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Luke 6:45 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Al good
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
agathos (Greek #18)
"good" (in any sense, often as noun)
KJV usage: benefit, good(-s, things), well. Compare 2570.
Pronounce: ag-ath-os'
Origin: a primary word
man
anthropos (Greek #444)
man-faced, i.e. a human being
KJV usage: certain, man.
Pronounce: anth'-ro-pos
Origin: from 435 and ὤψ (the countenance; from 3700)
out of
ek (Greek #1537)
or ἐξ (ex) a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause; literal or figurative; direct or remote)
KJV usage: after, among, X are, at, betwixt(-yond), by (the means of), exceedingly, (+ abundantly above), for(- th), from (among, forth, up), + grudgingly, + heartily, X heavenly, X hereby, + very highly, in, ...ly, (because, by reason) of, off (from), on, out among (from, of), over, since, X thenceforth, through, X unto, X vehemently, with(-out). Often used in composition, with the same general import; often of completion.
Pronounce: ek
the good
agathos (Greek #18)
"good" (in any sense, often as noun)
KJV usage: benefit, good(-s, things), well. Compare 2570.
Pronounce: ag-ath-os'
Origin: a primary word
treasure
thesauros (Greek #2344)
a deposit, i.e. wealth (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: treasure.
Pronounce: thay-sow-ros'
Origin: from 5087
of his
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
heart
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
kardia (Greek #2588)
the heart, i.e. (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle
KJV usage: (+ broken-)heart(-ed).
Pronounce: kar-dee'-ah
Origin: prolonged from a primary κάρ (Latin cor, "heart")
bringeth forth
prophero (Greek #4393)
to bear forward, i.e. produce
KJV usage: bring forth.
Pronounce: prof-er'-o
Origin: from 4253 and 5342
that which is good
agathos (Greek #18)
"good" (in any sense, often as noun)
KJV usage: benefit, good(-s, things), well. Compare 2570.
Pronounce: ag-ath-os'
Origin: a primary word
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kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
an evil
poneros (Greek #4190)
hurtful, i.e. evil (properly, in effect or influence, and thus differing from 2556, which refers rather to essential character, as well as from 4550, which indicates degeneracy from original virtue); figuratively, calamitous; also (passively) ill, i.e. diseased; but especially (morally) culpable, i.e. derelict, vicious, facinorous; neuter (singular) mischief, malice, or (plural) guilt; masculine (singular) the devil, or (plural) sinners
KJV usage: bad, evil, grievous, harm, lewd, malicious, wicked(-ness). See also 4191.
Pronounce: pon-ay-ros'
Origin: from a derivative of 4192
man
anthropos (Greek #444)
man-faced, i.e. a human being
KJV usage: certain, man.
Pronounce: anth'-ro-pos
Origin: from 435 and ὤψ (the countenance; from 3700)
out of
ek (Greek #1537)
or ἐξ (ex) a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause; literal or figurative; direct or remote)
KJV usage: after, among, X are, at, betwixt(-yond), by (the means of), exceedingly, (+ abundantly above), for(- th), from (among, forth, up), + grudgingly, + heartily, X heavenly, X hereby, + very highly, in, ...ly, (because, by reason) of, off (from), on, out among (from, of), over, since, X thenceforth, through, X unto, X vehemently, with(-out). Often used in composition, with the same general import; often of completion.
Pronounce: ek
the evil
poneros (Greek #4190)
hurtful, i.e. evil (properly, in effect or influence, and thus differing from 2556, which refers rather to essential character, as well as from 4550, which indicates degeneracy from original virtue); figuratively, calamitous; also (passively) ill, i.e. diseased; but especially (morally) culpable, i.e. derelict, vicious, facinorous; neuter (singular) mischief, malice, or (plural) guilt; masculine (singular) the devil, or (plural) sinners
KJV usage: bad, evil, grievous, harm, lewd, malicious, wicked(-ness). See also 4191.
Pronounce: pon-ay-ros'
Origin: from a derivative of 4192
treasure
thesauros (Greek #2344)
a deposit, i.e. wealth (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: treasure.
Pronounce: thay-sow-ros'
Origin: from 5087
of his
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
heart
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
kardia (Greek #2588)
the heart, i.e. (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle
KJV usage: (+ broken-)heart(-ed).
Pronounce: kar-dee'-ah
Origin: prolonged from a primary κάρ (Latin cor, "heart")
bringeth forth
prophero (Greek #4393)
to bear forward, i.e. produce
KJV usage: bring forth.
Pronounce: prof-er'-o
Origin: from 4253 and 5342
that which is evil
poneros (Greek #4190)
hurtful, i.e. evil (properly, in effect or influence, and thus differing from 2556, which refers rather to essential character, as well as from 4550, which indicates degeneracy from original virtue); figuratively, calamitous; also (passively) ill, i.e. diseased; but especially (morally) culpable, i.e. derelict, vicious, facinorous; neuter (singular) mischief, malice, or (plural) guilt; masculine (singular) the devil, or (plural) sinners
KJV usage: bad, evil, grievous, harm, lewd, malicious, wicked(-ness). See also 4191.
Pronounce: pon-ay-ros'
Origin: from a derivative of 4192
: for
gar (Greek #1063)
properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
KJV usage: and, as, because (that), but, even, for, indeed, no doubt, seeing, then, therefore, verily, what, why, yet.
Pronounce: gar
Origin: a primary particle
of
ek (Greek #1537)
or ἐξ (ex) a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause; literal or figurative; direct or remote)
KJV usage: after, among, X are, at, betwixt(-yond), by (the means of), exceedingly, (+ abundantly above), for(- th), from (among, forth, up), + grudgingly, + heartily, X heavenly, X hereby, + very highly, in, ...ly, (because, by reason) of, off (from), on, out among (from, of), over, since, X thenceforth, through, X unto, X vehemently, with(-out). Often used in composition, with the same general import; often of completion.
Pronounce: ek
the abundance
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
perisseuma (Greek #4051)
a surplus, or superabundance
KJV usage: abundance, that was left, over and above.
Pronounce: per-is'-syoo-mah
Origin: from 4052
of the heart
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
kardia (Greek #2588)
the heart, i.e. (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle
KJV usage: (+ broken-)heart(-ed).
Pronounce: kar-dee'-ah
Origin: prolonged from a primary κάρ (Latin cor, "heart")
his
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
mouth
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
stoma (Greek #4750)
the mouth (as if a gash in the face); by implication, language (and its relations); figuratively, an opening (in the earth); specially, the front or edge (of a weapon)
KJV usage: edge, face, mouth.
Pronounce: stom'-a
Origin: probably strengthened from a presumed derivative of the base of 5114
speaketh
laleo (Greek #2980)
to talk, i.e. utter words
KJV usage: preach, say, speak (after), talk, tell, utter. Compare 3004.
Pronounce: lal-eh'-o
Origin: a prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb
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Matt. 12:35• 35{i}The good man out of the good treasure brings forth good things; and the wicked man out of the wicked treasure brings forth wicked things.{/i} (Matt. 12:35)

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Psa. 37:30‑31• 30The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom{HR}And his tongue speaketh justice.
 31The law of his God [is] in his heart;{HR}None of his steps slip. (Psa. 37:30‑31)
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Psa. 40:8‑10• 8To do thy will, my God, I delight;{HR}And thy law [is] in the midst of my bowels.
 9I have announced righteousness in the great congregation;{HR}Behold, I will not refrain my lips; O Jehovah, thou hast known.
 10Thy righteousness I hid not in the midst of my heart;{HR}Thy faithfulness and thy salvation I declared;{HR}I concealed not thy mercy and thy truth from the great congregation. (Psa. 40:8‑10)
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Psa. 71:15‑18• 15My mouth shall declare thy righteousness,{HR}All the day thy salvation;{HR}For I know not its numbers.
 16I will go in the might of Adonai Jehovah;{HR}I will recall thy righteousness, thine only.
 17O God, thou hast taught me from my youth,{HR}And hitherto do I show thy wondrous works.
 18Yea also unto old age and grey hairs,{HR}O God, forsake me not,{HR}Until I declare, thine arm to a generation,{HR}Thy might to every one that is to come. (Psa. 71:15‑18)
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Prov. 10:20‑21• 20The tongue of the righteous [is as] choice silver;{HR}The heart of a wicked one [is] little worth.
 21The lips of the righteous feed many;{HR}But fools die for want of understanding. (Prov. 10:20‑21)
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Prov. 12:18• 18There is that babbleth like the piercings of a sword;{HR}But the tongue of the wise [is] health. (Prov. 12:18)
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Prov. 15:23• 23A man hath joy in the answer of his mouth,{HR}And a word in season, how good it is! (Prov. 15:23)
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Prov. 22:17‑18• 17Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise,{HR}And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.
 18For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee:{HR}They shall be together fitted to thy lips. (Prov. 22:17‑18)
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Matt. 12:35• 35{i}The good man out of the good treasure brings forth good things; and the wicked man out of the wicked treasure brings forth wicked things.{/i} (Matt. 12:35)
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John 7:38• 38He that believeth on me, even as the scripture said, Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (John 7:38)
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Eph. 4:29• 29Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but if [there be] anyone good for edification of the need, that it may give grace to those that hear. (Eph. 4:29)
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Eph. 5:3‑4,19• 3But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not be even named among you, even as becometh saints;
 4and filthiness and foolish talking or jesting, which are not becoming, but rather thanksgiving.
 19speaking to each other in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and chanting in your heart to the Lord; (Eph. 5:3‑4,19)
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Col. 4:6• 6Let your speech be always in grace, seasoned with salt, to know how ye must answer each one. (Col. 4:6)
treasure.
2 Cor. 4:6‑7• 6because it is the God that bade light shine out of darkness, who shone in our hearts for the illumination of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
 7But we have this treasure in earthenware vessels, that the surpassingness of the power may be God's, and not of us, (2 Cor. 4:6‑7)
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Eph. 3:8• 8To me who am less than the least of all saints was this grace given to preach to the nations the unsearchable riches of the Christ, (Eph. 3:8)
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Col. 3:16• 16Let the word of the Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing each other with psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, in grace singing in your hearts to God. (Col. 3:16)
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Heb. 8:10• 10Because this [is] the covenant which I will covenant to the house of Israel after those days, saith Jehovah, giving my laws into their mind, I will also write them upon their hearts, and I will be to them for God, and they shall be to me for people. (Heb. 8:10)
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Psa. 12:2‑4• 2They speak falsehood, every one with his neighbour;{HR}[With] a flattering lip, with a double heart do they speak.
 3Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips,{HR}[The] tongue speaking great things.
 4Which have said, With our tongue will we be mighty;{HR}Our lips are our own: who is lord to us? (Psa. 12:2‑4)
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Psa. 41:6‑7• 6And if he come to see [me] he speaketh falsehood;{HR}His heart gathereth iniquity to itself;{HR}He goeth out, he speaketh outside.
 7All that hate me whisper together against me;{HR}Against me they meditate evil to me. (Psa. 41:6‑7)
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Psa. 52:2‑4• 2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs,{HR}As a sharp razor, working deceit.
 3Thou hast loved evil [rather] than good,{HR}Falsehood [rather] than speaking righteousness. Selah.
 4Thou hast loved all words of devouring,{HR}O tongue of deceit. (Psa. 52:2‑4)
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Psa. 59:7,12• 7Behold, they belch out with their mouth:{HR}Swords [are] in their lips; for who heareth?
 12The sin of their mouth [is] the word of their lips;{HR}And they shall be taken in their pride,{HR}And for cursing and falsehood they will tell. (Psa. 59:7,12)
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Psa. 64:3‑8• 3Who have sharpened like the sword their tongue,{HR}Have bent their arrow, a bitter word,
 4To shoot in the secret places at the perfect;{HR}Suddenly they shoot [at him] and fear not.
 5They strengthen to themselves an evil matter;{HR}They concert to hide snares;{HR}They have said, Who will see them?
 6They devise iniquities:{HR}We are ready (finished)! a well-devised device!{HR}And each one's inward [thought] and heart [is] deep.
 7But God shall shoot at them:{HR}[With] an arrow suddenly the wounds have been theirs.
 8And they shall be made to stumble,{HR}Their own tongue against them;{HR}All that see them shall flee away. (Psa. 64:3‑8)
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Psa. 140:5• 5Proud ones hid a snare for me, and cords;{HR}They spread a net by the way-side (hand);{HR}Traps they set for me, Selah. (Psa. 140:5)
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Jer. 9:2‑5• 2{i}Oh that I had in the wilderness a traveller's lodging-place, that I might leave my people, and go away from them! For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.{/i}
 3{i}And they bend their tongue, their bow of falsehood, and not for fidelity are they valiant in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.{/i}
 4{i}Take ye heed every one of his friend, and confide not in any brother; for every brother only supplanteth, and every friend goeth about with slander.{/i}
 5{i}And they act deceitfully every one with his neighbour, and speak not the truth: they teach their tongue to speak falsehood, they weary themselves with perverse dealing.{/i} (Jer. 9:2‑5)
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Acts 5:3• 3But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thy heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to reserve for thee of the price of the land? (Acts 5:3)
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Acts 8:19‑23• 19saying, Give me also this power that, on whomsoever I lay my hands, he may receive [the] Holy Spirit.
 20But Peter said to him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou thoughtest to obtain the gift of God through money.
 21Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter; for thy heart is not right before God.
 22Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and beseech the Lord if so be the thought of thy heart shall be forgiven thee,
 23for I see that thou art in gall of bitterness and bond of iniquity. (Acts 8:19‑23)
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Rom. 3:13‑14• 13“An open grave [is] their throat; with their tongues they used deceit; venom of asps [is] under their lips;
 14whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; (Rom. 3:13‑14)
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James 3:5‑8• 5So also the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. See how large a wood how little a fire kindleth!
 6And the tongue [is] fire, the world of iniquity; the tongue cometh to be in our members that which defileth the whole body, and setteth in a blaze the course of nature, and is set in a blaze by gehenna.
 7For every nature of both wild beasts and birds, of both things that creep and things in the sea, is tamed and hath been tamed by the nature of man;
 8but the tongue is none of men able to tame; an unsettled evil, full of deadly poison. (James 3:5‑8)
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Jude 15• 15to execute judgment against all, and to convict all the ungodly [of them] of all their works of ungodliness which they ungodlily wrought, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners spoke against him. (Jude 15)
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Matt. 12:34‑37• 34{i}Offspring of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being wicked? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.{/i}
 35{i}The good man out of the good treasure brings forth good things; and the wicked man out of the wicked treasure brings forth wicked things.{/i}
 36{i}But I say unto you, that every idle word which men shall say, they shall render an account of it in judgment-day:{/i}
 37{i}for by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.{/i} (Matt. 12:34‑37)
• The Christian bears the fruit of the nature of Christ. Also, it is the heart itself and real practical obedience that are in question. (“Luke 6” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The good man, out of the good treasure of his heart, brings forth good; and the wicked man out of the wicked, brings forth what is wicked: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

W. Kelly Translation

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The good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth good; and the wicked [man] out of the wickeda bringeth forth that which is wicked: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

WK Translation Notes

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Some MSS. include "treasure of his heart," others omit.