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

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thy heart;

And ye shall teach them unto your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou goest on the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up;

Declare his glory among the nations, His wondrous works among all peoples.

The mouth of the righteous proffereth wisdom, and his tongue speaketh judgment;

I have published righteousness in the great congregation: behold, I have not withheld my lips, Jehovah, thou knowest.

Thou art fairer than the sons of men; grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

Come, hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.

My mouth shall declare thy righteousness, and thy salvation all the day: for I know not the numbers thereof.

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

Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him; meditate upon all his wondrous works.

With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.

The lips of a righteous man feed many; but fools die for want of understanding.

Gentleness of tongue is a tree of life; but crookedness therein is a breaking of the spirit.

The wise in heart is called intelligent, and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart unto my knowledge.

As apples of gold in pictures of silver, is a word spoken in season.

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

Then they that feared Jehovah spoke often one to another; and Jehovah observed it, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name.

Offspring of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being wicked? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

And all bore witness to him, and wondered at the words of grace which were coming out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this the son of Joseph?

Let no corrupt word go out of your mouth, but if there be any good one for needful edification, that it may give grace to those that hear it.

Seasoned

And every offering of thine oblation shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thine oblation: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.

And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt in it. And they brought it to him.

Ye are the salt of the earth; but if the salt have become insipid, wherewith shall it be salted? It is no longer fit for anything but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot by men.

Salt is good, but if the salt is become saltless, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.

How

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

And having watched him, they sent out suborned persons, pretending to be just men, that they might take hold of him in his language, so that they might deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

but sanctify the Lord the Christ in your hearts, and be always prepared to give an answer to every one that asks you to give an account of the hope that is in you, but with meekness and fear;

General references

The mouth of the righteous proffereth wisdom, and his tongue speaketh judgment;