Luke 4:22

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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?”

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 45:4

In your majesty ride forth victoriously for the cause of truth and to defend the right; let your right hand teach you dread deeds!

Proverbs 10:32

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse.

Proverbs 16:21

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

Proverbs 25:11

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

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

Song of Solomon 5:16

His speech is most sweet, and he is altogether desirable. This is my beloved and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

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.

Luke 2:47

and all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.

Luke 2:48

And when they saw him they were astonished; and his mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us so? Behold, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously.”

Luke 21:15

for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.

Luke 4:21

And he began to say to them, “Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”

John 1:45

Philip found Nathana-el, and said to him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

John 6:42

They said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”

John 7:46

The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this man!”

Acts 6:10

But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.

Titus 2:8

and sound speech that cannot be censured, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say of us.