16 They cannot long conceal themselves; men know them by their fruits;
17 You cannot gather grapes from thorns, nor from the thistles, figs.
18 The fruit is daughter of the tree and, like the parent, so the child; and every tree that bears not wholesome fruit is plucked up by the roots and cast away,
19 Because a man prays long and loud is not a sign that he is saint. The praying men are not all in the kingdom of the soul.
20 The man who lives the holy life, who does the will of God, abides within the kingdom of the soul.
21 The good man from the treasures of his heart sends blessedness and peace to all the world.
22 The evil man sends thoughts that blight and wither hope and joy and fill the world with wretchedness and woe.
23 Men think and act and speak out of the abundance of the heart.
24 And when the judgment hour shall come a host of men will enter pleadings for themselves and think to buy the favor of the judge with words.
25 And they will say, Lo, we have wrought a multitude of works in the Omnific name,