James 3:12
James · New Testament · Chapter 3
“Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.”James 3:12
What Does James 3:12 Mean?
James 3:12 is found in the book of James, chapter 3, verse 12 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 12 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (12)
These passages are connected to James 3:12 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Matthew 7:16“Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?”Matthew 12:33“Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.”Luke 6:43“For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.”Luke 6:44“For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.”Genesis 1:11“And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.”Jeremiah 2:21“Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?”Romans 11:16“For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.”Isaiah 5:2“And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.”Ezekiel 47:8“Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.”Exodus 15:23“And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.”2 Kings 2:19“And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.”Revelation 3:10“Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.”
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