Luke 6:43
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.”
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“No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For there is no good tree that bringeth forth corrupt fruit; nor again a corrupt tree that bringeth forth good fruit.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`For there is not a good tree making bad fruit, nor a bad tree making good fruit;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 6:43 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 92:12The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
- Isaiah 5:4What more could I have done for My vineyard than I already did for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit?
- Isaiah 61:3to console the mourners in Zion— to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.
- Jeremiah 2:21I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?
- Matthew 3:10The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
- Matthew 7:16By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
- Matthew 12:33Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).