Luke 6:45

The Sermon On The Plain: Trees And Their Fruit

⁴⁴ For each tree is known by its own fruit. Figs aren’t gathered from thornbushes, or grapes picked from a bramble bush. ⁴⁵ A good man produces good out of the good storeroom of his heart. An evil man produces evil out of the evil storeroom, for his mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart. ⁴⁶ “Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do the things I say?

Abundance of the Heart

Good Deeds

Good Man

What is Good

Overflow Of The Heart

That Which Is Good

Luke

Psalm 37:30-31

The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom;
his tongue speaks what is just.

Proverbs 4:23

Guard your heart above all else,
for it is the source of life.

Matthew 12:34-37

Brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

Acts 8:19-23

saying, “Give me this power too, so that anyone I lay hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”

Romans 3:13-14

Their throat is an open grave;
they deceive with their tongues.
Vipers’ venom is under their lips.

Ephesians 4:29

No foul language is to come from your mouth, but only what is good for building up someone in need, so that it gives grace to those who hear.

Ephesians 5:3-4

But sexual immorality and any impurity or greed should not even be heard of among you, as is proper for saints.

Ephesians 5:19

speaking to one another
in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs,
singing and making music
from your heart to the Lord,

Colossians 4:6

Your speech should always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer each person.

Hebrews 8:10

But this is the covenant
that I will make with the house of Israel
after those days, says the Lord:
I will put My laws into their minds
and write them on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be My people.

James 3:5-8

So too, though the tongue is a small part of the body, it boasts great things. Consider how large a forest a small fire ignites.

Psalm 12:2-4

They lie to one another;
they speak with flattering lips and deceptive hearts.

Psalm 40:8-10

I delight to do Your will, my God;
Your instruction lives within me.”

Psalm 41:6-7

When one of them comes to visit, he speaks deceitfully;
he stores up evil in his heart;
he goes out and talks.

Psalm 52:2-4

Like a sharpened razor,
your tongue devises destruction,
working treachery.

Psalm 59:7

Look, they spew from their mouths—
sharp words from their lips.
“For who,” they say, “will hear?”

Psalm 59:12

For the sin of their mouths and the words of their lips,
let them be caught in their pride.
They utter curses and lies.

Psalm 64:3-8

who sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim bitter words like arrows,

Psalm 71:15-18

My mouth will tell about Your righteousness
and Your salvation all day long,
though I cannot sum them up.

Psalm 140:5

The proud hide a trap with ropes for me;
they spread a net along the path
and set snares for me.Selah

Proverbs 10:20-21

The tongue of the righteous is pure silver;
the heart of the wicked is of little value.

Proverbs 12:18

There is one who speaks rashly,
like a piercing sword;
but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 15:23

A man takes joy in giving an answer;
and a timely word—how good that is!

Proverbs 22:17-18

Listen closely, pay attention to the words of the wise,
and apply your mind to my knowledge.

Jeremiah 9:2-5

If only I had a traveler’s lodging place
in the wilderness,
I would abandon my people
and depart from them,
for they are all adulterers,
a solemn assembly of treacherous people.

John 7:38

The one who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, will have streams of living water flow from deep within him.”

Acts 5:3

Then Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the proceeds from the field?

2 Corinthians 4:6-7

For God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God’s glory in the face of Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 3:8

This grace was given to me—the least of all the saints—to proclaim to the Gentiles the incalculable riches of the Messiah,

Colossians 3:16

Let the message about the Messiah dwell richly among you, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, and singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, with gratitude in your hearts to God.

Jude 1:15

to execute judgment on all
and to convict them
of all their ungodly acts
that they have done in an ungodly way,
and of all the harsh things ungodly sinners
have said against Him.