Matthew 7:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? ”

Matthew 7:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ye shall know them by their fruits - The Saviour gives the proper test of their character. People do not judge of a tree by its leaves, or bark, or flowers, but by the fruit which it bears. The f...
Matthew 7:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Epilogue. Warnings and exhortations close the new Law, like the old ( Exodus 23:20 ff.). Matthew 7:13 f. The Two Gates and the Two Ways ( Luke 13:24 ). The picture is based on Jeremiah 21:8...
Matthew 7:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ye shall know. Note the Figure of speech Epanadiplosis (App-6). See Matthew 7:20 . know . fully know and recognize. See App-132. by . from. Gr apo. Do men, &c. Figure of speech Ero...
Matthew 7:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

16. From their fruits you shall know them Had not this mark of distinction been added, we might have called in question the authority of all teachers without exception. If there is a mortal...
Matthew 7:16 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1332 MEN KNOWN BY THEIR FRUITS Matthew 7:15-20 . Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fr...
Matthew 7:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Ye shall know them by their fruits - Fruits, in the Scripture and Jewish phraseology, are taken for works of a...
Matthew 7:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ye shall know them by their fruits— That is, by the evil tendency of their doctrines, as well as by the immorality of their lives. Compare 1 John 4:1 . 1 Corinthians 13:3 . What follows seems to...
Matthew 7:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Ye shall know them by their fruits - not their doctrines-as many of the older interpreters and some la...
Matthew 7:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Sermon on the Mount (concluded) The connexion of thought in this chapter is less close than in the earlier part of the sermon, and the whole chapter bears the appearance of an appendix of misc...
Matthew 7:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ye shall know them by their fruits. — The question, What are the fruits? is not directly answered. Those who attach most importance to the ethical side of religion, see in them the practical outcom...
Matthew 7:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 7 The Gospel of the Kingdom ("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1-48 ; Matthew 6:1-34 ; Matthew 7:1-29 IT may seem almost heresy to object to the time-honoured title "Sermon on the M...
Matthew 7:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Seeking Life; Testing Leaders Matthew 7:13-23 The world is full of shams. Counterfeit coins circulate; paste jewels are worn. Let us take heed against a counterfeit religion. It betrays itself...
Matthew 7:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

After thus enunciating the laws of the Kingdom, and bringing men into the realm of direct dealing with God, the King authoritatively set up the standard of judgment. No man is to be his brother's jud...
Matthew 7:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nothing can be more interesting than what the Lord JESUS hath here said. And no form of words can be more decisive to mark the godly man from the hypocrite. I only detain the Reader to observe, how v...
Matthew 7:16 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

BEWARE! ‘Beware of false prophets.… Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of My Father which is in heaven.’ Matthew 7:...
Matthew 7:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ye shall know them by their fruits ,.... By "fruits" are meant, not so much their external works in life and conversation; for a false prophet may so behave, as not to be discovered thereby. So the...
Matthew 7:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Ver. 16. Ye shall know them by their fruits ] That is, chiefly by their doctrines, which tend either to th...
Matthew 7:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Beware of false prophets Who in their preaching describe a broad way to heaven: it is their prophesying , their teaching the broad way, rather than walking in it themselves, that is here chi...
Matthew 7:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Simple honesty will understand these first five verses without difficulty. The word "judge" is used in various different ways in Scripture. Believers are told to "judge" what Paul says ( 1 Corinthian...
Matthew 7:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sermon on the Mount. 15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves....
Matthew 7:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Matthew 7:20 " .
Matthew 7:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exhortation to Choose the Right Way and Produce Good Fruit by Full Obedience to His Words So As To Enter Into Life and Avoid Destruction (7:13-27). We now move on to the application part of the Se...
Matthew 7:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 7:13 . Destruction. —The word implies, not annihilation, but waste ( Matthew 26:8 ; Mark 14:4 ), perdition, i.e . the loss of all that makes existence precious. I questi...
Matthew 7:16 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 7:15-20 I. Christ warns us here to beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing. There is allusion here, no doubt, to the symbolical garments of the prophets, with which...
Matthew 7:16 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

While we are reading, let us also be adoring at the same time, for the. words of Christ have a gracious divinity about them; they are infinite; they are omnipotent. There is a kind of life in them; a...
Matthew 7:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 7:1 . Judge not, that ye be not judged. This refers to private and censorious reproaches of others. We must judge nothing before the time. It is better that ten bad men pass for innocent,...
Matthew 7:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Know them by their fruits. Utility the test of truth The two criteria on which men most chiefly rest for the guidance “of their religious opinions would here be of no avail; authority would b...
Matthew 7:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 7:1-40 (2) As anxiety about the things of this life hinders us Godwards ( Matthew 6:19-40 ), so does censoriousness manwards ( Matthew 7:1-40 ), our Lord thus tacitly...
Matthew 7:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ye shall know them by their fruits: Do men gather grapes of thorns or figs of thistles?
Matthew 7:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Peter 2:10-18 ; James 3:12 ; Jude 1:10-19 ; Luke 6:43-45 ; Matthew 12:33 ; Matthew 7:20
Matthew 7:16 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Sermon on the Mount (Continued) Matthew 7:1-29 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. A command. God not only requests but definitely commands us, that we should not judge one another. There is probably no...
Matthew 7:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

By their fruits ye shall know them — A short, plain, easy rule, whereby to know true from false prophets: and one that may be applied by people of the weakest capacity, who are not accustomed to de...

Matthew 7:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 7:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 7:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 7:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 7:16 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Matthew 7:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 7:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 7:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 7:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 7:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 7:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 7:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 7:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 7:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 7:16 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 7:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 7:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 7:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 7:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 7:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 7:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 7:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 7:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 7:16 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 7:16 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 7:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 7:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 7:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 7:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 7:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 7:16 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Matthew 7:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes