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And when you are praying, do not use thoughtless repetition as the… Matthew 6:7

And when you are praying, do not use thoughtless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard because of their many words.
Matthew 6:7 prayer thoughts
Pleasant words are a honeycomb,
Sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
Proverbs 16:24 gentleness soul food

Give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name;
Make His deeds known among the peoples.
Psalm 105:1 evangelism worship praise
So will My word be which goes out of My mouth;
It will not return to Me empty,
Without accomplishing what I desire,
And without succeeding in the purpose for which I sent it.
Isaiah 55:11 Word of God reliability fruitfulness
A fool does not delight in understanding,
But in revealing his own mind.
Proverbs 18:2 wisdom selfishness
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in Your sight,
Lord, my rock and my Redeemer.
Psalm 19:14 prayer heart
Rescue my soul, Lord, from lying lips,
From a deceitful tongue.
Psalm 120:2 redeemer soul lying
A fool’s lips bring strife,
And his mouth invites beatings.
Proverbs 18:6 wisdom
With his mouth the godless person destroys his neighbor,
But through knowledge the righteous will be rescued.
Proverbs 11:9 righteousness wisdom gossip
In all labor there is profit,
But mere talk leads only to poverty.
Proverbs 14:23 reliability encouragement poverty
Anxiety in a person’s heart weighs it down,
But a good word makes it glad.
Proverbs 12:25 worrying heart
If I speak with the tongues of mankind and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
1 Corinthians 13:1 love angels
Keep your tongue from evil
And your lips from speaking deceit.
Psalm 34:13 evil truth lying
If anyone thinks himself to be religious, yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this person’s religion is worthless.
James 1:26
Whatever you do in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.
Colossians 3:17 gratitude following work
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable,
But the mouth of the wicked, what is perverted.
Proverbs 10:32 truth righteousness lying
Avoiding strife is an honor for a person,
But any fool will quarrel.
Proverbs 20:3 peace anger
And when they arrest you and hand you over, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say, but say whatever is given you at that time; for you are not the ones speaking, but it is the Holy Spirit.
Mark 13:11 Spirit worrying Holy Spirit
When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away
Through my groaning all day long.
Psalm 32:3 sin confession sickness
Do not participate in the useless deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them; for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret.
Ephesians 5:11-12 sin idols fruitfulness
Even before there is a word on my tongue,
Behold, Lord, You know it all.
Psalm 139:4 almighty understanding
Rid yourself of a deceitful mouth
And keep devious speech far from you.
Proverbs 4:24 truth lying
And Jesus answered and said to them, “Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it will happen.”
Matthew 21:21 faith miracles trust
Open your mouth, judge righteously,
And defend the rights of the poor and needy.
Proverbs 31:9 righteousness giving widows
Excellent speech is not fitting for a fool,
Much less are lying lips to a prince.
Proverbs 17:7 wisdom lying