Colossians 4:6
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6 Let your conversation be always full of grace,(A) seasoned with salt,(B) so that you may know how to answer everyone.(C)
Ephesians 4:29
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29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths,(A) but only what is helpful for building others up(B) according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
1 Peter 3:15
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15 But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer(A) to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope(B) that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,
Ecclesiastes 10:12
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Mark 9:50
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50 “Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again?(A) Have salt among yourselves,(B) and be at peace with each other.”(C)
Colossians 3:16
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16 Let the message of Christ(A) dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom(B) through psalms,(C) hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.(D)
Proverbs 15:7
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7 The lips of the wise spread knowledge,(A)
but the hearts of fools are not upright.
Matthew 5:13
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Salt and Light
13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.(A)
Proverbs 15:4
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Proverbs 22:17-18
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Thirty Sayings of the Wise
Saying 1
Proverbs 16:21-24
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22 Prudence is a fountain of life to the prudent,(B)
but folly brings punishment to fools.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:21 Or words make a person persuasive
- Proverbs 16:23 Or prudent / and make their lips persuasive
Psalm 119:46
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Proverbs 26:4-5
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Proverbs 25:11-12
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Psalm 105:2
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Matthew 12:34-35
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34 You brood of vipers,(A) how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks(B) what the heart is full of. 35 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.
Proverbs 10:21
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21 The lips of the righteous nourish many,
but fools die for lack of sense.(A)
Psalm 119:13
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13 With my lips I recount
all the laws that come from your mouth.(A)
Psalm 66:16
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Psalm 45:2
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Psalm 40:9-10
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Psalm 37:30-31
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1 Chronicles 16:24
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24 Declare his glory(A) among the nations,
his marvelous deeds among all peoples.
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