Ephesians 5:4

Crude, foolish, and coarse talk is out of place for believers; thanksgiving should fill their speech instead. Grateful words replace corrupt ones.

Cross-references · 28

• Col 3:8But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
• Eph 4:29Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
• 1 Th 5:18Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
• Prov 15:2The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.
• Jas 3:4–8Consider ships as well. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot is inclined.
• Matt 12:34–37You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
• Eccl 10:13The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.
• Col 3:15–17Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, for to this you were called as members of one body. And be thankful.
• Mark 7:22greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.
• Heb 13:15Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
• Eph 5:19–20Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,
• 2 Pet 2:18With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.
• Ps 107:21–22Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
• Phil 4:6Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
• Jude 1:10These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.
• 2 Cor 9:15Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!
• Ps 92:1A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day. It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High,
• 2 Cor 1:11as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the favor shown us in answer to their prayers.
• Ps 33:1Rejoice in the LORD, O righteous ones; it is fitting for the upright to praise Him.
• Rom 1:28Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
• Jude 1:13They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
• Prov 12:23A shrewd man keeps his knowledge to himself, but a foolish heart proclaims its folly.
• 2 Pet 2:7and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless
• Dan 6:10Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.
• Eph 1:16I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,
• 1 Th 3:9How can we adequately thank God for you in return for our great joy over you in His presence?
• John 6:23However, some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.
• Phlm 1:8So although in Christ I am bold enough to order you to do what is proper,

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