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Proverbs 31:26
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Proverbs 31:26
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26 She opens her mouth with wisdom,
and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
Proverbs 31:26
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Proverbs 31:26
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26 She speaks with wisdom,
and faithful instruction is on her tongue.(A)
Ephesians 4:29
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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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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.
Proverbs 16:24
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Proverbs 16:24
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Proverbs 16:24
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Proverbs 16:24
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Proverbs 10:31
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Proverbs 10:31
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31 (A)The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom,
but the perverse tongue will be cut off.
Proverbs 10:31
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Proverbs 10:31
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Proverbs 12:18
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Proverbs 12:18
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18 (A)There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts,
but the tongue of the wise brings (B)healing.
Proverbs 12:18
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Proverbs 12:18
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Colossians 4:5
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Colossians 4:5
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5 (A)Walk in wisdom toward (B)outsiders, making the best use of the time.
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Colossians 4:5
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Colossians 4:5
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1 Peter 3:4-5
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1 Peter 3:4-5
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4 but let your adorning be (A)the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious. 5 For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands,
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1 Peter 3:4-5
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1 Peter 3:4-5
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4 Rather, it should be that of your inner self,(A) the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.(B) 5 For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God(C) used to adorn themselves.(D) They submitted themselves to their own husbands,
Proverbs 31:8-9
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Proverbs 31:8-9
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8 (A)Open your mouth for the mute,
for the rights of all who are destitute.[a]
9 Open your mouth, (B)judge righteously,
(C)defend the rights of (D)the poor and needy.
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- Proverbs 31:8 Hebrew are sons of passing away
Proverbs 31:8-9
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Proverbs 31:8-9
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Proverbs 25:15
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Proverbs 25:15
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15 With (A)patience a ruler may be persuaded,
and a soft tongue will break a bone.
Proverbs 25:15
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Proverbs 25:15
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Esther 7:3-6
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Esther 7:3-6
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3 Then Queen Esther answered, (A)“If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be granted me for my wish, and my people for my request. 4 (B)For we have been sold, I and my people, (C)to be destroyed, to be killed, and to be annihilated. If we had been sold merely as slaves, men and women, I would have been silent, for our affliction is not to be compared with the loss to the king.” 5 Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther, “Who is he, and where is he, who has dared[a] to do this?” 6 And Esther said, (D)“A foe and enemy! This wicked Haman!” Then Haman was terrified before the king and the queen.
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- Esther 7:5 Hebrew whose heart has filled him
Esther 7:3-6
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Esther 7:3-6
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3 Then Queen Esther answered, “If I have found favor(A) with you, Your Majesty, and if it pleases you, grant me my life—this is my petition. And spare my people—this is my request. 4 For I and my people have been sold to be destroyed, killed and annihilated.(B) If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves, I would have kept quiet, because no such distress would justify disturbing the king.[a]”
5 King Xerxes asked Queen Esther, “Who is he? Where is he—the man who has dared to do such a thing?”
6 Esther said, “An adversary and enemy! This vile Haman!”
Then Haman was terrified before the king and queen.
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- Esther 7:4 Or quiet, but the compensation our adversary offers cannot be compared with the loss the king would suffer
1 Peter 3:8-9
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1 Peter 3:8-9
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Suffering for Righteousness' Sake
8 Finally, all of you, (A)have unity of mind, sympathy, (B)brotherly love, (C)a tender heart, and (D)a humble mind. 9 (E)Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, (F)bless, for (G)to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.
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1 Peter 3:8-9
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Suffering for Doing Good
8 Finally, all of you, be like-minded,(A) be sympathetic, love one another,(B) be compassionate and humble.(C) 9 Do not repay evil with evil(D) or insult with insult.(E) On the contrary, repay evil with blessing,(F) because to this(G) you were called(H) so that you may inherit a blessing.(I)
1 Peter 3:1
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1 Peter 3:1
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Wives and Husbands
3 Likewise, wives, (A)be subject to your own husbands, so that (B)even if some do not obey the word, (C)they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives,
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1 Peter 3:1
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1 Peter 3:1
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3 Wives, in the same way submit yourselves(A) to your own husbands(B) so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over(C) without words by the behavior of their wives,
Malachi 2:6
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Malachi 2:6
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6 (A)True instruction[a] was in his mouth, and no wrong was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he (B)turned many from iniquity.
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- Malachi 2:6 Or law; also verses 7, 8, 9
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