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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)
Proverbs 31:26
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Proverbs 31:26
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26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
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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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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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24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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Proverbs 10:31
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Proverbs 10:31
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Proverbs 10:31
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Proverbs 10:31
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31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
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Proverbs 12:18
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Proverbs 12:18
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Proverbs 12:18
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Proverbs 12:18
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18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
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Colossians 4:5
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Colossians 4:5
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Colossians 4:5
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Colossians 4:5
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5 Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
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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,
1 Peter 3:4-5
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1 Peter 3:4-5
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4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
5 For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
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Proverbs 31:8-9
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Proverbs 31:8-9
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Proverbs 31:8-9
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Proverbs 31:8-9
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8 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
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Proverbs 25:15
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Proverbs 25:15
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Proverbs 25:15
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Proverbs 25:15
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15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
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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, “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
Esther 7:3-6
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Esther 7:3-6
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3 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
4 For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
5 Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
6 And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
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1 Peter 3:8-9
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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 3:8-9
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1 Peter 3:8-9
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8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
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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,
1 Peter 3:1
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1 Peter 3:1
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3 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
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Malachi 2:6
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Malachi 2:6
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6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
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