Guilty people walk a crooked path; the innocent do what is right.

Children just naturally do silly, careless things, but a good spanking will teach them how to behave.

I have been evil from the day I was born; from the time I was conceived, I have been sinful.

Evildoers go wrong all their lives; they tell lies from the day they are born.

You will know them by what they do. Thorn bushes do not bear grapes, and briers do not bear figs.

John will be great in the Lord's sight. He must not drink any wine or strong drink. From his very birth he will be filled with the Holy Spirit,

Everyone who heard of it thought about it and asked, "What is this child going to be?" For it was plain that the Lord's power was upon him.

On the third day they found him in the Temple, sitting with the Jewish teachers, listening to them and asking questions.

All who heard him were amazed at his intelligent answers.

"A healthy tree does not bear bad fruit, nor does a poor tree bear good fruit.

Every tree is known by the fruit it bears; you do not pick figs from thorn bushes or gather grapes from bramble bushes.