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Subject: Bible Foods FRUIT Figurative. The word fruit is often used figuratively in Scripture of offspring, children (Ps 21:10, marg.; Hos 9:16); also in such phrases as "fruit of the womb" (Gen 30:2; Deut 7:13; etc.); "fruit of his loins" (Acts 2:30, marg.); "fruit of your body" (Ps 132:11; Mic 6:7). Also in a variety of forms, such as, "They shall eat of the fruit of their own way," i.e., experience the consequences (Prov 1:31; Isa 3:10; Jer 6:19; 17:10, marg.); boasting is the "fruit of the arrogant heart" (Isa 10:12); a man's words are called the "fruit of his words," or of his "mouth" or "lips" (Prov 12:14; 18:20; Heb 13:15); "fruit of lies" (Hos 10:13); "the fruit of the righteous" (Prov 11:30) is his counsel, example, etc.; the "fruit of the spirit" enumerated in Gal 5:22-23 are those gracious habits that the Holy Spirit produces in the Christian, given more briefly as "goodness and righteousness and truth" (Eph 5:9); the "fruit of righteousness" (Phil 1:11) is such good work as springs from a gracious frame of heart. Fruit is also the name given to a charitable contribution (Rom 15:28). (From The New Unger's Bible Dictionary) |