Colossians 4:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.”
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“Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“your word always in grace--with salt being seasoned--to know how it behoveth you to answer each one.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Colossians 4:6 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 2:13And you shall season each of your grain offerings with salt. You must not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offering; you are to add salt to each of your offerings.
- Deuteronomy 6:6These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.
- Deuteronomy 11:19Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
- 2 Kings 2:20“Bring me a new bowl,” he replied, “and put some salt in it.” So they brought it to him,
- 1 Chronicles 16:24Declare His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all peoples.
- Psalms 37:30The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
- Psalms 40:9I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.
- Psalms 45:2You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips, since God has blessed you forever.
- Psalms 66:16Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.
- Psalms 71:15My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
- Psalms 71:23When I sing praise to You my lips will shout for joy, along with my soul, which You have redeemed.
- Psalms 78:3that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.
- Psalms 105:2Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders.
- Psalms 119:13With my lips I proclaim all the judgments of Your mouth.
- Psalms 119:46I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed.
- Proverbs 10:21The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.
- Proverbs 15:4A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
- Proverbs 15:7The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools.
- Proverbs 16:21The wise in heart are called discerning, and pleasant speech promotes instruction.
- Proverbs 22:17Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise— apply your mind to my knowledge—
- Proverbs 25:11A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
- Proverbs 26:4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.
- Ecclesiastes 10:12The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.
- Malachi 3:16At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.
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