Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.
But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.
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.
give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell. For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.
You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. 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. 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.
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is evil madness.
For, speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely escaping from those who live in error.
Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.
addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man! And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, and tell of his deeds in songs of joy!
But these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively.
Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!
coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness.
A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath. It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High;
wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever.
You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many.
And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.
A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims folly.
and if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked
Shout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright.
Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required,
For what thanksgiving can we return to God for you, for all the joy that we feel for your sake before our God,
I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,
Other boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.
When Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he went to his house where he had windows in his upper chamber open toward Jerusalem. He got down on his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he had done previously.
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