29 (A)Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but (B)what is good for necessary [a]edification, (C)that it may impart grace to the hearers.

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  1. Ephesians 4:29 building up

Let your speech always be (A)with grace, (B)seasoned with salt, (C)that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

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11 Therefore [a]comfort each other and [b]edify one another, just as you also are doing.

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  1. 1 Thessalonians 5:11 Or encourage
  2. 1 Thessalonians 5:11 build one another up

12 (A)The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious,
But (B)the lips of a fool shall swallow him up;

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(A)But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth. Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds,

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The lips of the wise [a]disperse knowledge,
But the heart of the fool does not do so.

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  1. Proverbs 15:7 spread

11 A word fitly (A)spoken is like apples of gold
In settings of silver.
12 Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold
Is a wise rebuker to an obedient ear.

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34 (A)Brood[a] of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? (B)For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 A good man out of the good treasure [b]of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. 36 But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. 37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

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  1. Matthew 12:34 Offspring
  2. Matthew 12:35 NU, M omit of his heart

30 (A)The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom,
And his tongue talks of justice.
31 The law of his God is in his heart;
None of his steps shall [a]slide.

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  1. Psalm 37:31 slip

For (A)we all stumble in many things. (B)If anyone does not stumble in word, (C)he is a [a]perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body. [b]Indeed, (D)we put bits in horses’ mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body. Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires. Even so (E)the tongue is a little member and (F)boasts great things.

See how great a forest a little fire kindles! And (G)the tongue is a fire, a world of [c]iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it (H)defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of [d]nature; and it is set on fire by [e]hell. For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, (I)full of deadly poison.

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  1. James 3:2 mature
  2. James 3:3 NU Now if
  3. James 3:6 unrighteousness
  4. James 3:6 existence
  5. James 3:6 Gr. Gehenna

The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly,
(A)But the mouth of fools pours forth foolishness.

(B)The eyes of the Lord are in every place,
Keeping watch on the evil and the good.

A [a]wholesome tongue is a tree of life,
But perverseness in it breaks the spirit.

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  1. Proverbs 15:4 Lit. healing

16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another (A)in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 17 And (B)whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

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But fornication and all (A)uncleanness or (B)covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; (C)neither filthiness, nor (D)foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, (E)which are not fitting, but rather (F)giving of thanks.

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13 (A)The wicked is ensnared by the transgression of his lips,
(B)But the righteous will come through trouble.

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16 Let your light so shine before men, (A)that they may see your good works and (B)glorify your Father in heaven.

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21 The wise in heart will be called prudent,
And sweetness of the lips increases learning.

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31 (A)The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom,
But the perverse tongue will be cut out.
32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable,
But the mouth of the wicked what is perverse.

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“The(A) Lord God has given Me
The tongue of the learned,
That I should know how to speak
A word in season to him who is (B)weary.
He awakens Me morning by morning,
He awakens My ear
To hear as the learned.

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Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

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23 A man has joy by the answer of his mouth,
And (A)a word spoken [a]in due season, how good it is!

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  1. Proverbs 15:23 Lit. in its time

12 (A)having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, (B)they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.

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22 So all bore witness to Him, and (A)marveled at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth. And they said, (B)“Is this not Joseph’s son?”

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17 O God, You have taught me from my (A)youth;
And to this day I declare Your wondrous works.
18 Now also (B)when I am old and grayheaded,
O God, do not forsake me,
Until I declare Your strength to this generation,
Your power to everyone who is to come.

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For there is no [a]faithfulness in their mouth;
Their inward part is destruction;
(A)Their throat is an open tomb;
They flatter with their tongue.

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  1. Psalm 5:9 uprightness

“And (A)these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. (B)You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. (C)You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. (D)You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

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