Luke 8:15

Bible in Basic English 1965

And those in the good earth are those who, having given ear to the word, keep it with a good and true heart, and in quiet strength give fruit.

Cross References

Psalm 119:11

I have kept your sayings secretly in my heart, so that I might do no sin against you.

Psalm 51:10

Make a clean heart in me, O God; give me a right spirit again.

Proverbs 3:1

My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:

Jeremiah 15:16

But to me your word is a joy, making my heart glad; for I am named by your name, O Lord God of armies.

Jeremiah 31:33

But this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my law in their inner parts, writing it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Jeremiah 32:29

And the Chaldaeans, who are fighting against this town, will come and put the town on fire, burning it together with the houses, on the roofs of which perfumes have been burned to the Baal, and drink offerings have been drained out to other gods, moving me to wrath.

Matthew 24:13

But he who goes through to the end will get salvation.

Luke 11:28

But he said, More happy are they who give hearing to the word of God and keep it.

Luke 6:45

The good man, out of the good store of his heart, gives good things; and the evil man, out of his evil store, gives evil: for out of the full store of the heart come the words of the mouth.

Luke 8:14

And those which went among thorns are those who have given hearing, and go on their way, but they are overcome by cares and wealth and the pleasures of life, and they give no fruit.

Luke 8:16

No man, when the light is lighted, puts a cover over it, or puts it under a bed, but he puts it on its table, so that those who come in may see the light.

John 14:15

If you have love for me, you will keep my laws.

John 15:10

If you keep my laws, you will be ever in my love, even as I have kept my Father's laws, and am ever in his love.

Romans 2:7

To those who go on with good works in the hope of glory and honour and salvation from death, he will give eternal life:

Romans 6:22

But now, being free from sin, and having been made servants to God, you have your fruit in that which is holy, and the end is eternal life.

Romans 7:18

For I am conscious that in me, that is, in my flesh, there is nothing good: I have the mind but not the power to do what is right.

Romans 7:4

In the same way, my brothers, you were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, even to him who came again from the dead, so that we might give fruit to God.

Romans 8:25

But if we have hope for that which we see not, then we will be able to go on waiting for it.

1 Corinthians 7:19

Circumcision is nothing, and its opposite is nothing, but only doing the orders of God is of value.

Ephesians 2:8

Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God:

Deuteronomy 30:6

And the Lord your God will give to you and to your seed a circumcision of the heart, so that, loving him with all your heart and all your soul, you may have life.

Philippians 1:11

Being full of the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Colossians 1:10

Living uprightly in the approval of the Lord, giving fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

Colossians 1:6

Which has come to you; and which in all the world is giving fruit and increase, as it has done in you from the day when it came to your ears and you had true knowledge of the grace of God;

Hebrews 10:36

For, having done what was right in God's eyes, you have need of waiting before his word has effect for you.

Hebrews 2:1

For this reason there is the more need for us to give attention to the things which have come to our ears, for fear that by chance we might be slipping away.

James 1:4

But let this power have its full effect, so that you may be made complete, needing nothing.

1 John 2:3

And by this we may be certain that we have knowledge of him, if we keep his laws.