Thou art fairer than the children of men: Grace is poured into thy lips: Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
Ephesians 4:29 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. 更多版本Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Let no foul or polluting language, nor evil word nor unwholesome or worthless talk [ever] come out of your mouth, but only such [speech] as is good and beneficial to the spiritual progress of others, as is fitting to the need and the occasion, that it may be a blessing and give grace (God's favor) to those who hear it. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Don’t let any foul words come out of your mouth. Only say what is helpful when it is needed for building up the community so that it benefits those who hear what you say. Catholic Public Domain Version Let no evil words proceed from your mouth, but only what is good, toward the edification of faith, so as to bestow grace upon those who listen. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Let no evil speech proceed from your mouth; but that which is good, to the edification of faith, that it may administer grace to the hearers. English Standard Version 2016 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. |
Thou art fairer than the children of men: Grace is poured into thy lips: Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness; Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.
My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: For they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: But the just shall come out of trouble.
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: And a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: But the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
The wise in heart shall be called prudent: And the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?
Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
from whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.