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And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the… Matthew 6:7

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And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.
Matthew 6:7 prayer thoughts
Gracious words are like a honeycomb,
sweetness to the soul and health to the body.
Proverbs 16:24 gentleness soul food

Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name;
make known his deeds among the peoples!
Psalm 105:1 evangelism worship praise
So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;
it shall not return to me empty,
but it shall accomplish that which I purpose,
and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
Isaiah 55:11 Word of God reliability fruitfulness
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in your sight,
O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
Psalm 19:14 prayer heart
A fool takes no pleasure in understanding,
but only in expressing his opinion.
Proverbs 18:2 wisdom selfishness
Deliver me, O Lord,
from lying lips,
from a deceitful tongue.
Psalm 120:2 redeemer soul lying
With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor,
but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.
Proverbs 11:9 righteousness wisdom gossip
A fool's lips walk into a fight,
and his mouth invites a beating.
Proverbs 18:6 wisdom
Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down,
but a good word makes him glad.
Proverbs 12:25 worrying heart
In all toil there is profit,
but mere talk tends only to poverty.
Proverbs 14:23 reliability encouragement poverty
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
1 Corinthians 13:1 love angels
If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.
James 1:26
Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from speaking deceit.
Psalm 34:13 evil truth lying
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.
Colossians 3:17 gratitude following work
Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret.
Ephesians 5:11-12 sin idols fruitfulness
For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away
through my groaning all day long.
Psalm 32:3 sin confession sickness
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable,
but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse.
Proverbs 10:32 truth righteousness lying
Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.
Matthew 5:37 reliability evil
And when they bring you to trial and deliver you over, do not be anxious beforehand what you are to say, but say whatever is given you in that hour, for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.
Mark 13:11 Spirit worrying Holy Spirit
Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.
Psalm 139:4 almighty understanding
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife,
but every fool will be quarreling.
Proverbs 20:3 peace anger
Put away from you crooked speech,
and put devious talk far from you.
Proverbs 4:24 truth lying
For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.
Romans 10:10 faith salvation acknowledging
But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine.
Titus 2:1 evangelism learning