Colossians 4:6

New American Bible - revised edition

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you know how you should respond to each one. Tychicus and Onesimus.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 16:24

Tell his glory among the nations; among all peoples, his wondrous deeds.

Psalm 105:2

Sing praise to him, play music; proclaim all his wondrous deeds!

Psalm 119:13

With my lips I recite all the judgments you have spoken.

Psalm 119:46

I will speak openly of your testimonies without fear even before kings.

Psalm 45:2

My heart is stirred by a noble theme, as I sing my ode to the king. My tongue is the pen of a nimble scribe.

Psalm 66:16

Come and hear, all you who fear God, while I recount what has been done for me.

Proverbs 10:21

The lips of the just nourish many, but fools die for want of sense.

Proverbs 15:4

A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse one breaks the spirit.

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but the heart of fools is not steadfast.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

Words from the mouth of the wise win favor, but the lips of fools consume them.

Ezekiel 43:24

and present them before the Lord. The priests shall throw salt on them and sacrifice them as burnt offerings to the Lord.

Leviticus 2:13

You shall season all your grain offerings with salt. Do not let the salt of the covenant with your God be lacking from your grain offering. On every offering you shall offer salt.

Matthew 5:13

“You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.

Mark 9:50

Salt is good, but if salt becomes insipid, with what will you restore its flavor? Keep salt in yourselves and you will have peace with one another.”

Luke 4:22

And all spoke highly of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth. They also asked, “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?”

Ephesians 4:29

No foul language should come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for needed edification, that it may impart grace to those who hear.

Deuteronomy 11:19

Teach them to your children, speaking of them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you get up,

Colossians 3:16

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

1 Peter 3:15

but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts. Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope,