29 (A)Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give (B)grace to those who hear.

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

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12 The words of a wise man's mouth (A)win him favor,[a]
    but (B)the lips of a fool consume him.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 10:12 Or are gracious

11 Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.

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(A)The lips of the wise spread knowledge;
    (B)not so the hearts of fools.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 15:7 Or the hearts of fools are not steadfast

34 (A)You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, (B)when you are evil? (C)For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 (D)The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. 36 I tell you, (E)on the day of judgment (F)people will give account for (G)every careless word they speak, 37 for (H)by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

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But now (A)you must put them all away: (B)anger, wrath, malice, (C)slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. (D)Do not lie to one another, seeing that (E)you have put off (F)the old self[a] with its practices

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  1. Colossians 3:9 Greek man; also as supplied in verse 10

13 An evil man is ensnared (A)by the transgression of his lips,[a]
    (B)but the righteous escapes from trouble.

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  1. Proverbs 12:13 Or In the transgression of the lips, there is an evil snare

For (A)we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, (B)he is a perfect man, (C)able also to bridle his whole body. If we put (D)bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small member, yet (E)it boasts of great things.

How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! And (F)the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, (G)staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life,[a] and set on fire by hell.[b] For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, (H)full of deadly poison.

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  1. James 3:6 Or wheel of birth
  2. James 3:6 Greek Gehenna

11 (A)A word fitly spoken
    is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.
12 Like (B)a gold ring or an ornament of gold
    is a wise reprover to (C)a listening ear.

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The tongue of the wise commends knowledge,
    but (A)the mouths of fools pour out folly.
(B)The eyes of the Lord are in every place,
    keeping watch on the evil and the good.
(C)A gentle[a] tongue is (D)a tree of life,
    but (E)perverseness in it breaks the spirit.

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  1. Proverbs 15:4 Or healing

30 The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom,
    and his tongue speaks justice.
31 (A)The law of his God is in his heart;
    his (B)steps do not slip.

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16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so (A)that[a] they may see your good works and (B)give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

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  1. Matthew 5:16 Or house. 16Let your light so shine before others that

But (A)sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness (B)must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. Let there be (C)no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, (D)which are out of place, but instead (E)let there be thanksgiving.

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

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

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22 And all spoke well of him and marveled at (A)the gracious words that were coming from his mouth. And they said, (B)“Is not this (C)Joseph's son?”

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21 The wise of heart is called discerning,
    and sweetness of speech (A)increases persuasiveness.

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23 To make an apt answer is a joy to a man,
    and (A)a word in season, how good it is!

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12 (A)Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, (B)they may see your good deeds and glorify God on (C)the day of visitation.

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The Lord God has given (A)me
    the tongue of those who are taught,
that (B)I may know how to sustain with a word
    (C)him who is weary.
Morning by morning he awakens;
    he awakens my ear
    to hear as those who are taught.

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Your (A)tongue plots destruction,
    like (B)a sharp razor, you (C)worker of deceit.

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32 What do I gain if, humanly speaking, (A)I fought with beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised, (B)“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” 33 (C)Do not be deceived: (D)“Bad company ruins good morals.”[a]

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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:33 Probably from Menander's comedy Thais

13 (A)“Their throat is (B)an open grave;
    they use their tongues to deceive.”
(C)“The venom of asps is under their lips.”
14     (D)“Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.”

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The Book of Remembrance

16 Then those who feared the Lord (A)spoke with one another. The Lord paid attention and heard them, and (B)a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed his name. 17 “They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, (C)in the day when I make up (D)my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him. 18 Then once more you shall (E)see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.

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