Mat 12:33-34, 15:19, Rom 2:5, Jam 1:14-15 | ESV | STEP | Either make the tree good and its fruit good , or make the tree bad and its fruit bad , for the tree is known by its fruit .

Matthew 12:33-34

A Tree Is Known by Its Fruit

33 ^a“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, ^bfor the tree is known by its fruit. 34 ^cYou brood of vipers! How can you speak good, ^dwhen you are evil? ^eFor out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Matthew 15:19

19 For out of the heart come ^fevil thoughts, ^gmurder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, ^hslander.

Romans 2:5

5 But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are ⁱstoring up ^jwrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

James 1:14-15

14 But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. 15 Then desire ^kwhen it has conceived gives birth to sin, and ^lsin when it is fully grown brings forth death.