Quotes About Actions

He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.

For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.

Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.

Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

You will pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.

Yet, behold, some survivors will be left in it—sons and daughters who will be brought out. They will come out to you, and when you see their conduct and actions, you will be comforted regarding the disaster I have brought upon Jerusalem—all that I have brought upon it.

They will bring you consolation when you see their conduct and actions, and you will know that it was not without cause that I have done all these things within it,í declares the Lord GOD.”

So you will bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you did to comfort them.

For this is what the Lord GOD says: ëBecause you clapped your hands and stomped your feet and rejoiced over the land of Israel with a heart full of contempt,

By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?

Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.

A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.

Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

So then, by their fruit you will recognize them.

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ëLook at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!í But wisdom is vindicated by her actions.”

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.

The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure.

A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”

These are what defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile him.”

For the Son of Man will come in His Fatherís glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.

Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him; but the things that come out of a man, these are what defile him.”

He continued: “What comes out of a man, that is what defiles him.

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.