Colossians 3:16

God's Word

Let Christ’s word with all its wisdom and richness live in you. Use psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to teach and instruct yourselves about ⌞God’s⌟ kindness. Sing to God in your hearts.

Cross References

Psalm 119:11

I have treasured your promise in my heart so that I may not sin against you.

Ephesians 5:19

by reciting psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs for your own good. Sing and make music to the Lord with your hearts.

John 15:7

If you live in me and what I say lives in you, then ask for anything you want, and it will be yours.

Romans 10:17

So faith comes from hearing the message, and the message that is heard is what Christ spoke.

1 John 2:24

Make sure that the message you heard from the beginning lives in you. If that message lives in you, you will also live in the Son and in the Father.

Jeremiah 15:16

Your words were found, and I devoured them. Your words are my joy and my heart’s delight, because I am called by your name, O Lord God of Armies.

Ephesians 1:17

I pray that the glorious Father, the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, would give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know Christ better.

Job 23:12

I have not left his commands behind. I have treasured his words in my heart.

James 3:17

However, the wisdom that comes from above is first of all pure. Then it is peaceful, gentle, obedient, filled with mercy and good deeds, impartial, and sincere.

2 John 1:2

We love you because of the truth which lives in us and will be with us forever.

2 Timothy 3:15

From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures. They have the power to give you wisdom so that you can be saved through faith in Christ Jesus.

Colossians 1:9

For this reason we have not stopped praying for you since the day we heard about you. We ask ⌞God⌟ to fill you with the knowledge of his will through every kind of spiritual wisdom and insight.

Revelation 5:9

Then they sang a new song, “You deserve to take the scroll and open the seals on it, because you were slaughtered. You bought people with your blood to be God’s own. They are from every tribe, language, people, and nation.

1 John 2:27

The anointing you received from Christ lives in you. You don’t need anyone to teach you something else. Instead, Christ’s anointing teaches you about everything. His anointing is true and contains no lie. So live in Christ as he taught you to do.

Colossians 4:6

Everything you say should be kind and well thought out so that you know how to answer everyone.

Ephesians 5:17

So don’t be foolish, but understand what the Lord wants.

Psalm 28:7

The Lord is my strength and my shield. My heart trusted him, so I received help. My heart is triumphant; I give thanks to him with my song.

James 5:13

If any of you are having trouble, pray. If you are happy, sing psalms.

Psalm 71:23

My lips will sing with joy when I make music to praise you. My soul, which you have rescued, also will sing joyfully.

Titus 3:6

God poured a generous amount of the Spirit on us through Jesus Christ our Savior.

1 Corinthians 14:26

So what does this mean, brothers and sisters? When you gather, each person has a psalm, doctrine, revelation, another language, or an interpretation. Everything must be done to help each other grow.

James 1:5

If any of you needs wisdom to know what you should do, you should ask God, and he will give it to you. God is generous to everyone and doesn’t find fault with them.

Colossians 1:28

We spread the message about Christ as we instruct and teach everyone with all the wisdom there is. We want to present everyone as mature Christian people.

Psalm 32:7

You are my hiding place. You protect me from trouble. You surround me with joyous songs of salvation. Selah

Nehemiah 12:46

Long ago in the time of David and Asaph, there had been directors for the singers to lead ⌞in singing⌟ the songs of praise and hymns of thanksgiving to God.

1 Kings 3:28

All Israel heard about the decision the king made. They respected the king very highly, because they saw he possessed wisdom from God to do what was right.

Revelation 15:3

and singing the song of God’s servant Moses and the song of the lamb. They sang, “The things you do are spectacular and amazing, Lord God Almighty. The way you do them is fair and true, King of the Nations.

1 John 2:14

I’ve written to you, children, because you know the Father. I’ve written to you, fathers, because you know Christ, who has existed from the beginning. I’ve written to you, young people, because you are strong and God’s word lives in you. You have won the victory over the evil one.

1 Timothy 6:17

Tell those who have the riches of this world not to be arrogant and not to place their confidence in anything as uncertain as riches. Instead, they should place their confidence in God who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.

2 Thessalonians 3:15

Yet, don’t treat them like enemies, but instruct them like brothers and sisters.

1 Thessalonians 4:18

So then, comfort each other with these words!

1 Corinthians 14:15

So what does this mean? It means that I will pray with my spirit, and I will pray with my mind. I will sing psalms with my spirit, and I will sing psalms with my mind.

Matthew 26:30

After they sang a hymn, they went to the Mount of Olives.

Proverbs 14:8

The wisdom of a sensible person guides his way of life, but the stupidity of fools misleads them.

Psalm 138:1

I will give thanks to you with all my heart. I will make music to praise you in front of the false gods.

Psalm 119:54

Your laws have become like psalms to me in this place where I am only a foreigner.

Romans 15:14

I’m convinced, brothers and sisters, that you, too, are filled with goodness. I’m also convinced that you have all the knowledge you need and that you are able to instruct each other.

Luke 2:51

Then he returned with them to Nazareth and was obedient to them. His mother treasured all these things in her heart.

1 Chronicles 25:7

They, along with their relatives, were trained, skilled musicians for the Lord. There were 288 of them.

Isaiah 10:2

They deprive the poor of justice. They take away the rights of the needy among my people. They prey on widows and rob orphans.

Revelation 19:10

I bowed at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Don’t do that! I am your coworker and a coworker of the Christians who hold on to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, because the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy!”

Isaiah 30:29

You will sing a song like the song you sing on a festival night. Your hearts will be happy like someone going out with a flute on the way to the Lord’s mountain, to the rock of Israel.

Isaiah 26:1

On that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city. Its walls and fortifications provide safety.

Isaiah 5:1

Let me sing a lovesong to my beloved about his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a fertile hill.

Song of Solomon 1:1

The most beautiful song of Solomon.

Revelation 14:3

They were singing a new song in front of the throne, the four living creatures, and the leaders. Only the 144,000 people who had been bought on earth could learn the song.

Proverbs 18:1

A loner is out to get what he wants for himself. He opposes all sound reasoning.

Ephesians 5:26

He did this to make the church holy by cleansing it, washing it using water along with spoken words.

1 Thessalonians 1:8

From you the Lord’s word has spread out not only through the province of Macedonia and Greece but also to people everywhere who have heard about your faith in God. We don’t need to say a thing about it.