Luke 6:43

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`For there is not a good tree making bad fruit, nor a bad tree making good fruit;

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  • Jer 2:21 : 21 And I planted thee a choice vine, wholly a true seed, And how hast thou been turned to Me, To the degenerate shoots of a strange vine?
  • Matt 3:10 : 10 and now also, the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree therefore not bearing good fruit is hewn down, and to fire is cast.
  • Matt 7:16-20 : 16 From their fruits ye shall know them; do `men' gather from thorns grapes? or from thistles figs? 17 so every good tree doth yield good fruits, but the bad tree doth yield evil fruits. 18 A good tree is not able to yield evil fruits, nor a bad tree to yield good fruits. 19 Every tree not yielding good fruit is cut down and is cast to fire: 20 therefore from their fruits ye shall know them.
  • Matt 12:33 : 33 `Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad, for from the fruit is the tree known.
  • Isa 61:3 : 3 To appoint to mourners in Zion, To give to them beauty instead of ashes, The oil of joy instead of mourning, A covering of praise for a spirit of weakness, And He is calling to them, `Trees of righteousness, The planting of Jehovah -- to be beautified.'
  • Ps 92:12-14 : 12 The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth. 13 Those planted in the house of Jehovah, In the courts of our God do flourish. 14 Still they bring forth in old age, Fat and flourishing are they,
  • Isa 5:4 : 4 What -- to do still to my vineyard, That I have not done in it! Wherefore, I waited to the yielding of grapes, And it yieldeth bad ones!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 7:16-20
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    91%

    16From their fruits ye shall know them; do `men' gather from thorns grapes? or from thistles figs?

    17so every good tree doth yield good fruits, but the bad tree doth yield evil fruits.

    18A good tree is not able to yield evil fruits, nor a bad tree to yield good fruits.

    19Every tree not yielding good fruit is cut down and is cast to fire:

    20therefore from their fruits ye shall know them.

  • Luke 6:44-45
    2 verses
    88%

    44for each tree from its own fruit is known, for not from thorns do they gather figs, nor from a bramble do they crop a grape.

    45`The good man out of the good treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which `is' good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which `is' evil; for out of the abounding of the heart doth his mouth speak.

  • Matt 12:33-35
    3 verses
    86%

    33`Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad, for from the fruit is the tree known.

    34`Brood of vipers! how are ye able to speak good things -- being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth speak.

    35The good man out of the good treasure of the heart doth put forth the good things, and the evil man out of the evil treasure doth put forth evil things.

  • Luke 3:9
    78%

    9and already also the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree, therefore, not making good fruit is cut down, and to fire it is cast.'

  • Matt 3:10
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    10and now also, the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree therefore not bearing good fruit is hewn down, and to fire is cast.

  • Luke 6:41-42
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    74%

    41`And why dost thou behold the mote that is in thy brother's eye, and the beam that `is' in thine own eye dost not consider?

    42or how art thou able to say to thy brother, Brother, suffer, I may take out the mote that `is' in thine eye -- thyself the beam in thine own eye not beholding? Hypocrite, take first the beam out of thine own eye, and then thou shalt see clearly to take out the mote that `is' in thy brother's eye.

  • Luke 13:6-7
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    6And he spake this simile: `A certain one had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit in it, and he did not find;

    7and he said unto the vine-dresser, Lo, three years I come seeking fruit in this fig-tree, and do not find, cut it off, why also the ground doth it render useless?

  • Jas 3:10-12
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    10out of the same mouth doth come forth blessing and cursing; it doth not need, my brethren, these things so to happen;

    11doth the fountain out of the same opening pour forth the sweet and the bitter?

    12is a fig-tree able, my brethren, olives to make? or a vine figs? so no fountain salt and sweet water `is able' to make.

  • Luke 13:9
    73%

    9and if indeed it may bear fruit --; and if not so, thereafter thou shalt cut it off.'

  • Matt 3:8
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    8bear, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation,

  • Gal 6:7-8
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    7Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow -- that also he shall reap,

    8because he who is sowing to his own flesh, of the flesh shall reap corruption; and he who is sowing to the Spirit, of the Spirit shall reap life age-during;

  • John 15:2
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    2every branch in me not bearing fruit, He doth take it away, and every one bearing fruit, He doth cleanse by pruning it, that it may bear more fruit;

  • Matt 21:19
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    19and having seen a certain fig-tree on the way, he came to it, and found nothing in it except leaves only, and he saith to it, `No more from thee may fruit be -- to the age;' and forthwith the fig-tree withered.

  • Matt 15:13
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    13And he answering said, `Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant shall be rooted up;

  • John 15:4-6
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    4remain in me, and I in you, as the branch is not able to bear fruit of itself, if it may not remain in the vine, so neither ye, if ye may not remain in me.

    5`I am the vine, ye the branches; he who is remaining in me, and I in him, this one doth bear much fruit, because apart from me ye are not able to do anything;

    6if any one may not remain in me, he was cast forth without as the branch, and was withered, and they gather them, and cast to fire, and they are burned;

  • Eph 5:9
    70%

    9for the fruit of the Spirit `is' in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth,

  • Luke 8:15
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    15`And that in the good ground: These are they, who in an upright and good heart, having heard the word, do retain `it', and bear fruit in continuance.

  • Matt 7:3-6
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    70%

    3`And why dost thou behold the mote that `is' in thy brother's eye, and the beam that `is' in thine own eye dost not consider?

    4or, how wilt thou say to thy brother, Suffer I may cast out the mote from thine eye, and lo, the beam `is' in thine own eye?

    5Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then thou shalt see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

    6`Ye may not give that which is `holy' to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, that they may not trample them among their feet, and having turned -- may rend you.

  • Heb 6:8
    70%

    8and that which is bearing thorns and briers `is' disapproved of, and nigh to cursing, whose end `is' for burning;

  • Jer 17:8
    69%

    8And hath been as a tree planted by waters, And by a rivulet he sendeth forth his roots, And he doth not see when heat cometh, And his leaf hath been green, And in a year of dearth he is not sorrowful, Nor doth he cease from making fruit.

  • Mark 4:7
    69%

    7and other fell toward the thorns, and the thorns did come up, and choke it, and fruit it gave not;

  • Prov 11:30
    69%

    30The fruit of the righteous `is' a tree of life, And whoso is taking souls `is' wise.

  • Matt 6:23
    69%

    23but if thine eye may be evil, all thy body shall be dark; if, therefore, the light that `is' in thee is darkness -- the darkness, how great!

  • Prov 12:12
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    12The wicked hath desired the net of evil doers, And the root of the righteous giveth.

  • Mark 11:13-14
    2 verses
    69%

    13and having seen a fig-tree afar off having leaves, he came, if perhaps he shall find anything in it, and having come to it, he found nothing except leaves, for it was not a time of figs,

    14and Jesus answering said to it, `No more from thee -- to the age -- may any eat fruit;' and his disciples were hearing.

  • Matt 15:18-19
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    69%

    18but the things coming forth from the mouth from the heart do come forth, and these defile the man;

    19for out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, whoredoms, thefts, false witnessings, evil speakings:

  • Ps 1:3
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    3And he hath been as a tree, Planted by rivulets of water, That giveth its fruit in its season, And its leaf doth not wither, And all that he doth he causeth to prosper.

  • Ezek 17:8
    68%

    8On a good field, by many waters, it is planted, To make branches, and to bear fruit, To be for an goodly vine.

  • Mark 7:21
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    21for from within, out of the heart of men, the evil reasonings do come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders,

  • Prov 13:2
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    2From the fruit of the mouth a man eateth good, And the soul of the treacherous -- violence.

  • Prov 12:3
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    3A man is not established by wickedness, And the root of the righteous is not moved.