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

These words I am commanding you today must be kept in mind,

Fix these words of mine into your mind and being, and tie them as a reminder on your hands and let them be symbols on your forehead.

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

In my heart I store up your words, so I might not sin against you.

As your words came to me I drank them in, and they filled my heart with joy and happiness because I belong to you.

Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them. But his mother kept all these things in her heart.

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

I have written to you, children, that you have known the Father. I have written to you, fathers, that you have known him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young people, that you are strong, and the word of God resides in you, and you have conquered the evil one.

because of the truth that resides in us and will be with us forever.

All

For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

So give your servant a discerning mind so he can make judicial decisions for your people and distinguish right from wrong. Otherwise no one is able to make judicial decisions for this great nation of yours."

For the Lord gives wisdom, and from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception.

One who has isolated himself seeks his own desires; he rejects all sound judgment.

to keep the poor from getting fair treatment, and to deprive the oppressed among my people of justice, so they can steal what widows own, and loot what belongs to orphans.

I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you spiritual wisdom and revelation in your growing knowledge of him,

For this reason do not be foolish, but be wise by understanding what the Lord's will is.

But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him.

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and not hypocritical.

Teaching

We proclaim him by instructing and teaching all people with all wisdom so that we may present every person mature in Christ.

But I myself am fully convinced about you, my brothers and sisters, 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 up each other, just as you are in fact doing.

Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

Therefore, strengthen your listless hands and your weak knees,

In psalms

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

What should you do then, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each one has a song, has a lesson, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all these things be done for the strengthening of the church.

speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord,

Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone in good spirits? He should sing praises.

And spiritual

They and their relatives, all of them skilled and trained to make music to the Lord, numbered two hundred eighty-eight.

For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there had been directors for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanks to God.

You are my hiding place; you protect me from distress. You surround me with shouts of joy from those celebrating deliverance. (Selah)

Your statutes have been my songs in the house where I live.

Solomon's Most Excellent Love Song.

I will sing to my love -- a song to my lover about his vineyard. My love had a vineyard on a fertile hill.

At that time this song will be sung in the land of Judah: "We have a strong city! The Lord's deliverance, like walls and a rampart, makes it secure.

You will sing as you do in the evening when you are celebrating a festival. You will be happy like one who plays a flute as he goes to the mountain of the Lord, the Rock who shelters Israel.

They were singing a new song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals because you were killed, and at the cost of your own blood you have purchased for God persons from every tribe, language, people, and nation.

and they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one was able to learn the song except the one hundred and forty-four thousand who had been redeemed from the earth.

They sang the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb: "Great and astounding are your deeds, Lord God, the All-Powerful! Just and true are your ways, King over the nations!

Singing

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

The Lord strengthens and protects me; I trust in him with all my heart. I am rescued and my heart is full of joy; I will sing to him in gratitude.

Then you turned my lament into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and covered me with joy.

Sing to God! Sing! Sing to our king! Sing!

For this reason I will praise you while I live; in your name I will lift up my hands.

My lips will shout for joy! Yes, I will sing your praises! I will praise you when you rescue me!

By David. Praise the Lord, O my soul! With all that is within me, praise his holy name!

By David. I will give you thanks with all my heart; before the heavenly assembly I will sing praises to you.

What should I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing praises with my spirit, but I will also sing praises with my mind.

To the

Whatever you are doing, work at it with enthusiasm, as to the Lord and not for people,

General references

Sing a song and play the tambourine, the pleasant sounding harp, and the ten-stringed instrument!

For wisdom will enter your heart, and moral knowledge will be attractive to you.