing accusation against them before the Lord. ¹² But these, as natural brute beasts, born to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things they understand not, and shall perish in their own corruption, ¹³ Receiving the reward of unrighteousness. They count it pleasure to riot in the day time; spots and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings, while they feast with you, ¹⁴ Having eyes full of adultery, and that cease not from sin; beguiling unstable souls, having hearts exercised with covetousness, accursed children: ¹⁵ Who have forsaken the right way and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam, the son of Boser, who loved the reward of unrighteousness. ¹⁶ But he had a rebuke for his iniquity: the dumb ass, speaking with man's voice, forbad the madness of the prophet. ¹⁷ These are wells without water, clouds driven by a tempest, to whom the blackness of darkness is reserved for ever. ¹⁸ For by speaking swelling words of vanity, they allure thro' the desire of the flesh, thro' wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them that live in error.

¹⁰ But these rail at all the things which they know not: and all the things which they know naturally, as the brute beasts, in these they are defiled. ¹¹ Wo to them; for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Korah. ¹² These are spots in your feasts of love, while they banquet with you feeding themselves without fear: clouds without water, driven about of winds; trees without leaves, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; ¹³ Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever. ¹⁴ And of these also, Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, Behold the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his holy ones, ¹⁵ To execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of them of all their ungodly deeds, which they have impiously committed, and of all the grievous things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. ¹⁶ These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own desires, and their mouth speaketh great swelling things, having mens persons in admiration for advantage. ¹⁷ But ye, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. ¹⁸ For they told you, In the last time there will be mockers, walking after their own ungodly desires. ¹⁹ These are they who separate themselves, sensual, not having the Spirit.