"No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers. The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks." Luke 6:43-45 (NIV)
Luke, the physician travelling companion and recorder of the Apostle Paul, wrote good fruit does not come from bad trees, and bad fruit does not come from good trees. Likewise, the same is true for people. The good or evil that is in a man's heart will come out of his mouth.
For as a man thinks, so is he. (Job 24:13-17) "We may not be all that we think that we are, but what we think, is we are." (Author Unknown) It has been said that it is not what a man does when others are watching that determines his character, but it is what he does when he is alone and thinks that no one sees him that determines who he really is. We should be mindful of the fact that God sees all that we do (Job 34:21) and He knows our intentions. (Psalms 94:11, Matthew 9:4, Matthew 12:25, 1 Corinthians 3:20, and Hebrew 4:12) That is why we should pray like King David prayed, that the words of our mouths and the meditation of our hearts would be acceptable in the sight of God. (Psalms 19:14)
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