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Matthew 12:35
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Matthew 12:35
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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.
Matthew 12:35
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Matthew 12:35
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35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
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Colossians 4:6
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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)
Colossians 4:6
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Colossians 4:6
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6 Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
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Proverbs 15:28
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Proverbs 15:28
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Proverbs 15:28
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Proverbs 15:28
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28 The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
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Proverbs 15:4
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Proverbs 15:4
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Proverbs 15:4
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Proverbs 15:4
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4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
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Proverbs 25:11-12
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Proverbs 25:11-12
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Proverbs 25:11-12
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Proverbs 25:11-12
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11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
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Colossians 3:16
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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)
Colossians 3:16
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Colossians 3:16
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16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
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Proverbs 10:20-21
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Proverbs 10:20-21
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20 The tongue of the righteous is choice silver,
but the heart of the wicked is of little value.
21 The lips of the righteous nourish many,
but fools die for lack of sense.(A)
Proverbs 10:20-21
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Proverbs 10:20-21
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20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
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Ephesians 4:29
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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.
Ephesians 4:29
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Ephesians 4:29
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29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
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Matthew 12:34
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Matthew 12:34
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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.
Matthew 12:34
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Matthew 12:34
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34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
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Proverbs 16:21-23
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Proverbs 16:21-23
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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
Proverbs 16:21-23
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Proverbs 16:21-23
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21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
22 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
23 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
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Matthew 13:52
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Matthew 13:52
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52 He said to them, “Therefore every teacher of the law who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”
Matthew 13:52
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Matthew 13:52
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52 Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
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Proverbs 15:23
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Proverbs 15:23
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Proverbs 15:23
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Proverbs 15:23
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23 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
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Proverbs 12:6
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Proverbs 12:6
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6 The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,
but the speech of the upright rescues them.(A)
Proverbs 12:6
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Proverbs 12:6
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6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
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