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Fruits
1. The produce of corn, &c. De 22:9; Ps 107:37.
2. The produce of trees. Ge 1:29; Ec 2:5.
3. Called the
a. Fruit of the ground. Ge 4:3; Jer 7:20.
b. Fruit of the earth. Isa 4:2.
c. Increase of the land. Ps 85:12.
4. Given by God. Ac 14:17.
5. Preserved to us by God. Mal 3:11.
6. Require
a. A fruitful land. Ps 107:31.
b. Rain from heaven. Ps 104:13; Jas 5:18.
c. Influence of the sun and moon. De 33:14.
7. Produced in their due seasons. Mt 21:41.
8. First of, devoted to God. De 26:2.
9. Divided into
a. Hasty or precocious. Isa 28:4.
b. Summer fruits. 2Sa 16:1.
c. New and old. Song 7:13.
d. Goodly. Jer 11:16.
e. Pleasant. Song 4:16.
f. Precious. De 33:14.
g. Evil or bad. Mt 7:17.
10. To be waited for with patience. Jas 5:7.
11. Often sent as presents. Ge 43:11.
12. Often destroyed
a. In God’s anger. Jer 7:20.
b. By blight. Joe 1:12.
c. By locusts, &c. De 28:38,39; Joe 1:4.
d. By enemies. Eze 25:4.
e. By drought. Hag 1:10.
13. Illustrative
a. Of effects of repentance. Mt 3:8.
b. Of works of the Spirit. Ga 5:22,23; Eph 5:9.
c. Of doctrines of Christ. Song 2:3.
d. Of good works. Mt 7:17,18; Php 4:17.
e. Of a holy conversation. Pr 12:14; 18:20.
f. Of praise. Heb 13:15.
g. Of the example, &c of the godly. Pr 11:30.
h. Of effects of industry. Pr 31:16,31.
i. Of the reward of saints. Isa 3:10.
j. Of the reward of the wicked. Jer 17:9,10.
k. Of converts to the church. Ps 72:16; Joh 4:36.
l. (Bad,) of the conduct and conversation of evil men. Mt 12:33.