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, teaching and exhorting one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, all with grace in your hearts to God.

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

Teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up.

Tell the nations about his splendor, tell all the nations about his miraculous deeds!

The godly speak wise words and promote justice.

I have told the great assembly about your justice. Look! I spare no words! O Lord, you know this is true.

You are the most handsome of all men! You speak in an impressive and fitting manner! For this reason God grants you continual blessings.

Come! Listen, all you who are loyal to God! I will declare what he has done for me.

I will tell about your justice, and all day long proclaim your salvation, though I cannot fathom its full extent.

What we have heard and learned -- that which our ancestors have told us --

Sing to him! Make music to him! Tell about all his miraculous deeds!

With my lips I proclaim all the regulations you have revealed.

The teaching of the righteous feeds many, but fools die for lack of wisdom.

Speech that heals is like a life-giving tree, but a perverse tongue breaks the spirit.

The one who is wise in heart is called discerning, and kind speech increases persuasiveness.

Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my instruction.

Like apples of gold in settings of silver, so is a word skillfully spoken.

The words of a wise person win him favor, but the words of a fool are self-destructive.

Then those who respected the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord took notice. A scroll was prepared before him in which were recorded the names of those who respected the Lord and honored his name.

Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart.

All were speaking well of him, and were amazed at the gracious words coming out of his mouth. They said, "Isn't this Joseph's son?"

You must let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for the building up of the one in need, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Seasoned

Moreover, you must season every one of your grain offerings with salt; you must not allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be missing from your grain offering -- on every one of your grain offerings you must present salt.

Elisha said, "Get me a new jar and put some salt in it." So they got it.

"You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its flavor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled on by people.

Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with each other."

How

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you yourself also be like him.

Then they watched him carefully and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They wanted to take advantage of what he might say so that they could deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.

But set Christ apart as Lord in your hearts and always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks about the hope you possess.

General references

The godly speak wise words and promote justice.