Luke 6:45

A Conservative Version

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth the good, and the bad man out of the bad treasure of his heart brings forth the bad, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

Cross References

Proverbs 4:23

Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life.

Ephesians 4:29

Let no corrupt speech go out of your mouth, rather if there is any good word for edification of a need, so that it may give grace to those who hear.

John 7:38

He who believes in me, as the scripture has said, out of his belly will flow rivers of living water.

Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ dwell in you abundantly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing by grace in your hearts to God.

Psalm 59:12

[for] the sin of their mouth, [and] the words of their lips. Let them even be taken in their pride, and for cursing and lying which they speak.

Colossians 4:6

your speech always with grace seasoned with salt, to know how it is fitting for you to answer each one.

Proverbs 12:18

There is he who speaks rashly like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise is health.

Hebrews 8:10

Because this is the covenant that I will ordain with the house of Israel after those days, says Lord, giving my laws into their mind, and I will write them on their hearts. And I will be to them for a God, and they will be to me fo

Ephesians 5:19

speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and striking strings in your heart to the Lord,

Proverbs 15:23

A man has joy in the answer of his mouth, and a word in due season, how good it is!

Psalm 140:5

The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords. They have spread a net by the wayside. They have set snares for me. Selah.

Psalm 59:7

Behold, they belch out with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, for [they say], Who hears?

Acts 5:3

But Peter said, Ananias, why did Satan fill thy heart for thee to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back from the price of the land?

Jude 1:15

to execute judgment against all, and to convict all the irreverent of them about all the works of their own irreverence that they have done irreverently, and about all the harsh things that irreverent sinners spoke against him.

Ephesians 3:8

To me, a man less than the least of all the sanctified, this grace was given to preach good-news among the Gentiles, the unsearchable wealth of Christ,