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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 have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another. (Mark 9:50)

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

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Deut. 6:6‑7• ⁶And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
⁷And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by 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 your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, 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 heathen; his marvellous works among all nations. (1 Chron. 16:24)

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Psa. 37:30‑31• ³⁰The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
³¹The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. (Psa. 37:30‑31)

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Psa. 40:9‑10• ⁹I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest.
¹⁰I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation. (Psa. 40:9‑10)

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Psa. 45:2• ²Thou art fairer than the children 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 and 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 show forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
¹⁶I will go in the strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
¹⁷O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
¹⁸Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have showed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
²³My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
²⁴My 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. (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 children, showing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. (Psa. 78:3‑4)

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Psa. 105:2• ²Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of 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.
⁴⁶I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed. (Psa. 119:13,46)

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Prov. 10:21• ²¹The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. (Prov. 10:21)

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Prov. 15:4,7• ⁴A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
⁷The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so. (Prov. 15:4,7)

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Prov. 16:21‑24• ²¹The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
²²Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
²³The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
²⁴Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. (Prov. 16:21‑24)

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

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Prov. 25:11‑12• ¹¹A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
¹²As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient 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 will swallow up himself. (Eccl. 10:12)

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Mal. 3:16‑18• ¹⁶Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
¹⁷And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
¹⁸Then shall ye 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• ³⁴O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
³⁵A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. (Matt. 12:34‑35)

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Luke 4:22• ²²And 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? (Luke 4:22)

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Eph. 4:29• ²⁹Let 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. (Eph. 4:29)

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Lev. 2:13• ¹³And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: 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 therein. And they brought it to him.
²¹And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.
²²So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake. (2 Kings 2:20‑22)

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Matt. 5:13• ¹³Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. (Matt. 5:13)

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Mark 9:50• ⁵⁰Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with 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 conceit. (Prov. 26:4‑5)

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Luke 20:20‑40• ²⁰And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
²¹And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly:
²²Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no?
²³But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?
²⁴Show me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar's.
²⁵And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's.
²⁶And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
²⁷Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
²⁸Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
²⁹There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.
³⁰And the second took her to wife, and he died childless.
³¹And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died.
³²Last of all the woman died also.
³³Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife.
³⁴And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
³⁵But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
³⁶Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
³⁷Now that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
³⁸For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.
³⁹Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said.
⁴⁰And after that they durst not ask him any question at all. (Luke 20:20‑40)

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1 Peter 3:15• ¹⁵But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you 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.