Colossians 3:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Let the word [spoken by] Christ (the Messiah) have its home [in your hearts and minds] and dwell in you in [all its] richness, as you teach and admonish and train one another in all insight and intelligence and wisdom [in spiritual things, and as you sing] psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, making melody to God with [His] grace in your hearts.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ The word of Christ must live in you richly. Teach and warn each other with all wisdom by singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing to God with gratitude in your hearts.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Let the word of Christ live in you in abundance, with all wisdom, teaching and correcting one another, with psalms, hymns, and spiritual canticles, singing to God with the grace in your hearts.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ Let the word of Christ dwell in you abundantly, in all wisdom: teaching and admonishing one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual canticles, singing in grace in your hearts to God.

Colossians 3:16 Cross References

1 Kings 3:28

All Israel heard of the judgment that the king had rendered, and they stood in awe of the king because they perceived that the wisdom of God was in him to execute justice.

1 Chronicles 25:7

They and their kindred, who were trained in singing to the Lord, all of whom were skillful, numbered two hundred eighty-eight.

Nehemiah 12:46

For in the days of David and Asaph long ago there was a leader of the singers, and there were songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.

Job 23:12

I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured his words in my bosom.

Psalm 119:11

I treasure your word in my heart, so that I may not sin against you.

Psalm 119:54

Your statutes have been my songs wherever I make my home.

Psalm 138:1

I give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise;

Psalm 28:7

The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts; so I am helped, and my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.

Psalm 32:7

You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with glad cries of deliverance. Selah

Psalm 71:23

My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to you; my soul also, which you have rescued.

Proverbs 14:8

It is the wisdom of the clever to understand where they go, but the folly of fools misleads.

Proverbs 18:1

The one who lives alone is self-indulgent, showing contempt for all sound judgment.

Song of Solomon 1:1

The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s.

Isaiah 10:2

to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, to make widows their spoil and to plunder orphans!

Isaiah 26:1

On that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; he sets up walls and bulwarks as a safeguard.

Isaiah 30:29

You shall have a song as in the night when a holy festival is kept and gladness of heart, as when one sets out to the sound of the flute to go to the mountain of the Lord, to the Rock of Israel.

Isaiah 5:1

I will sing for my beloved my love song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.

Jeremiah 15:16

Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O Lord, God of hosts.

Matthew 26:30

When they had sung the hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

Luke 2:51

Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was obedient to them, and his mother treasured all these things in her heart.

John 15:7

If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

Romans 10:17

So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the word of Christ.

Romans 15:14

I myself feel confident about you, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another.

1 Corinthians 14:15

What should I do then? I will pray with the spirit, but I will pray with the mind also; I will sing praise with the spirit, but I will sing praise with the mind also.

1 Corinthians 14:26

What should be done then, my brothers and sisters? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up.

Ephesians 1:17

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know him,

Ephesians 5:17

So do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Ephesians 5:19

as you sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to one another, singing and making melody to the Lord in your hearts,

Ephesians 5:26

in order to make her holy by cleansing her with the washing of water by the word,

Colossians 1:28

It is he whom we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone in all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ.

Colossians 1:9

For this reason, since the day we heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God’s will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Colossians 4:6

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone.

1 Thessalonians 1:8

For the word of the Lord has sounded forth from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia but in every place your faith in God has become known, so that we have no need to speak about it.

1 Thessalonians 4:18

Therefore encourage one another with these words.

2 Thessalonians 3:15

Do not regard them as enemies, but admonish them as brothers and sisters.

1 Timothy 6:17

As for those who in the present age are rich, command them not to be haughty or to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches but rather on God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.

2 Timothy 3:15

and how from childhood you have known sacred writings that are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

Titus 3:6

This Spirit he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,

James 1:5

If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you.

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy.

James 5:13

Are any among you suffering? They should pray. Are any cheerful? They should sing songs of praise.

1 John 2:14

I write to you, children, because you know the Father. I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young people, because you are strong and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

1 John 2:24

Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you will abide in the Son and in the Father.

1 John 2:27

As for you, the anointing that you received from him abides in you, so you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, abide in him.

2 John 1:2

because of the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever:

Revelation 14:3

and they sing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. No one could learn that song except the one hundred forty-four thousand who have been redeemed from the earth.

Revelation 15:3

And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb: “Great and amazing are your deeds, Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, King of the nations!

Revelation 19:10

Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers and sisters who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

Revelation 5:9

They sing a new song: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to break its seals, for you were slaughtered and by your blood you ransomed for God saints from every tribe and language and people and nation;