Ephesians 4:29

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Cross References

Psalm 45:2

You are the fairest of the sons of men; grace is poured upon your lips; therefore God has blessed you for ever.

Psalm 5:9

For there is no truth in their mouth; their heart is destruction, their throat is an open sepulchre, they flatter with their tongue.

Psalm 52:2

you are plotting destruction. Your tongue is like a sharp razor, you worker of treachery.

Psalm 71:24

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

Proverbs 12:13

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

Proverbs 15:23

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

Proverbs 15:7

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

Proverbs 16:21

The wise of heart is called a man of discernment, and pleasant speech increases persuasiveness.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

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

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 that is weary. Morning by morning he wakens, he wakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

Matthew 5:16

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Luke 4:22

And all spoke well of him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth; and they said, “Is not this Joseph's son?”

John 1:37

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

Romans 14:19

Let us then pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.

Romans 15:2

let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to edify him.

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.

Ephesians 4:12

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

Ephesians 4:16

from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by every joint with which it is supplied, when each part is working properly, makes bodily growth and upbuilds itself in love.

Colossians 4:6

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

1 Thessalonians 5:11

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

1 Peter 2:12

Maintain good conduct among the Gentiles, so that in case they speak against you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

1 Peter 3:1

Likewise you wives, be submissive to your husbands, so that some, though they do not obey the word, may be won without a word by the behavior of their wives,

2 Peter 2:18

For, uttering loud boasts of folly, they entice with licentious passions of the flesh men who have barely escaped from those who live in error.