Bible Verses about โgood fruitsโ
The Bible contains 39 verses about good fruits across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
โSo, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;โ
โBut the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,โ
โfor by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,โ
โBe subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.โ
โgentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.โ
โTo him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn't do it, to him it is sin.โ
โ"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.โ
โLet us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,โ
โBy their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?โ
โEven so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.โ
โEvery tree that doesn't grow good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire.โ
โA good tree can't produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.โ
โTherefore, by their fruits you will know them.โ
โWhereas you don't know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.โ
โYou didn't choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.โ
โThose who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.โ
โYou lust, and don't have. You kill, covet, and can't obtain. You fight and make war. You don't have, because you don't ask.โ
โOnly one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another?โ
โWhere do wars and fightings among you come from? Don't they come from your pleasures that war in your members?โ
โYou adulterers and adulteresses, don't you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.โ
โYou ask, and don't receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.โ
โDraw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.โ
โDon't speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.โ
โFor where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.โ
โBut the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.โ
โBut he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."โ
โBut if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't lie against the truth.โ
โCome now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow let's go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit."โ
โFor you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that."โ
โIf we live by the Spirit, let's also walk by the Spirit.โ
โThis wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.โ
โthat you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;โ
โBut now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil.โ
โLet's not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another.โ
โNow the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.โ
โHumble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.โ
โWho is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.โ
โOr do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously"?โ
โLament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.โ
