Proverbs 31:26
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26 She opens her mouth with wisdom,
and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
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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Proverbs 16:24
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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 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.
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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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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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 25:15
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15 With (A)patience a ruler may be persuaded,
and a soft tongue will break a bone.
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
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 3:1
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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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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
Judges 13:23
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23 But his wife said to him, “If the Lord had meant to kill us, he would not have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering at our hands, or shown us all these things, or now announced to us such things as these.”
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Luke 1:42-56
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42 and she exclaimed with a loud cry, (A)“Blessed are you among women, and (B)blessed is (C)the fruit of your womb! 43 And why is this granted to me that the mother of (D)my Lord should come to me? 44 For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. 45 And (E)blessed is she who believed that there would be[a] a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.”
Mary's Song of Praise: The Magnificat
46 And Mary said,
(F)“My (G)soul (H)magnifies the Lord,
47 (I)and my (J)spirit rejoices in (K)God my Savior,
48 for (L)he has looked on the humble estate of his servant.
For behold, from now on all generations (M)will call me blessed;
49 for (N)he who is mighty (O)has done great things for me,
and (P)holy is his name.
50 And (Q)his mercy is for those who fear him
from generation to generation.
51 (R)He has shown strength with his arm;
(S)he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts;
52 (T)he has brought down the mighty from their thrones
(U)and exalted those of humble estate;
53 he has filled (V)the hungry with good things,
and the rich (W)he has sent away empty.
54 He has (X)helped (Y)his servant Israel,
(Z)in remembrance of his mercy,
55 (AA)as he spoke to our fathers,
(AB)to Abraham and to his offspring forever.”
56 And Mary remained with her about three months and returned to her home.
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- Luke 1:45 Or believed, for there will be
Esther 8:3-6
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3 Then Esther spoke again to the king. She fell at his feet and wept and pleaded with him to avert the evil plan of Haman (A)the Agagite and the plot that he had devised against the Jews. 4 (B)When the king held out the golden scepter to Esther, Esther rose and stood before the king. 5 And she said, “If it please the king, (C)and if I have found favor in his sight, and if the thing seems right before the king, and I am pleasing in his eyes, let an order be written to revoke (D)the letters devised by Haman (E)the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the provinces of the king. 6 For how can I bear (F)to see the calamity that is coming to my people? Or how can I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?”
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Esther 5:8
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8 (A)If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please the king[a] to grant my wish and fulfill my request, let the king and Haman come to (B)the feast that I will prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do as the king has said.”
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- Esther 5:8 Hebrew if it is good to the king
1 Samuel 25:24-31
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24 She fell at his feet and said, (A)“On me alone, my lord, be the guilt. Please let your servant speak in your ears, and hear the words of your servant. 25 Let not my lord regard (B)this worthless fellow, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal[a] is his name, and folly is with him. But I your servant did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent. 26 Now then, my lord, (C)as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, because (D)the Lord has restrained you from bloodguilt and from (E)saving with your own hand, now then (F)let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal. 27 And now let this (G)present that your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow my lord. 28 Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For the Lord will certainly make my lord (H)a sure house, because my lord (I)is fighting the battles of the Lord, and evil shall not be found in you so long as you live. 29 If men rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living in the care of the Lord your God. And the lives of your enemies (J)he shall sling out as from the hollow of a sling. 30 And when the Lord has done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you and has appointed you prince[b] over Israel, 31 my lord shall have no cause of grief or pangs of conscience for having shed blood without cause or for my lord (K)working salvation himself. And when the Lord has dealt well with my lord, then remember your servant.”
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- 1 Samuel 25:25 Nabal means fool
- 1 Samuel 25:30 Or leader
Acts 18:26
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26 He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when (A)Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him (B)the way of God more accurately.
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Acts 6:15
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15 And gazing at him, all who sat in the council saw that his face (A)was like the face of an angel.
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Luke 1:38
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38 And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant[a] of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And (A)the angel departed from her.
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2 Kings 22:15-20
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15 And she said to them, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘Tell the man who sent you to me, 16 Thus says the Lord, Behold, I will bring disaster upon this place and upon its inhabitants, all the words of the book that the king of Judah has read. 17 (A)Because they have forsaken me and have made offerings to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore (B)my wrath will be kindled against this place, and it will not be quenched. 18 But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, thus shall you say to him, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Regarding the words that you have heard, 19 (C)because your heart was penitent, and you (D)humbled yourself before the Lord, when you heard how I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they should become (E)a desolation and (F)a curse, and you (G)have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, declares the Lord. 20 Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and (H)you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes shall not see all the disaster that I will bring upon this place.’” And they brought back word to the king.
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2 Samuel 20:16-22
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16 Then a wise woman called from the city, “Listen! Listen! Tell Joab, ‘Come here, that I may speak to you.’” 17 And he came near her, and the woman said, “Are you Joab?” He answered, “I am.” Then she said to him, “Listen to the words of your servant.” And he answered, “I am listening.” 18 Then she said, “They used to say in former times, ‘Let them but ask counsel at (A)Abel,’ and so they settled a matter. 19 I am one of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why will you (B)swallow up (C)the heritage of the Lord?” 20 Joab answered, “Far be it from me, far be it, that I should (D)swallow up or destroy! 21 That is not true. But a man of (E)the hill country of Ephraim, called Sheba the son of Bichri, has lifted up his hand against King David. Give up him alone, and I will withdraw from the city.” And the woman said to Joab, “Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall.” 22 Then the woman went to all the people (F)in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri and threw it out to Joab. So he blew the trumpet, and they dispersed from the city, (G)every man to his home. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
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