FRUIT
Love, joy, peace, long suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control are referred to as this in Galatians 5:22-23.
What is the fruit of the Spirit?
In Matthew 5:30, Jesus teaches us that if this body part causes us to sin, it's better to cut it off (remove the temptation) than for our whole body to be condemned to hell.
What is your right hand?
In Hebrews 12:1 (NKJV), Paul refers to the large number of witnesses that surrounds us as this weather element, and encourages us to "lay aside every weight, and the sin that so easily ensnares us."
What is "a great cloud"?
Ephesians 5:15 (Amplified Bible). Paul encourages the Ephesian Christians to do this carefully, not as the unwise, but as wise, [redeeming] making the very most of their time...because the days are [filled with] evil."
What is walk?
In Hebrews 13:15 (NKJV), Paul exhorts us to"continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, ... giving thanks to His name." He says this fruit is the sacrifice of praise.
What is the fruit of our lips?
In Ephesians 4:29-32 (NKJV), Paul admonishes us not to let any "corrupt word proceed" out of this body part, but only what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.
We should put aside all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking with all malice, and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ has forgiven us.
What is your mouth?
In Matthew 7:24-25, Jesus describes the wise man as one who listens to Him and obeys JHis Word. Jesus says that this wise man built his house on the rock and it was not destroyed even when these two catastrophic elements and wind beat on the house.
What are rain and floods?
Hebrews12:12-14 Paul instructs us to do this to our drooping hands and strengthen our weak knees, and make straight paths for our feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed. And to strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
What is lift?
In Matthew 7:16-17 (NKJV), Jesus tells us that we will recognize who is speaking righteousness (a good prophet) and who is not (a bad prophet) by their fruit. He asks the disciples if people pick this fruit from thorn bushes or figs from thistles.
What are grapes?
According to Proverbs 18:21. This body part possesses the power of life and death.
What is the tongue?
In Hosea 8:7 (Amplified Bible), the prophet says of Israel that they will sow to this and will reap this meaning that as they continue to do what is sinful in God's sight, it is certain that disaster will come upon this people.
What are the wind and whirlwind?
This clue comes to us from the sport of fencing.
Proverbs 12:18 (ESV) tells us that "There is one whose rash words are like these, but the tongue of the wise brings healing. "
What are sword thrusts?
In Psalm 1:3, the person who delights in the law of the Lord is like a tree that bears fruit at the appropriate time.
What is "in its season?"
Exodus 15:26 God advised the Children of Israel that if they diligently obeyed God and did what was right in His sight, and gave this body part to His commandments and kept all His statutes, He would not allow them to experience any of the diseases that He had brought on the Egyptians.
What are the tongues of men and of angels?
Matthew 5:44-48, Jesus teaches that in order to be children of God we must love our enemies, bless those who curse us, do good to those who hate us, and pray for those who spitefully use us and persecute us, because He does this both on evil people as well as on good people, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
What is makes His sun shine?
1 Kings 18:20-21 When the prophet Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal on Mt. Carmel, he asked the children of Israel how long they would continue to do this with two different opinions? He said, "If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him.” But the people did not answer him.
What is halt/falter/limp/ be undecided between?
Hebrews 12:10-11 tells us that just like good parents discipline their children, God disciplines us for our good so that we can live more holy lives. When we are being disciplined, it always seems painful, but Paul assures us that later on, it yields this fruit.
What is the fruit of righteousness?
James 3:6. This part of the body is called a consuming fire that is set on fire by hell and sets the whole course of one's life on fire.
What is the tongue?
The temperature at the time of day in Genesis 3:8 when Adam and Eve heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden and they hid from His presence. And God asked, "Adam, where are you?"
What is cool or the cool of the day?
In James 1:19-20, because man's anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires in us, James advises us to be quick to listen, but slow to these two things.
What are speak and get angry?