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Live wisely among those who are not believers, and make the most… Colossians 4:5-6

Live wisely among those who are not believers, and make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be gracious and attractive so that you will have the right response for everyone.
Colossians 4:5-6 gentleness wisdom speaking
If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Romans 10:9 faith speaking Jesus

Plans go wrong for lack of advice;
many advisers bring success.
Proverbs 15:22 speaking planning
And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words.
Romans 8:26 speaking Spirit prayer
But even as he spoke, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my dearly loved Son, who brings me great joy. Listen to him.”
Matthew 17:5 God joy Jesus
For the Scriptures say,
“If you want to enjoy life
and see many happy days,
keep your tongue from speaking evil
and your lips from telling lies.
Turn away from evil and do good.
Search for peace, and work to maintain it.”
1 Peter 3:10-11 love peace life
Kind words are like honey—
sweet to the soul and healthy for the body.
Proverbs 16:24 gentleness speaking soul
Give thanks to the Lord and proclaim his greatness.
Let the whole world know what he has done.
Psalm 105:1 speaking evangelism worship
If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
1 Corinthians 13:1 love speaking angels
It is the same with my word.
I send it out, and it always produces fruit.
It will accomplish all I want it to,
and it will prosper everywhere I send it.
Isaiah 55:11 Word of God speaking reliability
Fools have no interest in understanding;
they only want to air their own opinions.
Proverbs 18:2 speaking wisdom selfishness
May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be pleasing to you,
O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
Psalm 19:14 speaking prayer heart
Rescue me, O Lord, from liars
and from all deceitful people.
Psalm 120:2 speaking redeemer soul
With their words, the godless destroy their friends,
but knowledge will rescue the righteous.
Proverbs 11:9 righteousness speaking wisdom
Fools’ words get them into constant quarrels;
they are asking for a beating.
Proverbs 18:6 speaking wisdom
Worry weighs a person down;
an encouraging word cheers a person up.
Proverbs 12:25 speaking worrying heart
Work brings profit,
but mere talk leads to poverty!
Proverbs 14:23 reliability speaking encouragement
If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless.
James 1:26 speaking
And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father.
Colossians 3:17 speaking gratitude following
The lips of the godly speak helpful words,
but the mouth of the wicked speaks perverse words.
Proverbs 10:32 truth righteousness speaking
Jesus looked at them intently and said, “Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God everything is possible.”
Matthew 19:26 miracles salvation understanding
Avoiding a fight is a mark of honor;
only fools insist on quarreling.
Proverbs 20:3 speaking peace anger
Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness; instead, expose them.
It is shameful even to talk about the things that ungodly people do in secret.
Ephesians 5:11-12 sin speaking idols
Jesus looked at them intently and said, “Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But not with God. Everything is possible with God.”
Mark 10:27 miracles salvation Jesus
When I refused to confess my sin,
my body wasted away,
and I groaned all day long.
Psalm 32:3 sin confession speaking