Fruit

This word is mentioned many times in the Bible. FRUIT.

Real one in the Garden of Eden, symbolic fruit being the children of men, bad and good fruit symbolizing bad and good deeds and thoughts.
Biblical symbolism takes advantage of the way of life known to people of the time the Scriptures were written. That is understandable. One can wonder what metaphors would be used if we had the priviledge of having the inspired authors among us. Cars? Pollution? Tsunamis? Or walk on the Moon? Who knows...
To think about it - one may argue that the language of the Bible is archaic, that the situations described there do not match our lives and our world. Well, one may argue a lot, and we know that people do. They deny various facts on the simple basis of Scriptures' antiquity and impossibility of verification. There is a lot of ill-will in such kind of approach.
But I think that this old language and simplicity of life as we see it on the pages of the Bible is in its favor, because it makes it possible to be understood by many cultures, many nations, many stages of development of humanity. And by all ages, from small children to old people alike.

Show me a person who does not understand what fruit is. It would be hard, wouldn't it? What a beautiful simile, fruit is everywhere to be found, everybody likes fruit (opposite to veggies), fruit is something we are very positive about, and the expression "bad fruit" is hence extremely powerful. To enforce negativity on something positive by nature gives an unforgettable meaning to the word and to the deed described by it.

* What fruit do I bear?
* What kind of tree am I?
* What is the Divine Gardener going to do with
me when I get older? Just cut my branches a bit?
* Or throw me into fire of damnation?
* Is my fruit palatable to those I love and those who love me?
* Is my fruit of value to those who bear none?
* How long am I to last in the garden?

Psa 1:1-6 (1) Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. (2) But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. (3) And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. (4) The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. (5) Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. (6) For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.