1 Samuel 25:17

25:17 Now be aware of this, and see what you can do. For disaster has been planned for our lord and his entire household. ¹  He is such a wicked person ²  that no one tells him anything!”

1 Samuel 25:25

25:25 My lord should not pay attention to this wicked man Nabal. He simply lives up to his name! His name means ‘fool,’ and he is indeed foolish! ³  But I, your servant, did not see the servants my lord sent. ⁴ 

Isaiah 59:3

59:3 For your hands are stained with blood

and your fingers with sin;

your lips speak lies,

your tongue utters malicious words.

Matthew 12:31-34

12:31 For this reason I tell you, people will be forgiven for every sin and blasphemy, ⁵  but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. 12:32 Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven. ⁶  But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, ⁷  either in this age or in the age to come.

Trees and Their Fruit

12:33 “Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad ⁸  and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit. 12:34 Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart.

¹ tn Heb “all his house” (so ASV, NRSV); NAB, NLT “his whole family.”

² tn Heb “he is a son of worthlessness.”

³ tn Heb “and foolishness is with him.”

⁴ tn Heb “my lord’s servants, whom you sent.”

⁵ tn Grk “every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men.”

⁶ tn Grk “it will be forgiven him.”

⁷ tn Grk “it will not be forgiven him.”

⁸ tn Grk “rotten.” The word σαπρός, modifying both “tree” and “fruit,” can also mean “diseased” (L&N 65.28).