Colossians 4:6

The English Standar Version

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

Cross References

1 Chronicles 16:24

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

Psalm 105:2

Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works!

Psalm 119:13

With my lips I declare all the rules of your mouth.

Psalm 119:46

I will also speak of your testimonies before kings and shall not be put to shame,

Psalm 45:2

You are the most handsome of the sons of men; grace is poured upon your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.

Psalm 66:16

Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what he has done for my soul.

Proverbs 10:21

The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.

Proverbs 15:4

A gentle[1] tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so the hearts of fools.[2]

Ecclesiastes 10:12

The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor,[3] but the lips of a fool consume him.

Ezekiel 43:24

You shall present them before the LORD, and the priests shall sprinkle salt on them and offer them up as a burnt offering to the LORD.

Leviticus 2:13

You shall season all your grain offerings with salt. You shall not let the salt of the covenant with your God be missing from your grain offering; with all your offerings you shall offer salt.

Matthew 5:13

"You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.

Mark 9:50

Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."

Luke 4:22

And all spoke well of him and marveled at the gracious words that were coming from his mouth. And they said, "Is not this Joseph's son?"

Ephesians 4:29

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

Deuteronomy 11:19

You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you are sitting in your house, and when you are walking by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.

Colossians 3:16

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

1 Peter 3:15

but in your hearts regard Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you;