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Let your speech be alway with grace, seasonedr with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

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Mark 9:50• ⁵⁰Salt is good, but if the salt is become saltless, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another. (Mark 9:50)

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Col. 3:16• ¹⁶Let the word of the Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another, in psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God. (Col. 3:16)

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Deut. 6:6‑7• ⁶And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thy heart;
⁷and thou shalt impress them on thy sons, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou goest on the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. (Deut. 6:6‑7)

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Deut. 11:19• ¹⁹And ye shall teach them unto your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou goest on the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up; (Deut. 11:19)

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1 Chron. 16:24• ²⁴Declare his glory among the nations, His wondrous works among all peoples. (1 Chron. 16:24)

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Psa. 37:30‑31• ³⁰The mouth of the righteous proffereth wisdom, and his tongue speaketh judgment;
³¹the law of his God is in his heart; his goings shall not slide. (Psa. 37:30‑31)

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Psa. 40:9‑10• ⁹I have published righteousness in the great congregation: behold, I have not withheld my lips, Jehovah, *thou* knowest.
¹⁰I have not hidden thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy loving-kindness and thy truth from the great congregation. (Psa. 40:9‑10)

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Psa. 45:2• ²Thou art fairer than the sons of men; grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. (Psa. 45:2)

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Psa. 66:16• ¹⁶Come, hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul. (Psa. 66:16)

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Psa. 71:15‑18,23‑24• ¹⁵My mouth shall declare thy righteousness, and thy salvation all the day: for I know not the numbers thereof.
¹⁶I will go in the might of the Lord Jehovah; I will recall thy righteousness, thine alone.
¹⁷O God, thou hast taught me from my youth, and hitherto have I proclaimed thy marvellous works:
¹⁸Now also, when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not, until I have proclaimed thine arm unto this generation, thy might to every one that is to come.
²³My lips shall exult when I sing psalms unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
²⁴My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day; for they shall be ashamed, for they shall be brought to confusion, that seek my hurt. (Psa. 71:15‑18,23‑24)

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Psa. 78:3‑4• ³Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us:
⁴We will not hide them from their sons, shewing forth to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, and his strength, and his marvellous works which he hath done. (Psa. 78:3‑4)

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Psa. 105:2• ²Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him; meditate upon all his wondrous works. (Psa. 105:2)

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Psa. 119:13,46• ¹³With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
⁴⁶And I will speak of thy testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed; (Psa. 119:13,46)

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Prov. 10:21• ²¹The lips of a righteous man feed many; but fools die for want of understanding. (Prov. 10:21)

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Prov. 15:4,7• ⁴Gentleness of tongue is a tree of life; but crookedness therein is a breaking of the spirit.
⁷The lips of the wise disperse knowledge, but not so the heart of the foolish. (Prov. 15:4,7)

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Prov. 16:21‑24• ²¹The wise in heart is called intelligent, and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
²²Wisdom is a fountain of life for him that hath it; but the instruction of fools is folly.
²³The heart of the wise maketh his mouth intelligent, and upon his lips increaseth learning.
²⁴Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health for the bones. (Prov. 16:21‑24)

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Prov. 22:17‑18• ¹⁷Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart unto my knowledge.
¹⁸For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee: they shall be together fitted on thy lips. (Prov. 22:17‑18)

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Prov. 25:11‑12• ¹¹As apples of gold in pictures of silver, is a word spoken in season.
¹²An ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, is a wise reprover upon an attentive ear. (Prov. 25:11‑12)

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Eccl. 10:12• ¹²The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool swallow up himself. (Eccl. 10:12)

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Mal. 3:16‑18• ¹⁶Then they that feared Jehovah spoke often one to another; and Jehovah observed it, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name.
¹⁷And they shall be unto me a peculiar treasure, saith Jehovah of hosts, in the day that I prepare; and I will spare them as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
¹⁸And ye shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not. (Mal. 3:16‑18)

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Matt. 12:34‑35• ³⁴Offspring of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being wicked? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
³⁵The good man out of the good treasure brings forth good things; and the wicked man out of the wicked treasure brings forth wicked things. (Matt. 12:34‑35)

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Luke 4:22• ²²And all bore witness to him, and wondered at the words of grace which were coming out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this the son of Joseph? (Luke 4:22)

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Eph. 4:29• ²⁹Let no corrupt word go out of your mouth, but if there be any good one for needful edification, that it may give grace to those that hear it. (Eph. 4:29)

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Lev. 2:13• ¹³And every offering of thine oblation shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thine oblation: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt. (Lev. 2:13)

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2 Kings 2:20‑22• ²⁰And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt in it. And they brought it to him.
²¹And he went forth to the source of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith Jehovah: I have healed these waters: there shall not be from thence any more death or barrenness.
²²And the waters were healed to this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spoke. (2 Kings 2:20‑22)

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Matt. 5:13• ¹³*Ye* are the salt of the earth; but if the salt have become insipid, wherewith shall it be salted? It is no longer fit for anything but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot by men. (Matt. 5:13)

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Mark 9:50• ⁵⁰Salt is good, but if the salt is become saltless, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another. (Mark 9:50)

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Prov. 26:4‑5• ⁴Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
⁵Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. (Prov. 26:4‑5)

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Luke 20:20‑40• ²⁰And having watched him, they sent out suborned persons, pretending to be just men, that they might take hold of him in his language, so that they might deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.
²¹And they asked him saying, Teacher, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, and acceptest no man's person, but teachest with truth the way of God:
²²Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
²³But perceiving their deceit he said to them, Why do ye tempt me?
²⁴Shew me a denarius. Whose image and superscription has it? And answering they said, Caesar's.
²⁵And he said to them, Pay therefore what is Caesar's to Caesar, and what is God's to God.
²⁶And they were not able to take hold of him in his expressions before the people, and, wondering at his answer, they were silent.
²⁷And some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is any resurrection, coming up to him,
²⁸demanded of him saying, Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If any one's brother, who has a wife, die, and he die childless, his brother shall take the wife and raise up seed to his brother.
²⁹There were then seven brethren: and the first, having taken a wife, died childless;
³⁰and the second took the woman, and *he* died childless;
³¹and the third took her: and in like manner also the seven left no children and died;
³²and last of all the woman also died.
³³In the resurrection therefore of which of them does she become wife, for the seven had her as wife?
³⁴And Jesus said to them, The sons of this world marry and are given in marriage,
³⁵but they who are counted worthy to have part in that world, and the resurrection from among the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage;
³⁶for neither can they die any more, for they are equal to angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.
³⁷But that the dead rise, even Moses shewed in the section of the bush, when he called the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob;
³⁸but he is not God of the dead but of the living; for all live for him.
³⁹And some of the scribes answering said, Teacher, thou hast well spoken.
⁴⁰For they did not dare any more to ask him anything. (Luke 20:20‑40)

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1 Peter 3:15• ¹⁵but sanctify the Lord the Christ in your hearts, and be always prepared to give an answer to every one that asks you to give an account of the hope that is in you, but with meekness and fear; (1 Peter 3:15)

• Our speech ought always to be the expression of this separation from evil, this power of the presence of God which keeps us inwardly apart from it. (“Colossians 4” by J.N. Darby)

• We should always conduct ourselves in a gracious, courteous, and kindly manner in all our interactions with the men of the world. This will work to win them for Christ. But our speech should also be “seasoned with salt.” This speaks of faithfulness. (“Christ Expressed in the Spread of the Truth in the World: Colossians 4:2-6” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Let your word be always with grace, seasoned with salt, so as to know how ye ought to answer each one.

W. Kelly Translation

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Let your speech be always in grace, seasoned with salt, to know how ye must answer each one.