Ephesians 4:29

English Standard Version 2016

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Cross References

Colossians 4:6

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

1 Thessalonians 5:11

Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

The words of a wise man’s mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so the hearts of fools.

Proverbs 12:13

An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the righteous escapes from trouble.

Matthew 5:16

In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Proverbs 16:21

The wise of heart is called discerning, and sweetness of speech increases persuasiveness.

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

Psalm 52:2

Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.

Proverbs 15:23

To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is!

1 Peter 2:12

Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

Luke 4:22

And all spoke well of him and marveled at the gracious words that were coming from his mouth. And they said, “Is not this Joseph’s son?”

Psalm 5:9

For there is no truth in their mouth; their inmost self is destruction; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.

1 Peter 3:1

Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives,

Ephesians 4:16

from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.

Ephesians 4:12

to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,

Psalm 71:24

And my tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long, for they have been put to shame and disappointed who sought to do me hurt.

Psalm 45:2

You are the most handsome of the sons of men; grace is poured upon your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.

2 Peter 2:18

For, speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely escaping from those who live in error.

1 Corinthians 14:19

Nevertheless, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.

Romans 14:19

So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.

Romans 15:2

Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

John 1:37

The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus.