Ephesians 5:4

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Nor should there be filthiness, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are not fitting, but rather thanksgiving.

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  • Eph 4:29 : 29 No foul language should come from your mouth, but only what is good for building up someone in need, so that it gives grace to those who hear.
  • Col 3:8 : 8 But now you must put away all these: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth.
  • Jas 3:4-8 : 4 Look also at the ships: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires. 5 In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it boasts of great things. Consider how a small fire sets a great forest ablaze. 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting the entire course of life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. 7 Every kind of animal, bird, reptile, and sea creature is tamed and has been tamed by mankind, 8 but no one can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
  • 2 Pet 2:18 : 18 For they utter arrogant, empty words and entice those who are barely escaping from others living in error, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh and by debauchery.
  • Heb 13:15 : 15 Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
  • Phil 4:6 : 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
  • 2 Cor 1:11 : 11 as you join in helping us through your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many.
  • 2 Cor 9:15 : 15 Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!
  • Ps 92:1 : 1 A psalm, a song for the Sabbath day.
  • Ps 107:21-22 : 21 Let them give thanks to the LORD for His steadfast love and His wonderful deeds for mankind. 22 Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and tell of His works with shouts of joy.
  • Prov 15:2 : 2 The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouth of fools gushes folly.
  • Eccl 10:13 : 13 The beginning of a fool's speech is foolishness, and the end of it is evil madness.
  • Matt 12:34-37 : 34 You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 The good person brings out good things from the good treasure of his heart, and the evil person brings out evil things from his evil treasure. 36 I tell you, on the Day of Judgment, people will give an account for every idle word they speak. 37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.
  • Mark 7:22 : 22 adulteries, greed, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.
  • John 6:23 : 23 (Other small boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.)
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
  • Eph 5:19-20 : 19 Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, 20 giving thanks always for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
  • Ps 33:1 : 1 Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous ones! Praise is fitting for the upright.
  • Col 3:15-17 : 15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which you were also called in one body. And be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell richly among you, teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. 17 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.
  • Jude 1:10 : 10 These people speak abusively about what they do not understand, and what they do understand by instinct—like unreasoning animals—these are the very things that destroy them.
  • 2 Pet 2:7 : 7 and if He rescued righteous Lot, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless,
  • 1 Thess 5:18 : 18 Give thanks in everything, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
  • Phlm 1:8 : 8 For this reason, although I have great boldness in Christ to command you to do what is right,
  • Jude 1:13 : 13 They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
  • 1 Thess 3:9 : 9 For what thanks can we render to God for you in return for all the joy with which we rejoice because of you before our God.
  • Dan 6:10 : 10 So King Darius signed the written decree and the edict.
  • Prov 12:23 : 23 A prudent person conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims folly.

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  • Eph 5:3
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    3But sexual immorality, all impurity, or greed must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper for saints.

  • Eph 5:5-7
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    5For you know this with certainty, that no sexually immoral, impure, or greedy person—who is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

    6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience.

    7Therefore, do not be partners with them.

  • 1 Thess 4:3-5
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    3For this is God’s will: your sanctification—that you abstain from sexual immorality.

    4That each of you knows how to control his own body in holiness and honor,

    5not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God.

  • Eph 4:27-29
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    27and do not give the devil an opportunity.

    28The one who steals must steal no longer; instead, he must labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.

    29No foul language should come from your mouth, but only what is good for building up someone in need, so that it gives grace to those who hear.

  • 1 Pet 4:3-4
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    3For you have already spent enough time in the past doing what the Gentiles choose to do, living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.

    4They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you.

  • Eph 5:17-20
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    17Because of this, do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

    18And do not get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless living, but be filled with the Spirit.

    19Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; sing and make music in your heart to the Lord,

    20giving thanks always for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

  • 1 Thess 5:17-18
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    17Pray without ceasing.

    18Give thanks in everything, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

  • 1 Tim 4:3-5
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    3They will forbid marriage and require abstinence from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

    4For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.

    5It is sanctified by the word of God and by prayer.

  • Col 3:5-8
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    5Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.

    6Because of these things, the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience.

    7You also once walked in these ways, when you were living in them.

    8But now you must put away all these: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth.

  • 1 Thess 4:7
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    7For God has not called us to impurity but to live in holiness.

  • Eph 4:19
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    19They have become callous and have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.

  • Eph 4:17
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    17Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their minds.

  • Col 3:17
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    17And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

  • Eph 5:10-12
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    10Prove what is well-pleasing to the Lord.

    11Do not participate in the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.

    12For it is shameful even to speak of what they do in secret.

  • Eph 4:31
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    31Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, shouting, and slander be removed from you, along with all malice.

  • 1 Cor 14:17
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    17You may be giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not built up.

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    2Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.

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    9I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.

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    30If I partake with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of what I give thanks for?

  • Gal 5:19
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    19Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, debauchery,

  • 1 Cor 6:9-10
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    9Don't you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who practice homosexuality,

    10nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

  • Phil 4:6
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    6Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

  • Col 3:15
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    15Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which you were also called in one body. And be thankful.

  • 2 Cor 6:3
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    3We give no cause for offense in anything, so that the ministry will not be discredited.

  • 1 Thess 2:3
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    3For our appeal does not come from error, impurity, or deception.

  • Titus 2:8
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    8Let your speech be sound and beyond reproach, so that any opponent may be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us.

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    16I never stop giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,

  • 2 Tim 2:16
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    16Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly.

  • Rom 1:24
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    24Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them.

  • 1 Tim 1:4
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    4nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship of God that is by faith.