“For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.”
No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit — the tree/fruit principle introduces the character-behavior relationship. Good trees produce good fruit; bad trees produce bad fruit. The principle is self-evident in agriculture and applies to the human character: the quality of the fruit reveals the quality of the tree. The visible behavior (fruit) reveals the invisible character (tree).
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