Ephesians 5:4
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4 Let there be (A)no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, (B)which are out of place, but instead (C)let there be thanksgiving.
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Colossians 3:8
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8 But now (A)you must put them all away: (B)anger, wrath, malice, (C)slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.
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Ephesians 4:29
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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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1 Thessalonians 5:18
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18 (A)give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
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James 3:4-8
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4 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. 5 So also the tongue is a small member, yet (A)it boasts of great things.
How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! 6 And (B)the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, (C)staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life,[a] and set on fire by hell.[b] 7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, 8 but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, (D)full of deadly poison.
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Proverbs 15:2
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2 The tongue of the wise commends knowledge,
but (A)the mouths of fools pour out folly.
Matthew 12:34-37
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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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Hebrews 13:15
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15 (A)Through him then let us continually offer up (B)a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, (C)the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.
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Colossians 3:15-17
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15 And let (A)the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called (B)in one body. And (C)be thankful. 16 Let (D)the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, (E)singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, (F)with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17 And (G)whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, (H)giving thanks to God the Father through him.
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Philippians 4:6
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6 (A)do not be anxious about anything, (B)but in everything by prayer and supplication (C)with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
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Ecclesiastes 10:13
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13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness,
and the end of his talk is evil madness.
Psalm 107:21-22
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21 (A)Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
22 And let them (B)offer sacrifices of thanksgiving,
and (C)tell of his deeds in (D)songs of joy!
2 Peter 2:18
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18 For, (A)speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely (B)escaping from those who live in error.
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Ephesians 5:19-20
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19 addressing one another in (A)psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, 20 (B)giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father (C)in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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2 Corinthians 9:15
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15 (A)Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!
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Psalm 92:1
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2 Corinthians 1:11
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11 (A)You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf (B)for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many.
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Jude 10
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10 (A)But these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively.
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2 Peter 2:7
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7 and (A)if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked
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Jude 13
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13 (A)wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of (B)their own shame; (C)wandering stars, (D)for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever.
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Philemon 8
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Paul's Plea for Onesimus
8 Accordingly, (A)though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do (B)what is required,
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1 Thessalonians 3:9
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9 For (A)what thanksgiving can we return to God for you, for all the joy that we feel for your sake before our God,
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Ephesians 1:16
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16 I (A)do not cease to give thanks for you, (B)remembering you in my prayers,
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Romans 1:28
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28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, (A)God gave them up to (B)a debased mind to do (C)what ought not to be done.
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