Colossians 4:6 你们的言语要常常带着和气，好像用盐调和，就可知道该怎样回答各人。

4:6 MSG

逐節對照

新标点和合本 - 你们的言语要常常带着和气，好像用盐调和，就可知道该怎样回答各人。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 你们的言谈要时常带着温和，好像用盐调味，让你们知道该怎样应对每一个人。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 你们的言谈要时常带着温和，好像用盐调味，让你们知道该怎样应对每一个人。
当代译本 - 你们谈吐要温和、有趣，好知道该怎样回答每个人。
圣经新译本 - 你们的话要常常温和，好像是用盐调和的，使你们知道应当怎样回答各人。
中文标准译本 - 你们的话语总要带着恩惠，像用盐调和过的，好使你们知道该怎样回答每一个人。
现代标点和合本 - 你们的言语要常常带着和气，好像用盐调和，就可知道该怎样回答各人。
和合本（拼音版） - 你们的言语要常常带着和气，好像用盐调和，就可知道该怎样回答各人。
New International Version - Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
New International Reader's Version - Let the words you speak always be full of grace. Learn how to make your words what people want to hear. Then you will know how to answer everyone.
English Standard Version - Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
New Living Translation - Let your conversation be gracious and attractive so that you will have the right response for everyone.
Christian Standard Bible - Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer each person.
New American Standard Bible - Your speech must always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person.
New King James Version - Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
Amplified Bible - Let your speech at all times be gracious and pleasant, seasoned with salt, so that you will know how to answer each one [who questions you].
American Standard Version - Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.
King James Version - Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
New English Translation - Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer everyone.
World English Bible - Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
新標點和合本 - 你們的言語要常常帶着和氣，好像用鹽調和，就可知道該怎樣回答各人。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 你們的言談要時常帶着溫和，好像用鹽調味，讓你們知道該怎樣應對每一個人。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 你們的言談要時常帶着溫和，好像用鹽調味，讓你們知道該怎樣應對每一個人。
當代譯本 - 你們談吐要溫和、有趣，好知道該怎樣回答每個人。
聖經新譯本 - 你們的話要常常溫和，好像是用鹽調和的，使你們知道應當怎樣回答各人。
呂振中譯本 - 你們的話要時常帶着溫雅的情調，像用鹽調和而有味道，使你們曉得怎樣回答各人。
中文標準譯本 - 你們的話語總要帶著恩惠，像用鹽調和過的，好使你們知道該怎樣回答每一個人。
現代標點和合本 - 你們的言語要常常帶著和氣，好像用鹽調和，就可知道該怎樣回答各人。
文理和合譯本 - 言惟溫和、如調以鹽、則知所以應對人矣、○
文理委辦譯本 - 言當婉喻、若以鹽調和、則知所以語人矣、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾言恆當婉喻、如以鹽調和、則知所以對答各人、○
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 若作和羹、爾為鹽梅；庶知如何因人而施教也。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Que su conversación sea siempre amena y de buen gusto. Así sabrán cómo responder a cada uno.
현대인의 성경 - 그리고 말은 언제나 친절하고 재치 있게 하십시오. 그러면 각 사람에게 바른 대답을 할 수 있을 것입니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Пусть ваша речь всегда будет приправлена солью , умейте каждому дать нужный ответ.
Восточный перевод - Когда беседуете с ними, пусть ваша речь всегда будет приятной и интересной , чтобы уметь каждому дать нужный ответ.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Когда беседуете с ними, пусть ваша речь всегда будет приятной и интересной , чтобы уметь каждому дать нужный ответ.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Когда беседуете с ними, пусть ваша речь всегда будет приятной и интересной , чтобы уметь каждому дать нужный ответ.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Que votre parole soit toujours empreinte de la grâce de Dieu et pleine de saveur pour savoir comment répondre avec à-propos à chacun.
リビングバイブル - あなたがたの会話が、良識に富み、善意にあふれるよう心がけなさい。そうすれば、一人一人に適切な答え方ができます。
Nestle Aland 28 - ὁ λόγος ὑμῶν πάντοτε ἐν χάριτι, ἅλατι ἠρτυμένος, εἰδέναι πῶς δεῖ ὑμᾶς ἑνὶ ἑκάστῳ ἀποκρίνεσθαι.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ὁ λόγος ὑμῶν πάντοτε ἐν χάριτι, ἅλατι ἠρτυμένος, εἰδέναι πῶς δεῖ ὑμᾶς ἑνὶ ἑκάστῳ ἀποκρίνεσθαι.
Nova Versão Internacional - O seu falar seja sempre agradável e temperado com sal, para que saibam como responder a cada um.
Hoffnung für alle - Redet mit jedem Menschen freundlich; alles, was ihr sagt, soll gut und hilfreich sein . Bemüht euch darum, für jeden die richtigen Worte zu finden.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Lời nói anh chị em phải luôn luôn ân hậu, mặn mà, để anh chị em đối xử xứng hợp với mọi người.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - จงให้คำสนทนาของท่านเปี่ยมด้วยพระคุณเสมอ ปรุงด้วยเกลือให้มีรส เพื่อท่านจะรู้ว่าควรตอบทุกคนอย่างไร
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ให้การสนทนาของท่านกอปรด้วยเมตตาคุณเสมอ อันเสมือนปรุงด้วยเกลือ เพื่อท่านจะได้ทราบว่า ควรจะตอบคำถามของทุกคนอย่างไร

交叉引用

Malachi 3:16 - Then those whose lives honored God got together and talked it over. God saw what they were doing and listened in. A book was opened in God’s presence and minutes were taken of the meeting, with the names of the God-fearers written down, all the names of those who honored God’s name.
Malachi 3:17 - God-of-the-Angel-Armies said, “They’re mine, all mine. They’ll get special treatment when I go into action. I treat them with the same consideration and kindness that parents give the child who honors them. Once more you’ll see the difference it makes between being a person who does the right thing and one who doesn’t, between serving God and not serving him.”
Luke 20:20 - Watching for a chance to get him, they sent spies who posed as honest inquirers, hoping to trick him into saying something that would get him in trouble with the law. So they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you’re honest and straightforward when you teach, that you don’t pander to anyone but teach the way of God accurately. Tell us: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
Luke 20:23 - He knew they were laying for him and said, “Show me a coin. Now, this engraving, who does it look like and what does it say?”
Luke 20:25 - “Caesar,” they said. Jesus said, “Then give Caesar what is his and give God what is his.”
Luke 20:26 - Try as they might, they couldn’t trap him into saying anything incriminating. His answer caught them off guard and left them speechless.
Luke 20:27 - Some Sadducees came up. This is the Jewish party that denies any possibility of resurrection. They asked, “Teacher, Moses wrote us that if a man dies and leaves a wife but no child, his brother is obligated to marry her and give her children. Well, there once were seven brothers. The first took a wife. He died childless. The second married her and died, then the third, and eventually all seven had their turn, but no child. After all that, the wife died. That wife, now—in the resurrection whose wife is she? All seven married her.”
Luke 20:34 - Jesus said, “Marriage is a major preoccupation here, but not there. Those who are included in the resurrection of the dead will no longer be concerned with marriage nor, of course, with death. They will have better things to think about, if you can believe it. All ecstasies and intimacies then will be with God. Even Moses exclaimed about resurrection at the burning bush, saying, ‘God: God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob!’ God isn’t the God of dead men, but of the living. To him all are alive.”
Luke 20:39 - Some of the religion scholars said, “Teacher, that’s a great answer!” For a while, anyway, no one dared put questions to him. * * *
Psalms 71:17 - You got me when I was an unformed youth, God, and taught me everything I know. Now I’m telling the world your wonders; I’ll keep at it until I’m old and gray. God, don’t walk off and leave me until I get out the news Of your strong right arm to this world, news of your power to the world yet to come, Your famous and righteous ways, O God. God, you’ve done it all! Who is quite like you? You, who made me stare trouble in the face, Turn me around; Now let me look life in the face. I’ve been to the bottom; Bring me up, streaming with honors; turn to me, be tender to me, And I’ll take up the lute and thank you to the tune of your faithfulness, God. I’ll make music for you on a harp, Holy One of Israel. When I open up in song to you, I let out lungsful of praise, my rescued life a song. All day long I’m chanting about you and your righteous ways, While those who tried to do me in slink off looking ashamed.
Luke 4:22 - All who were there, watching and listening, were surprised at how well he spoke. But they also said, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son, the one we’ve known since he was just a kid?”
Matthew 12:34 - “You have minds like a snake pit! How do you suppose what you say is worth anything when you are so foul-minded? It’s your heart, not the dictionary, that gives meaning to your words. A good person produces good deeds and words season after season. An evil person is a blight on the orchard. Let me tell you something: Every one of these careless words is going to come back to haunt you. There will be a time of Reckoning. Words are powerful; take them seriously. Words can be your salvation. Words can also be your damnation.”
Psalms 37:30 - Righteous chews on wisdom like a dog on a bone, rolls virtue around on his tongue. His heart pumps God’s Word like blood through his veins; his feet are as sure as a cat’s.
2 Kings 2:20 - He said, “Bring me a brand-new bowl and put some salt in it.” They brought it to him.
2 Kings 2:21 - He then went to the spring, sprinkled the salt into it, and proclaimed, “God’s word: I’ve healed this water. It will no longer kill you or poison your land.” And sure enough, the water was healed—and remains so to this day, just as Elisha said.
Deuteronomy 6:6 - Write these commandments that I’ve given you today on your hearts. Get them inside of you and then get them inside your children. Talk about them wherever you are, sitting at home or walking in the street; talk about them from the time you get up in the morning to when you fall into bed at night. Tie them on your hands and foreheads as a reminder; inscribe them on the doorposts of your homes and on your city gates.
Psalms 66:16 - All believers, come here and listen, let me tell you what God did for me. I called out to him with my mouth, my tongue shaped the sounds of music. If I had been cozy with evil, the Lord would never have listened. But he most surely did listen, he came on the double when he heard my prayer. Blessed be God: he didn’t turn a deaf ear, he stayed with me, loyal in his love.
Proverbs 10:21 - The talk of a good person is rich fare for many, but chatterboxes die of an empty heart.
Psalms 40:9 - I’ve preached you to the whole congregation, I’ve kept back nothing, God—you know that. I didn’t keep the news of your ways a secret, didn’t keep it to myself. I told it all, how dependable you are, how thorough. I didn’t hold back pieces of love and truth For myself alone. I told it all, let the congregation know the whole story.
Psalms 45:2 - “You’re the handsomest of men; every word from your lips is sheer grace, and God has blessed you, blessed you so much. Strap your sword to your side, warrior! Accept praise! Accept due honor! Ride majestically! Ride triumphantly! Ride on the side of truth! Ride for the righteous meek!
Proverbs 26:4 - Don’t respond to the stupidity of a fool; you’ll only look foolish yourself.
Proverbs 26:5 - Answer a fool in simple terms so he doesn’t get a swelled head.
Proverbs 25:11 - The right word at the right time is like a custom-made piece of jewelry, And a wise friend’s timely reprimand is like a gold ring slipped on your finger.
Proverbs 16:21 - A wise person gets known for insight; gracious words add to one’s reputation.
Proverbs 16:22 - True intelligence is a spring of fresh water, while fools sweat it out the hard way.
Proverbs 16:23 - They make a lot of sense, these wise folks; whenever they speak, their reputation increases.
Proverbs 16:24 - Gracious speech is like clover honey— good taste to the soul, quick energy for the body.
Proverbs 22:17 - Listen carefully to my wisdom; take to heart what I can teach you. You’ll treasure its sweetness deep within; you’ll give it bold expression in your speech. To make sure your foundation is trust in God, I’m laying it all out right now just for you. I’m giving you thirty sterling principles— tested guidelines to live by. Believe me—these are truths that work, and will keep you accountable to those who sent you.
Matthew 5:13 - “Let me tell you why you are here. You’re here to be salt-seasoning that brings out the God-flavors of this earth. If you lose your saltiness, how will people taste godliness? You’ve lost your usefulness and will end up in the garbage.
Proverbs 15:4 - Kind words heal and help; cutting words wound and maim.
Proverbs 15:7 - Perceptive words spread knowledge; fools are hollow—there’s nothing to them.
Ecclesiastes 10:12 - The words of a wise person are gracious. The talk of a fool self-destructs— He starts out talking nonsense And ends up spouting insanity and evil.
Ephesians 4:29 - Watch the way you talk. Let nothing foul or dirty come out of your mouth. Say only what helps, each word a gift.

逐節對照

交叉引用

新标点和合本 - 你们的言语要常常带着和气，好像用盐调和，就可知道该怎样回答各人。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 你们的言谈要时常带着温和，好像用盐调味，让你们知道该怎样应对每一个人。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 你们的言谈要时常带着温和，好像用盐调味，让你们知道该怎样应对每一个人。
当代译本 - 你们谈吐要温和、有趣，好知道该怎样回答每个人。
圣经新译本 - 你们的话要常常温和，好像是用盐调和的，使你们知道应当怎样回答各人。
中文标准译本 - 你们的话语总要带着恩惠，像用盐调和过的，好使你们知道该怎样回答每一个人。
现代标点和合本 - 你们的言语要常常带着和气，好像用盐调和，就可知道该怎样回答各人。
和合本（拼音版） - 你们的言语要常常带着和气，好像用盐调和，就可知道该怎样回答各人。
New International Version - Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
New International Reader's Version - Let the words you speak always be full of grace. Learn how to make your words what people want to hear. Then you will know how to answer everyone.
English Standard Version - Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
New Living Translation - Let your conversation be gracious and attractive so that you will have the right response for everyone.
Christian Standard Bible - Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer each person.
New American Standard Bible - Your speech must always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person.
New King James Version - Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
Amplified Bible - Let your speech at all times be gracious and pleasant, seasoned with salt, so that you will know how to answer each one [who questions you].
American Standard Version - Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.
King James Version - Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
New English Translation - Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer everyone.
World English Bible - Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
新標點和合本 - 你們的言語要常常帶着和氣，好像用鹽調和，就可知道該怎樣回答各人。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 你們的言談要時常帶着溫和，好像用鹽調味，讓你們知道該怎樣應對每一個人。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 你們的言談要時常帶着溫和，好像用鹽調味，讓你們知道該怎樣應對每一個人。
當代譯本 - 你們談吐要溫和、有趣，好知道該怎樣回答每個人。
聖經新譯本 - 你們的話要常常溫和，好像是用鹽調和的，使你們知道應當怎樣回答各人。
呂振中譯本 - 你們的話要時常帶着溫雅的情調，像用鹽調和而有味道，使你們曉得怎樣回答各人。
中文標準譯本 - 你們的話語總要帶著恩惠，像用鹽調和過的，好使你們知道該怎樣回答每一個人。
現代標點和合本 - 你們的言語要常常帶著和氣，好像用鹽調和，就可知道該怎樣回答各人。
文理和合譯本 - 言惟溫和、如調以鹽、則知所以應對人矣、○
文理委辦譯本 - 言當婉喻、若以鹽調和、則知所以語人矣、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾言恆當婉喻、如以鹽調和、則知所以對答各人、○
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 若作和羹、爾為鹽梅；庶知如何因人而施教也。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Que su conversación sea siempre amena y de buen gusto. Así sabrán cómo responder a cada uno.
현대인의 성경 - 그리고 말은 언제나 친절하고 재치 있게 하십시오. 그러면 각 사람에게 바른 대답을 할 수 있을 것입니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Пусть ваша речь всегда будет приправлена солью , умейте каждому дать нужный ответ.
Восточный перевод - Когда беседуете с ними, пусть ваша речь всегда будет приятной и интересной , чтобы уметь каждому дать нужный ответ.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Когда беседуете с ними, пусть ваша речь всегда будет приятной и интересной , чтобы уметь каждому дать нужный ответ.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Когда беседуете с ними, пусть ваша речь всегда будет приятной и интересной , чтобы уметь каждому дать нужный ответ.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Que votre parole soit toujours empreinte de la grâce de Dieu et pleine de saveur pour savoir comment répondre avec à-propos à chacun.
リビングバイブル - あなたがたの会話が、良識に富み、善意にあふれるよう心がけなさい。そうすれば、一人一人に適切な答え方ができます。
Nestle Aland 28 - ὁ λόγος ὑμῶν πάντοτε ἐν χάριτι, ἅλατι ἠρτυμένος, εἰδέναι πῶς δεῖ ὑμᾶς ἑνὶ ἑκάστῳ ἀποκρίνεσθαι.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ὁ λόγος ὑμῶν πάντοτε ἐν χάριτι, ἅλατι ἠρτυμένος, εἰδέναι πῶς δεῖ ὑμᾶς ἑνὶ ἑκάστῳ ἀποκρίνεσθαι.
Nova Versão Internacional - O seu falar seja sempre agradável e temperado com sal, para que saibam como responder a cada um.
Hoffnung für alle - Redet mit jedem Menschen freundlich; alles, was ihr sagt, soll gut und hilfreich sein . Bemüht euch darum, für jeden die richtigen Worte zu finden.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Lời nói anh chị em phải luôn luôn ân hậu, mặn mà, để anh chị em đối xử xứng hợp với mọi người.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - จงให้คำสนทนาของท่านเปี่ยมด้วยพระคุณเสมอ ปรุงด้วยเกลือให้มีรส เพื่อท่านจะรู้ว่าควรตอบทุกคนอย่างไร
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ให้การสนทนาของท่านกอปรด้วยเมตตาคุณเสมอ อันเสมือนปรุงด้วยเกลือ เพื่อท่านจะได้ทราบว่า ควรจะตอบคำถามของทุกคนอย่างไร

Malachi 3:16 - Then those whose lives honored God got together and talked it over. God saw what they were doing and listened in. A book was opened in God’s presence and minutes were taken of the meeting, with the names of the God-fearers written down, all the names of those who honored God’s name.
Malachi 3:17 - God-of-the-Angel-Armies said, “They’re mine, all mine. They’ll get special treatment when I go into action. I treat them with the same consideration and kindness that parents give the child who honors them. Once more you’ll see the difference it makes between being a person who does the right thing and one who doesn’t, between serving God and not serving him.”
Luke 20:20 - Watching for a chance to get him, they sent spies who posed as honest inquirers, hoping to trick him into saying something that would get him in trouble with the law. So they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you’re honest and straightforward when you teach, that you don’t pander to anyone but teach the way of God accurately. Tell us: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
Luke 20:23 - He knew they were laying for him and said, “Show me a coin. Now, this engraving, who does it look like and what does it say?”
Luke 20:25 - “Caesar,” they said. Jesus said, “Then give Caesar what is his and give God what is his.”
Luke 20:26 - Try as they might, they couldn’t trap him into saying anything incriminating. His answer caught them off guard and left them speechless.
Luke 20:27 - Some Sadducees came up. This is the Jewish party that denies any possibility of resurrection. They asked, “Teacher, Moses wrote us that if a man dies and leaves a wife but no child, his brother is obligated to marry her and give her children. Well, there once were seven brothers. The first took a wife. He died childless. The second married her and died, then the third, and eventually all seven had their turn, but no child. After all that, the wife died. That wife, now—in the resurrection whose wife is she? All seven married her.”
Luke 20:34 - Jesus said, “Marriage is a major preoccupation here, but not there. Those who are included in the resurrection of the dead will no longer be concerned with marriage nor, of course, with death. They will have better things to think about, if you can believe it. All ecstasies and intimacies then will be with God. Even Moses exclaimed about resurrection at the burning bush, saying, ‘God: God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob!’ God isn’t the God of dead men, but of the living. To him all are alive.”
Luke 20:39 - Some of the religion scholars said, “Teacher, that’s a great answer!” For a while, anyway, no one dared put questions to him. * * *
Psalms 71:17 - You got me when I was an unformed youth, God, and taught me everything I know. Now I’m telling the world your wonders; I’ll keep at it until I’m old and gray. God, don’t walk off and leave me until I get out the news Of your strong right arm to this world, news of your power to the world yet to come, Your famous and righteous ways, O God. God, you’ve done it all! Who is quite like you? You, who made me stare trouble in the face, Turn me around; Now let me look life in the face. I’ve been to the bottom; Bring me up, streaming with honors; turn to me, be tender to me, And I’ll take up the lute and thank you to the tune of your faithfulness, God. I’ll make music for you on a harp, Holy One of Israel. When I open up in song to you, I let out lungsful of praise, my rescued life a song. All day long I’m chanting about you and your righteous ways, While those who tried to do me in slink off looking ashamed.
Luke 4:22 - All who were there, watching and listening, were surprised at how well he spoke. But they also said, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son, the one we’ve known since he was just a kid?”
Matthew 12:34 - “You have minds like a snake pit! How do you suppose what you say is worth anything when you are so foul-minded? It’s your heart, not the dictionary, that gives meaning to your words. A good person produces good deeds and words season after season. An evil person is a blight on the orchard. Let me tell you something: Every one of these careless words is going to come back to haunt you. There will be a time of Reckoning. Words are powerful; take them seriously. Words can be your salvation. Words can also be your damnation.”
Psalms 37:30 - Righteous chews on wisdom like a dog on a bone, rolls virtue around on his tongue. His heart pumps God’s Word like blood through his veins; his feet are as sure as a cat’s.
2 Kings 2:20 - He said, “Bring me a brand-new bowl and put some salt in it.” They brought it to him.
2 Kings 2:21 - He then went to the spring, sprinkled the salt into it, and proclaimed, “God’s word: I’ve healed this water. It will no longer kill you or poison your land.” And sure enough, the water was healed—and remains so to this day, just as Elisha said.
Deuteronomy 6:6 - Write these commandments that I’ve given you today on your hearts. Get them inside of you and then get them inside your children. Talk about them wherever you are, sitting at home or walking in the street; talk about them from the time you get up in the morning to when you fall into bed at night. Tie them on your hands and foreheads as a reminder; inscribe them on the doorposts of your homes and on your city gates.
Psalms 66:16 - All believers, come here and listen, let me tell you what God did for me. I called out to him with my mouth, my tongue shaped the sounds of music. If I had been cozy with evil, the Lord would never have listened. But he most surely did listen, he came on the double when he heard my prayer. Blessed be God: he didn’t turn a deaf ear, he stayed with me, loyal in his love.
Proverbs 10:21 - The talk of a good person is rich fare for many, but chatterboxes die of an empty heart.
Psalms 40:9 - I’ve preached you to the whole congregation, I’ve kept back nothing, God—you know that. I didn’t keep the news of your ways a secret, didn’t keep it to myself. I told it all, how dependable you are, how thorough. I didn’t hold back pieces of love and truth For myself alone. I told it all, let the congregation know the whole story.
Psalms 45:2 - “You’re the handsomest of men; every word from your lips is sheer grace, and God has blessed you, blessed you so much. Strap your sword to your side, warrior! Accept praise! Accept due honor! Ride majestically! Ride triumphantly! Ride on the side of truth! Ride for the righteous meek!
Proverbs 26:4 - Don’t respond to the stupidity of a fool; you’ll only look foolish yourself.
Proverbs 26:5 - Answer a fool in simple terms so he doesn’t get a swelled head.
Proverbs 25:11 - The right word at the right time is like a custom-made piece of jewelry, And a wise friend’s timely reprimand is like a gold ring slipped on your finger.
Proverbs 16:21 - A wise person gets known for insight; gracious words add to one’s reputation.
Proverbs 16:22 - True intelligence is a spring of fresh water, while fools sweat it out the hard way.
Proverbs 16:23 - They make a lot of sense, these wise folks; whenever they speak, their reputation increases.
Proverbs 16:24 - Gracious speech is like clover honey— good taste to the soul, quick energy for the body.
Proverbs 22:17 - Listen carefully to my wisdom; take to heart what I can teach you. You’ll treasure its sweetness deep within; you’ll give it bold expression in your speech. To make sure your foundation is trust in God, I’m laying it all out right now just for you. I’m giving you thirty sterling principles— tested guidelines to live by. Believe me—these are truths that work, and will keep you accountable to those who sent you.
Matthew 5:13 - “Let me tell you why you are here. You’re here to be salt-seasoning that brings out the God-flavors of this earth. If you lose your saltiness, how will people taste godliness? You’ve lost your usefulness and will end up in the garbage.
Proverbs 15:4 - Kind words heal and help; cutting words wound and maim.
Proverbs 15:7 - Perceptive words spread knowledge; fools are hollow—there’s nothing to them.
Ecclesiastes 10:12 - The words of a wise person are gracious. The talk of a fool self-destructs— He starts out talking nonsense And ends up spouting insanity and evil.
Ephesians 4:29 - Watch the way you talk. Let nothing foul or dirty come out of your mouth. Say only what helps, each word a gift.