Colossians 3:16

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Colossians 3:16

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Summary

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

Dwell

All

Teaching

In psalms

And spiritual

Singing

To the

Colossians 3:23

General references

Psalm 81:2

Proverbs 2:10

Bible References

Dwell

And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart.

"You shall therefore lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.

I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.

I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O LORD, God of hosts.

And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was submissive to them. And his mother treasured up all these things in her heart.

If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

because of the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever:

All

And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?"

For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;

The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deceiving.

Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgment.

to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,

Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.

Teaching

Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ.

I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another.

Therefore encourage one another with these words.

Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.

Do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.

Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees,

In psalms

And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up.

addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart,

Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.

And spiritual

The number of them along with their brothers, who were trained in singing to the LORD, all who were skillful, was .

For long ago in the days of David and Asaph there were directors of the singers, and there were songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.

You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance. Selah

Your statutes have been my songs in the house of my sojourning.

The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's.

Let me sing for my beloved my love song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.

In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: "We have a strong city; he sets up salvation as walls and bulwarks.

You shall have a song as in the night when a holy feast is kept, and gladness of heart, as when one sets out to the sound of the flute to go to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.

And they sang a new song, saying, "Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation,

and they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. No one could learn that song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.

And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, "Great and amazing are your deeds, O Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations!

Singing

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.

The LORD is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,

Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!

So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands.

My lips will shout for joy, when I sing praises to you; my soul also, which you have redeemed.

Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name!

I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise;

What am I to do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also; I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind also.

To the

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,

General references

Raise a song; sound the tambourine, the sweet lyre with the harp.

for wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;