James 3:12

New Testament Epistle (General) ASV (1901)

Can a fig tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine figs? Neither [can] salt water yield sweet.

James 3:12 — American Standard Version

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Context — James 3

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.

9Therewith bless we the Lord and Father; and therewith curse we men, who are made after the likeness of God:

10out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

11Doth the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet [water] and bitter?

12Can a fig tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine figs? Neither [can] salt water yield sweet.

13Who is wise and understanding among you? let him show by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom.

14But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth.

15This wisdom is not [a wisdom] that cometh down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

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