Verse 4

Nor should there be filthiness, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are not fitting, but rather thanksgiving.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eph 4:29 : 29 No foul language should come from your mouth, but only what is good for building up someone in need, so that it gives grace to those who hear.
  • Col 3:8 : 8 But now you must put away all these: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth.
  • Jas 3:4-8 : 4 Look also at the ships: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires. 5 In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it boasts of great things. Consider how a small fire sets a great forest ablaze. 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting the entire course of life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. 7 Every kind of animal, bird, reptile, and sea creature is tamed and has been tamed by mankind, 8 but no one can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
  • 2 Pet 2:18 : 18 For they utter arrogant, empty words and entice those who are barely escaping from others living in error, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh and by debauchery.
  • Heb 13:15 : 15 Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
  • Phil 4:6 : 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
  • 2 Cor 1:11 : 11 as you join in helping us through your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many.
  • 2 Cor 9:15 : 15 Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!
  • Ps 92:1 : 1 A psalm, a song for the Sabbath day.
  • Ps 107:21-22 : 21 Let them give thanks to the LORD for His steadfast love and His wonderful deeds for mankind. 22 Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and tell of His works with shouts of joy.
  • Prov 15:2 : 2 The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouth of fools gushes folly.
  • Eccl 10:13 : 13 The beginning of a fool's speech is foolishness, and the end of it is evil madness.
  • Matt 12:34-37 : 34 You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 The good person brings out good things from the good treasure of his heart, and the evil person brings out evil things from his evil treasure. 36 I tell you, on the Day of Judgment, people will give an account for every idle word they speak. 37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.
  • Mark 7:22 : 22 adulteries, greed, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.
  • John 6:23 : 23 (Other small boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.)
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
  • Eph 5:19-20 : 19 Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, 20 giving thanks always for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
  • Ps 33:1 : 1 Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous ones! Praise is fitting for the upright.
  • Col 3:15-17 : 15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which you were also called in one body. And be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell richly among you, teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. 17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
  • Jude 1:10 : 10 These people speak abusively about what they do not understand, and what they do understand by instinct—like unreasoning animals—these are the very things that destroy them.
  • 2 Pet 2:7 : 7 and if He rescued righteous Lot, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless,
  • 1 Thess 5:18 : 18 Give thanks in everything, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
  • Phlm 1:8 : 8 For this reason, although I have great boldness in Christ to command you to do what is right,
  • Jude 1:13 : 13 They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
  • 1 Thess 3:9 : 9 For what thanks can we render to God for you in return for all the joy with which we rejoice because of you before our God.
  • Dan 6:10 : 10 So King Darius signed the written decree and the edict.
  • Prov 12:23 : 23 A prudent person conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims folly.