Colossians 4:6

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Colossians 4:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible

4 Pray that I may declare it clearly, as I should.

5 Act wisely toward outsiders, redeeming the time.

6 Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

7 Tychicus will tell you all the news about me. He is a beloved brother, a faithful minister, and a fellow servant in the Lord.

8 I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know about us, and that he may encourage your hearts.

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Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

Deuteronomy 6:6

These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.

Deuteronomy 6:7

And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Deuteronomy 11:19

Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

1 Chronicles 16:24

Declare His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all peoples.

Psalms 37:30

The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

Psalms 37:31

The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not falter.

Psalms 40:9

I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.

Psalms 40:10

I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly.

Psalms 45:2

You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips, since God has blessed you forever.

Psalms 66:16

Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.

Psalms 71:15

My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.

Psalms 71:16

I will enter in the strength of the Lord GOD; I will proclaim Your righteousness—Yours alone.

Psalms 71:17

O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.

Psalms 71:18

Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.

Psalms 71:23

When I sing praise to You my lips will shout for joy, along with my soul, which You have redeemed.

Psalms 71:24

My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.

Psalms 78:3

that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.

Psalms 78:4

We will not hide them from their children, but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might, and the wonders He has performed.

Psalms 105:2

Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders.

Psalms 119:13

With my lips I proclaim all the judgments of Your mouth.

Psalms 119:46

I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed.

Proverbs 10:21

The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.

Proverbs 15:4

A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools.

Proverbs 16:21

The wise in heart are called discerning, and pleasant speech promotes instruction.

Proverbs 16:22

Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.

Proverbs 16:23

The heart of the wise man instructs his mouth and adds persuasiveness to his lips.

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

Proverbs 22:17

Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise— apply your mind to my knowledge—

Proverbs 22:18

for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.

Proverbs 25:11

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

Proverbs 25:12

Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man’s rebuke to a listening ear.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.

Malachi 3:16

At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.

Malachi 3:17

“They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.

Malachi 3:18

So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”

Matthew 12:34

You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.

Matthew 12:35

The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure.

Luke 4:22

All spoke well of Him and marveled at the gracious words that came from His lips. “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?” they asked.

Ephesians 4:29

Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.

Leviticus 2:13

And you shall season each of your grain offerings with salt. You must not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offering; you are to add salt to each of your offerings.

2 Kings 2:20

“Bring me a new bowl,” he replied, “and put some salt in it.” So they brought it to him,

2 Kings 2:21

and Elisha went out to the spring, cast the salt into it, and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘I have healed this water. No longer will it cause death or unfruitfulness.’”

2 Kings 2:22

And the waters there have been healthy to this day, according to the word spoken by Elisha.

Matthew 5:13

You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.

Mark 9:50

Salt is good, but if the salt loses its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”

Proverbs 26:4

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.

Proverbs 26:5

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.

Luke 20:20

So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in order to hand Him over to the rule and authority of the governor.

Luke 20:21

“Teacher,” they inquired, “we know that You speak and teach correctly. You show no partiality, but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.

Luke 20:22

Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

Luke 20:23

But Jesus saw through their duplicity and said to them,

Luke 20:24

“Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” “Caesar’s,” they answered.

Luke 20:25

So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

Luke 20:26

And they were unable to trap Him in His words before the people; and amazed at His answer, they fell silent.

Luke 20:27

Then some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to question Him.

Luke 20:28

“Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.

Luke 20:29

Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a wife, but died childless.

Luke 20:30

Then the second

Luke 20:31

and the third married the widow, and in the same way all seven died, leaving no children.

Luke 20:32

And last of all, the woman died.

Luke 20:33

So then, in the resurrection, whose wife will she be? For all seven were married to her.”

Luke 20:34

Jesus answered, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.

Luke 20:35

But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage.

Luke 20:36

In fact, they can no longer die, because they are like the angels. And since they are sons of the resurrection, they are sons of God.

Luke 20:37

Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’

Luke 20:38

He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all are alive.”

Luke 20:39

Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, You have spoken well!”

Luke 20:40

And they did not dare to question Him any further.

1 Peter 3:15

But in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give a defense to everyone who asks you the reason for the hope that is in you. But respond with gentleness and respect,