Colossians 4:6

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Summary

Colossians 4:6

Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

Your

Seasoned

How

Proverbs 26:4

Luke 20:20

1 Peter 3:15

General references

Psalm 37:30

Bible References

Your

Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you with all wisdom. Teach and admonish one another with psalms, praises to God, and spiritual songs. Sing with gratitude in your hearts to God.

These words that I command you this day must be in your heart.

Teach them to your children! Talk about them in your home and away. Speak of them when you lie down or get up.

Tell people about his glory! Tell all the nations about his miracles.

The mouth of the righteous reflects on wisdom. His tongue speaks what is fair.

I announced the good news of righteousness in the great congregation. I will not close my lips. You know that, O Jehovah.

You are the most handsome of men. You are an eloquent speaker. God has blessed you forever.

Come and listen, all who reverence God, and I will tell you what he has done for me.

All day long my mouth will tell of your righteousness and of your salvation. I do not know the number.

That we have heard and known and our fathers have told us.

Sing to him, give praise to him! Declare all his wondrous works.

With my lips I have told of all the ordinances of your mouth.

The lips of the righteous feed many. Fools die for lack of understanding.

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it destroys life.

The wise in heart will be called sensible. The sweetness of the lips increases learning.

Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart and mind to my knowledge.

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

The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

Those who respected Jehovah spoke to one another, and Jehovah listened to what they had to say. In his presence a memorial record was written down in a book listing those who reverence Jehovah and respect (esteem) (regard) his name.

You offspring of vipers. How can you who are evil speak good things? Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

All witnessed this and wondered at the kind words that he spoke. They said: Is this not Joseph's son?

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth. Speak what is good for understanding as the need may be, that it may give grace (divine favor) to those who hear.

Seasoned

Season every grain offering with salt. Do not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offering. All of your offerings must have salt.

He ordered them: Put some salt in a new bowl and bring it to me. They brought it to him,

You are the salt of the earth. If its taste goes away, how will you restore it? It is good for nothing. All you can do is throw it on the ground and walk on it.

Salt is good. If it loses its saltiness how can you make it salty again? Have the salt or seasoning of friendship among yourselves, and live in peace with one another.

How

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

They watched him and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous. The spies listened for something in his speech to deliver him up to the authority of the governor.

Sanctify the Christ as Lord (kurios: master) in your hearts. Always be ready to answer every man who asks you a reason for your hope, yet with meekness (mildness) and respect!

General references

The mouth of the righteous reflects on wisdom. His tongue speaks what is fair.