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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
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
A fool does not delight in understanding,
But in revealing his own mind.
Proverbs 18:2 wisdom selfishness
Rescue my soul, Lord, from lying lips,
From a deceitful tongue.
Psalm 120:2 redeemer soul lying
With his mouth the godless person destroys his neighbor,
But through knowledge the righteous will be rescued.
Proverbs 11:9 righteousness wisdom gossip
A fool’s lips bring strife,
And his mouth invites beatings.
Proverbs 18:6 wisdom
Anxiety in a person’s heart weighs it down,
But a good word makes it glad.
Proverbs 12:25 worrying heart
In all labor there is profit,
But mere talk leads only to poverty.
Proverbs 14:23 reliability encouragement poverty
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
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
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
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
When I kept silent about my sin, my body 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 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
But make sure your statement is, ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no’; anything beyond these is of evil origin.
Matthew 5:37 reliability evil
Rid yourself of a deceitful mouth
And keep devious speech far from you.
Proverbs 4:24 truth lying
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
But as for you, proclaim the things which are fitting for sound doctrine.
Titus 2:1 evangelism learning
Open your mouth, judge righteously,
And defend the rights of the poor and needy.
Proverbs 31:9 righteousness giving widows
By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
And by the breath of His mouth all their lights.
Psalm 33:6 creation heaven