Ephesians 5:4

New American Bible - revised edition

no obscenity or silly or suggestive talk, which is out of place, but instead, thanksgiving.

Cross References

Psalm 33:1

Rejoice, you righteous, in the Lord; praise from the upright is fitting.

Psalm 92:1

A psalm. A sabbath song.

Proverbs 12:23

The shrewd conceal knowledge, but the hearts of fools proclaim folly.

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise pours out knowledge, but the mouth of fools spews folly.

Proverbs 26:19

Such are those who deceive their neighbor, and then say, “I was only joking.”

Ecclesiastes 10:13

The beginning of their words is folly, and the end of their talk is utter madness;

Daniel 6:10

So King Darius signed the prohibition into law.

Mark 7:22

adultery, greed, malice, deceit, licentiousness, envy, blasphemy, arrogance, folly.

John 6:23

Other boats came from Tiberias near the place where they had eaten the bread when the Lord gave thanks.

Romans 1:28

And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God handed them over to their undiscerning mind to do what is improper.

2 Corinthians 1:11

as you help us with prayer, so that thanks may be given by many on our behalf for the gift granted us through the prayers of many. Paul’s Sincerity and Constancy.

2 Corinthians 9:15

Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!

Ephesians 1:16

do not cease giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,

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.

Philippians 4:6

Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God.

Colossians 3:8

But now you must put them all away: anger, fury, malice, slander, and obscene language out of your mouths.

1 Thessalonians 3:9

What thanksgiving, then, can we render to God for you, for all the joy we feel on your account before our God?

1 Thessalonians 5:18

In all circumstances give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.

Philemon 1:8

Therefore, although I have the full right in Christ to order you to do what is proper,

Hebrews 13:15

Through him [then] let us continually offer God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name.

2 Peter 2:18

For, talking empty bombast, they seduce with licentious desires of the flesh those who have barely escaped from people who live in error.

2 Peter 2:7

and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man oppressed by the licentious conduct of unprincipled people

Jude 1:10

But these people revile what they do not understand and are destroyed by what they know by nature like irrational animals.

Jude 1:13

They are like wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shameless deeds, wandering stars for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved forever.