ephesians 4:15 bsb

Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, Who is the head.

i john 1:7 esv

But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

proverbs 15:28 nlt

The heart of the godly thinks carefully before speaking; the mouth of the wicked overflows with evil words.

colossians 4:5-6 nas

Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity. Let your speech always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person.

i corinthians 10:31-11:1 csb

So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God. Give no offense to Jews or Greeks or the church of God, just as I also try to please everyone in everything, not seeking my own benefit, but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved. Imitate me, as I also imitate Christ.

proverbs 18:13 niv

To answer before listening— that is folly and shame.

james 1:19 bsb

My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger...

ii corinthians 6:11-13 niv

We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians, and opened wide our hearts to you. We are not withholding our affection from you, but you are withholding yours from us. As a fair exchange—I speak as to my children—open wide your hearts also.

matthew 5:33-37 esv

"Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.’ But I say to you, Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, or by the earth, for it is His footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. And do not take an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.

james 5:12 esv

But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your "yes" be yes and your "no" be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation.

matthew 10:16 niv

"I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

hosea 10:12 esv

Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the LORD, that He may come and rain righteousness upon you.

galatians 5:16, 22-23, 25, 6:7-10 esv

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.

Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.

james 1:22-25 niv

Do not merely listen to the Word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the Word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.

hebrews 5:13-14 nas

For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the Word of righteousness, for he is an infant. But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil.

i corinthians 14:40 bsb

But everything must be done in a proper and orderly manner.

ecclesiastes 8:5-6 niv

Whoever obeys his command will come to no harm, and the wise heart will know the proper time and procedure. For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, though a person may be weighed down by misery.

proverbs 18:21 esv

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.

ii peter 1:4 esv

...He has granted to us His precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.

i peter 4:11 niv

If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.

daniel 2:14 niv

When Arioch, the commander of the king’s guard, had gone out to put to death the wise men of Babylon, Daniel spoke to him with wisdom and tact.

i timothy 3:15 nas

but in case I am delayed, I write so that you will know how one ought to conduct himself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.

colossians 4:5-6 nas

Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity. Let your speech always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person.

i chronicles 12:32 esv

Of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, 200 chiefs, and all their kinsmen under their command.

ecclesiastes 3:1, 7 niv

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:

a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,

i corinthians 8:1-2 niv

Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that "We all possess knowledge." But knowledge puffs up while love builds up. Those who think they know something do not yet know as they ought to know.

i corinthians 10:24 niv

No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.

ephesians 4:29 niv

Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.

john 16:12 esv

"I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

proverbs 12:23 niv

The prudent keep their knowledge to themselves, but a fool’s heart blurts out folly.

proverbs 11:12-13 nlt

It is foolish to belittle one’s neighbor; a sensible person keeps quiet. A gossip goes around telling secrets, but those who are trustworthy can keep a confidence.

proverbs 25:11 nas

Like apples of gold in settings of silver Is a word spoken in right circumstances.

proverbs 15:1 nas

A gentle answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.

titus 1:13 esv

This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

ii john 6 esv

And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments; this is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it.

proverbs 10:32 csb

The lips of the righteous know what is appropriate, but the mouth of the wicked, only what is perverse.

i samuel 2:9 niv

He will guard the feet of His faithful servants, but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness. "It is not by strength that one prevails...

ephesians 2:10 niv

For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

isaiah 52:12 esv

For you shall not go out in haste, and you shall not go in flight, for the LORD will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

isaiah 58:8 esv

Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.

proverbs 28:1 esv

The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.

proverbs 16:1 esv

The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.

isaiah 55:10-11 niv

As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is My Word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to Me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.

i corinthians 3:7-8 niv

So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, Who makes things grow. The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor.

ephesians 3:14-21 niv

For this reason I kneel before the Father, from Whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

Now to Him Who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.

romans 11:36 esv

For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be glory forever. Amen.

romans 8:17 niv

Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in His sufferings in order that we may also share in His glory.

ephesians 4:15 bsb

Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, Who is the head.