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Colossians 4:6
Your speech should always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer each person.
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1 Thessalonians 5 11
Therefore encourage one another and build each other up as you are already doing.
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Ecclesiastes 10:12
The words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.
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Proverbs 15:7
The lips of the wise broadcast knowledge, but not so the heart of fools.
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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.A good man produces good things from his storeroom of good, and an evil man produces evil things from his storeroom of evil.I tell you that on the day of judgment people will have to account for every careless word they speak.For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”
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Colossians 3:8-9
But now you must also put away all the following: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth.Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old self with its practices
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Proverbs 25:11-12
A word spoken at the right time is like gold apples on a silver tray.A wise correction to a receptive ear is like a gold ring or an ornament of gold.
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James 3:2-8
for we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a mature man who is also able to control his whole body.Now when we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we also guide the whole animal.And consider ships: Though very large and driven by fierce winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs.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.And the tongue is a fire. The tongue, a world of unrighteousness, is placed among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the whole body, sets the course of life on fire, and is set on fire by hell.Every sea creature, reptile, bird, or animal is tamed and has been tamed by man,but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
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Psalms 37:30-31
The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom; his tongue speaks what is just.The instruction of his God is in his heart; his steps do not falter.
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Proverbs 12:13
An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous one escapes from trouble.
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Proverbs 15:2-4
The tongue of the wise makes knowledge attractive, but the mouth of fools blurts out foolishness.The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, observing the wicked and the good.The tongue that heals is a tree of life, but a devious tongue breaks the spirit.
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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.Coarse and foolish talking or crude joking are not suitable, but rather giving thanks.
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Matthew 5:16
In the same way, let your light shine before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.
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Proverbs 10:31-32
The mouth of the righteous produces wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut out.The lips of the righteous know what is appropriate, but the mouth of the wicked, only what is perverse.
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Colossians 3:16-17
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.And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
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Proverbs 16:21
Anyone with a wise heart is called discerning, and pleasant speech increases learning.
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Luke 4:22
They were all speaking well of Him and were amazed by the gracious words that came from His mouth, yet they said,“ Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”
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Isaiah 50:4
The Lord God has given Me the tongue of those who are instructed to know how to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me each morning; He awakens My ear to listen like those being instructed.
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Proverbs 15:23
A man takes joy in giving an answer; and a timely word— how good that is!
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Psalms 52:2
Like a sharpened razor, your tongue devises destruction, working treachery.
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1 Peter 2 12
Conduct yourselves honorably among the Gentiles, so that in a case where they speak against you as those who do what is evil, they will, by observing your good works, glorify God on the day of visitation.
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1 Corinthians 15 32-1 Corinthians 15 33
If I fought wild animals in Ephesus with only human hope, what good did that do me? If the dead are not raised, Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.Do not be deceived:“ Bad company corrupts good morals.”
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Romans 3:13-14
Their throat is an open grave; they deceive with their tongues. Vipers’ venom is under their lips.Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.
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Psalms 5:9
For there is nothing reliable in what they say; destruction is within them; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongues.
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Psalms 71:17-18
God, You have taught me from my youth, and I still proclaim Your wonderful works.Even when I am old and gray, God, do not abandon me. Then I will proclaim Your power to another generation, Your strength to all who are to come.
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Malachi 3:16-18
At that time those who feared the Lord spoke to one another. The Lord took notice and listened. So a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who feared Yahweh and had high regard for His name.“ They will be Mine,” says the Lord of Hosts,“ a special possession on the day I am preparing. I will have compassion on them as a man has compassion on his son who serves him.So you will again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him.
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Psalms 73:7-9
Their eyes bulge out from fatness; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.They mock, and they speak maliciously; they arrogantly threaten oppression.They set their mouths against heaven, and their tongues strut across the earth.
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Ephesians 4:16
From Him the whole body, fitted and knit together by every supporting ligament, promotes the growth of the body for building up itself in love by the proper working of each individual part.
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Deuteronomy 6:6-9
These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart.Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them be a symbol on your forehead.Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
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1 Peter 3 1
In the same way, wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, even if some disobey the Christian message, they may be won over without a message by the way their wives live
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Psalms 71:24
Therefore, my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm will be disgraced and confounded.
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Psalms 45:2
You are the most handsome of men; grace flows from your lips. Therefore God has blessed you forever.
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Jude 1:13-16
wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shameful deeds; wandering stars for whom the blackness of darkness is reserved forever!And Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied about them: Look! The Lord comes with thousands of His holy onesto 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.These people are discontented grumblers, walking according to their desires; their mouths utter arrogant words, flattering people for their own advantage.
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Ephesians 4:12
for the training of the saints in the work of ministry, to build up the body of Christ,
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1 Corinthians 14 19
yet in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, in order to teach others also, than 10,000 words in another language.
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Psalms 78:4-5
We must not hide them from their children, but must tell a future generation the praises of the Lord, His might, and the wonderful works He has performed.He established a testimony in Jacob and set up a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children
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Revelation 13:5-6
A mouth was given to him to speak boasts and blasphemies. He was also given authority to act for 42 months.He began to speak blasphemies against God: to blaspheme His name and His dwelling— those who dwell in heaven.
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2 Peter 2 18
For by uttering boastful, empty words, they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped from those who live in error.