Cross references
Matthew 7:16
By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
Matthew 7:16 has 6 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 6 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Luke 6:43–45 (26 votes) and Matthew 12:33 (22 votes). 18 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Genesis 1 to Jude 1.
Which verses does Matthew 7:16 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Luke 6:43–4526 votes
No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. For each tree is known by its own fruit. Indeed, figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor grapes from brambles. …
- Matthew 12:3322 votes
Make 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.
- James 3:1222 votes
My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
- Matthew 7:2014 votes
So then, by their fruit you will recognize them.
- 2 Peter 2:10–187 votes
Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings. Yet not even angels, though greater in strength and power, dare to bring such slanderous charges against them before the Lord. …
- Jude 1:10–195 votes
These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively. Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed for profit into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion. …
Which verses point to Matthew 7:16?
The 10 strongest of 18.