Colossians 4:6

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 16:24

Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples.

Psalm 105:2

Sing unto him, sing praises unto him; Talk ye of all his marvelous works.

Psalm 119:13

With my lips have I declared All the judgements of thy mouth.

Psalm 119:46

I will also speak of thy testimonies before kings, And will not be ashamed.

Psalm 45:2

Thou art fairer than the children of men; Grace is poured into thy lips: Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

Psalm 66:16

Come, and hear, all ye that fear God, And I will declare what he hath done for my soul

Proverbs 10:21

The lips of the righteous feed many: But the foolish die for lack of understanding.

Proverbs 15:4

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit.

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: But the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

Ezekiel 43:24

And thou shalt bring them near before the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering unto the LORD.

Leviticus 2:13

And every oblation of thy meal offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meal offering: with all thine oblations thou shalt offer salt.

Matthew 5:13

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under foot of men.

Mark 9:50

Salt is good: but if the salt have lost its saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.

Luke 4:22

And all bare him witness, and wondered at the words of grace which proceeded out of his mouth: and they said, Is not this Joseph's son?

Ephesians 4:29

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.

Deuteronomy 11:19

And ye shall teach them your children, talking of them, when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.

1 Peter 3:15

but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear: