Heart of Man vs Good Fruit

Jeremiah 17:7-10
7 “Blessed [is] the man who trusts in the LORD, And whose hope is the LORD.
8 For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit.
9 “The heart [is] deceitful above all [things,] And desperately wicked; Who can know it?
10 I, the LORD, search the heart, [I] test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings.

His Way Makes my feet not stumble!

2 Samuel 22:31-34
31 [As for] God, His way [is] perfect; The word of the LORD [is] proven; He [is] a shield to all who trust in Him.
32 “For who [is] God, except the LORD? And who [is] a rock, except our God?
33 God [is] my strength [and] power, And He makes my way perfect.
34 He makes my feet like the [feet] of deer, And sets me on my high places.

Job 23:11
My foot has held fast to His steps; I have kept His way and not turned aside.

Psalms 25:8-10
8 Good and upright [is] the LORD; Therefore He teaches sinners in the way.
9 The humble He guides in justice, And the humble He teaches His way.
10 All the paths of the LORD [are] mercy and truth, To such as keep His covenant and His testimonies.

Psalms 37:34
Wait on the LORD, And keep His way, And He shall exalt you to inherit the land; When the wicked are cut off, you shall see [it.]

Psalms 119:9-10
9 How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word.
10 With my whole heart I have sought You; Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments!

Proverbs 14:8
The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way, But the folly of fools [is] deceit.

Proverbs 16:17
The highway of the upright [is] to depart from evil; He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

Proverbs 19:3
The foolishness of a man twists his way, And his heart frets against the LORD.

Proverbs 21:29
A wicked man hardens his face, But [as for] the upright, he establishes his way.

Isaiah 55:6-8
6 Seek the LORD while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near.
7 Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the LORD, And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.
8 “For My thoughts [are] not your thoughts, Nor [are] your ways My ways,” says the LORD.

Matthew 3:10
“And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

Matthew 12:33
“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by [its] fruit.

Mark 4:13-20
13 And He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?
14 “The sower sows the word.
15 “And these are the ones by the wayside where the word is sown. When they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts.
16 “These likewise are the ones sown on stony ground who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with gladness;
17 “and they have no root in themselves, and so endure only for a time. Afterward, when tribulation or persecution arises for the word’s sake, immediately they stumble.
18 “Now these are the ones sown among thorns; [they are] the ones who hear the word,
19 “and the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
20 “But these are the ones sown on good ground, those who hear the word, accept [it,] and bear fruit: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.”

Read John chapter 15

Ephesians 4:20-24
20 But you have not so learned Christ,
21 if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus:
22 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,
23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
24 and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.

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