Ephesians 5:4

Bible in Basic English 1965

And let there be no low behaviour, or foolish talk, or words said in sport, which are not right, but in place of them the giving of praise.

Cross References

Psalm 33:1

Be glad in the Lord, O doers of righteousness; for praise is beautiful for the upright.

Psalm 92:1

A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath. It is a good thing to give praise to the Lord, and to make melody to your name, O Most High;

Proverbs 12:23

A sharp man keeps back his knowledge; but the heart of foolish men makes clear their foolish thoughts.

Proverbs 15:2

Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

Proverbs 26:19

So is the man who gets the better of his neighbour by deceit, and says, Am I not doing so in sport?

Ecclesiastes 10:13

The first words of his mouth are foolish, and the end of his talk is evil crime.

Daniel 6:10

And Daniel, on hearing that the writing had been signed, went into his house; now he had windows in his room on the roof opening in the direction of Jerusalem; and three times a day he went down on his knees in prayer and praise before his God, as he had done before.

Mark 7:22

All these evil things come from inside, and make the man unclean.

John 6:23

Some other boats, however, came from Tiberias near to the place where they had taken the bread after the Lord had given praise.

Romans 1:28

And because they had not the mind to keep God in their knowledge, God gave them up to an evil mind, to do those things which are not right;

2 Corinthians 1:11

You at the same time helping together by your prayer for us; so that for what has been given to us through a number of persons, praise may go up to God for us from all of them.

2 Corinthians 9:15

Praise be to God for what he has given, which words have no power to say.

Ephesians 1:16

Give praise without end for you, keeping you in mind in my prayers;

Ephesians 4:29

Let no evil talk come out of your mouth, but only what is good for giving necessary teaching, and for grace to those who give ear.

Philippians 4:6

Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God.

Colossians 3:8

But now it is right for you to put away all these things; wrath, passion, bad feeling, curses, unclean talk;

1 Thessalonians 3:9

For how great is the praise which we give to God for you, and how great the joy with which we are glad because of you before our God;

1 Thessalonians 5:18

In everything give praise: for this is the purpose of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Philemon 1:8

And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right,

Hebrews 13:15

Let us then make offerings of praise to God at all times through him, that is to say, the fruit of lips giving witness to his name.

2 Peter 2:18

For with high-sounding false words, making use of the attraction of unclean desires of the flesh, they get into their power those newly made free from those who are living in error;

2 Peter 2:7

And kept safe Lot, the upright man, who was deeply troubled by the unclean life of the evil-doers

Jude 1:10

But these men say evil about such things as they have no knowledge of; and the things of which they have natural knowledge, like beasts without reason, are the cause of their destruction.

Jude 1:13

Violent waves of the sea, streaming with their shame, wandering stars for whom the darkest night is kept in store for ever.