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 dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.

These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart;

You shall teach them your children, talking of them, when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

Declare his glory among the nations, and his marvelous works among all the peoples.

The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.

I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly. Behold, I will not seal my lips, Yahweh, you know.

You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, therefore God has blessed you forever.

Come, and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul.

My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I don't know its full measure.

Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.

Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works.

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

The lips of the righteous feed many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.

A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.

The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.

Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.

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

The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

Then those who feared Yahweh spoke one with another; and Yahweh listened, and heard, and a book of memory was written before him, for those who feared Yahweh, and who honored his name.

You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

All testified about him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth, and they said, "Isn't this Joseph's son?"

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Seasoned

Every offering of your meal offering you shall season with salt; neither shall you allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your meal offering. With all your offerings you shall offer salt.

He said, "Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it." They brought it to him.

"You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.

Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."

How

Don't answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

They watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear:

General references

The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.