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When you are praying, do not heap up empty phrases as the… Matthew 6:7

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When you are praying, do not heap up empty phrases 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 like a honeycomb,
sweetness to the soul and health to the body.
Proverbs 16:24 gentleness soul food

O give thanks to the Lord, call on 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 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 to you,
O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
Psalm 19:14 prayer heart
A fool takes no pleasure in understanding,
but only in expressing personal opinion.
Proverbs 18:2 wisdom selfishness
Deliver me, O Lord,
from lying lips,
from a deceitful tongue.
Psalm 120:2 redeemer soul lying
With their mouths the godless would destroy their neighbors,
but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.
Proverbs 11:9 righteousness wisdom gossip
A fool's lips bring strife,
and a fool's mouth invites a flogging.
Proverbs 18:6 wisdom
Anxiety weighs down the human heart,
but a good word cheers it up.
Proverbs 12:25 worrying heart
In all toil there is profit,
but mere talk leads only to poverty.
Proverbs 14:23 reliability encouragement poverty
If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am 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 any think they are religious, and do not bridle their tongues but deceive their hearts, their religion is worthless.
James 1:26
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
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable,
but the mouth of the wicked what is perverse.
Proverbs 10:32 truth righteousness lying
Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is shameful even to mention what such people do secretly.
Ephesians 5:11-12 sin idols fruitfulness
When they bring you to trial and hand you over, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say; but say whatever is given you at that time, for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.
Mark 13:11 Spirit worrying Holy Spirit
Let your word be ‘Yes, Yes’ or ‘No, No’; anything more than this comes from the evil one.
Matthew 5:37 reliability evil
It is honorable to refrain from strife,
but every fool is quick to quarrel.
Proverbs 20:3 peace anger
While I kept silence, my body wasted away
through my groaning all day long.
Psalm 32:3 sin confession sickness
Put away from you crooked speech,
and put devious talk far from you.
Proverbs 4:24 truth lying
Even before a word is on my tongue,
O Lord, you know it completely.
Psalm 139:4 almighty understanding
By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
and all their host by the breath of his mouth.
Psalm 33:6 creation heaven
But as for you, teach what is consistent with sound doctrine.
Titus 2:1 evangelism learning