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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
If any think they are religious, and do not bridle their tongues but deceive their hearts, their 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 mention what such people do secretly.
Ephesians 5:11-12 sin idols fruitfulness
While I kept silence, 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 perverse.
Proverbs 10:32 truth righteousness lying
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
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
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
Jesus answered them, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will be done.”
Matthew 21:21 faith miracles trust
For one believes with the heart and so is justified, and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved.
Romans 10:10 faith salvation acknowledging