The good man, out of the good treasure of his heart, presents what is good; and the evil man, out of the evil treasure of his heart, brings forth evil. Because of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
6:45 The good man, from the good treasure of his heart brings out the good; and the evil man, out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil; Because of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. see Matt 12:35. Compare Tue 7:30-31. This is another figure that teaches the same lesson. The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of the heart, and the bad man brings bad things out of his. Everyone’s “treasure” is the accumulation of all their thoughts, desires, plans, attempts, ambitions, etc. From this “treasure” (bad or good) he draws good or bad words. The Pharisees took out of their bad (malicious) “treasure” the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. Listening for a very short time to the words of any individual, we know a lot about them. The mouth reveals the heart. Words reveal character, correspond to character. What the Pharisees said revealed what they were: what kind of tree they were, what kind of treasure they had. Pro 26:18-19, “Like the one who goes mad, and throws flames and arrows and death, such is the man who deceives his friend, and says: I certainly did it for a joke.” Sometimes someone gets angry and says mean words that hurt and offend. He then apologizes saying, “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean that.” The truth is that what we say spontaneously, that is, when we are not on guard, when we are not careful with our words and do not care about what we say, is when we reveal the true condition of the heart. Some want to justify sin by saying, “but his heart is pure”; that is, it is believed that God does not condemn our bad behavior or our bad words if our heart is right. But here is precisely the problem. Bad behavior and bad words show that the heart is not pure and upright.
Source: Commentary on the New Testament by Partain
The good man. Salt 37:30, Ps 37:31; Ps 40:8-10; Ps 71:15-18; pro 10:20, Pro 10:21; Pro 12:18; pro 15:23; pro 22:17, pro 22:18; Matt 12:35; Joh 7:38; Eph 4:29; Eph 5:3, Eph 5:4, Eph 5:19; Col 4:6.
of the good treasure of his heart. 2Co 4:6, 2Co 4:7; Eph 3:8; Col 3:16; Hebrews 8:10.
the bad man of the bad treasure. Ps 12:2-4; Ps 41:6, Ps 41:7; Ps 52:2-4; Ps 59:7, Ps 59:12; Ps 64:3-8; Ps 140:5; Jer 9:2-5; Acts 5:3; Acts 8:19-23; Romans 3:13, Romans 3:14; Jas 3:5-8; Jude 1:15.
for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. Matt 12:34-37.
Source: The Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
YOUR HEART. As the center of the human being, the heart determines his behavior and must be changed or converted (see Mar 7:20-23note, and ARTICLES THE HEART, p. 842. and REGENERATION, P. 1455. ). Without this interior change no one can do the will of God (cf. Jer 24:7; Jer 31:33; Jer 32:39; Eze 36:23; Eze 36:27; Matt 7:16-20; Matt 12:33-35; Matt 15:18-19; Matt 21:43; Luke 1:17; Romans 6:17).
Source: Full Life Study Bible
6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil man, out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil; Because of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. See Mat 12:35. Compare Mark 7:30-31. This is another figure that teaches the same lesson. The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of the heart, and the bad man brings bad things out of his. Everyone’s “treasure” is the accumulation of all their thoughts, desires, plans, attempts, ambitions, etc. From this “treasure” (bad or good) he draws good or bad words. The Pharisees took out of their bad (malicious) “treasure” the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. Listening for a very short time to the words of any individual, we know a lot about them. The mouth reveals the heart.
Words reveal character, correspond to character. What the Pharisees said revealed what they were: what kind of tree they were, what kind of treasure they had. Pro 26: 18-19, “Like the one who goes mad, and shoots flames and arrows and death, such is the man who deceives his friend, and says: Surely I did it for a joke.” Sometimes someone gets angry and says mean words that hurt and offend. He then apologizes saying, “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean that.” The truth is that what we say spontaneously, that is, when we are not on guard, when we are not careful with our words and do not care about what we say, is when we reveal the true condition of the heart.
Some want to justify sin by saying, “but his heart is pure”; that is, it is believed that God does not condemn our bad behavior or our bad words if our heart is right. But here is precisely the problem. Bad behavior and bad words show that the heart is not pure and upright.
Source: Reeves-Partain Notes
CROSS-REFERENCES
s 421 Mat 12:35
t 422 Mat 12:34
Source: New World Translation
treasure of your heart. The heart is presented as a storehouse that contains good or bad (verses 43–44).
his mouth speaks. The mouth only reveals what is in the heart.
Source: The Bible of the Americas
→ Matt 12:34.
Source: Textual Bible IV Edition
g Matt 12:34.