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Colossians 4:6
Your speech must always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person.
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Proverbs 15:28
The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, But the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
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Proverbs 25:11-12
Like apples of gold in settings of silver, Is a word spoken at the proper time.Like an earring of gold and a jewelry piece of fine gold, Is a wise person who offers rebukes to a listening ear.
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Proverbs 15:4
A soothing tongue is a tree of life, But perversion in it crushes the spirit.
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Proverbs 10:20-21
The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver, The heart of the wicked is worth little.The lips of the righteous feed many, But fools die for lack of understanding.
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Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
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Proverbs 16:21-23
The wise in heart will be called understanding, And sweetness of speech increases persuasiveness.Understanding is a fountain of life to those who have it, But the discipline of fools is foolishness.The heart of the wise instructs his mouth And adds persuasiveness to his lips.
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Psalms 37:30-31
The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, And his tongue speaks justice.The Law of his God is in his heart; His steps do not slip.
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Proverbs 15:23
A person has joy in an apt answer, And how delightful is a timely word!
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Matthew 13:52
And Jesus said to them,“ Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a head of a household, who brings out of his treasure new things and old.”
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Matthew 12:34
You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, express any good things? For the mouth speaks from that which fills the heart.
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Proverbs 12:6
The words of the wicked wait in ambush for blood, But the mouth of the upright will rescue them.
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Proverbs 12:17-19
One who declares truth tells what is right, But a false witness, deceit.There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword, But the tongue of the wise brings healing.Truthful lips will endure forever, But a lying tongue is only for a moment.
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Ephesians 4:29
Let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but if there is any good word for edification according to the need of the moment, say that, so that it will give grace to those who hear.