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

Let these words that I'm commanding you today be always on your heart.

Take these commands to heart and keep them in mind, tying them as reminders on your arm and as bands on your forehead.

I haven't wandered away from the commands that he has spoken; I've treasured what he has said more than my own meals."

I have stored what you have said in my heart, so I won't sin against you.

Your words were found, and I consumed them. Your words were joy and my hearts delight, because I bear your name, LORD God of the Heavenly Armies.

Then he went back with them, returning to Nazareth and remaining in submission to them. His mother continued to treasure all these things in her heart.

"If you abide in me and my words abide in you, you can ask for anything you want, and you'll receive it.

I have written to you, little children, because you have known the Father. I have written to you, fathers, because you have known the one who has existed from the beginning. I have written to you, young people, because you are strong and because God's word remains in you and you have overcome the evil one.

that is present in us and will be with us forever.

All

For this reason, since the day we heard about this, we have not stopped praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the full knowledge of God's will with respect to all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

So give your servant an understanding mind to govern your people, so I can discern between good and evil. Otherwise, how will I be able to govern this great people of yours?"

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

The wisdom of the prudent helps him know how to live, but a fool's stupidity deceives him.

Whoever isolates himself pursues selfish ends; he resists all sound advice.

to deprive the needy of justice and to rob the poor of my people of their rights, so that widows may become their spoil and so that they may plunder orphans!

I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, the most glorious Father, would give you a wise spirit, along with revelation that comes through knowing the Messiah fully.

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

Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to everyone generously without a rebuke, and it will be given to him.

However, the wisdom that comes from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, willing to yield, full of compassion and good deeds, and without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy.

Teaching

It is he whom we proclaim as we admonish and wisely teach everyone, so that we may present everyone mature in the Messiah.

I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are filled with goodness and full of all the knowledge you need to be able to instruct each other.

So then, encourage one another with these words.

So then, encourage one another and build each other up, as you are doing.

Yet, don't treat him like an enemy, but warn him like a brother.

Therefore, strengthen your tired arms and your weak knees,

In psalms

After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

What, then, does this mean, brothers? When you gather, everyone has a psalm, teaching, revelation, foreign language, or interpretation. Everything must be done for upbuilding.

Then you will recite to one another psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; you will sing and make music to the Lord with your hearts;

Is anyone among you suffering? He should keep on praying. Is anyone cheerful? He should keep reciting psalms.

And spiritual

Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under command of the king. They and their relatives who had been skillfully trained in singing to the LORD, numbered 288.

For in David's lifetime and in the lifetime of Asaph, choir master of old there were songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.

You are my hiding place; you will deliver me from trouble and surround me with shouts of deliverance. Interlude

Your statutes are my songs, no matter where I make my home.

The Most Beautiful Song by Solomon.

I will sing for my beloved my love-song concerning his vineyard: "The one I love had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.

At that time, people will sing this song in the land of Judah: "We have a strong city; God crafts victory, its walls and ramparts.

You will have songs as on nights when people celebrate a holy festival, and gladness of heart, as when they set out with flutes to go to the LORD's mountain, to the Rock of Israel.

They sang a new song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and open its seals, because you were slaughtered. With your blood you purchased people for God from every tribe, language, people, and nation.

They were singing a new song in front of the throne, the four living creatures, and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.

They sang the song of God's servant Moses and the song of the lamb: "Your deeds are both spectacular and amazing, Lord God Almighty. Your ways are just and true, King of the nations.

Singing

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

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I received help. My heart rejoices, and I give thanks to him with my song.

You have turned my mourning into dancing; you took off my sackcloth and clothed me with a garment of joy,

Sing songs to God! Sing songs! Sing songs to our King! Sing songs!

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

My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you, whose life you have redeemed.

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

LORD, I thank you with all of my heart; because you heard the words that I spoke, I will sing your praise before the heavenly beings.

What does this mean? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing psalms with my spirit, but I will also sing psalms with my mind.

To the

Whatever you do, work at it wholeheartedly as though you were doing it for the Lord and not merely for people.

General references

Sing a song and play the tambourine, the pleasant-sounding lyre along with the harp.

For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.