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Col 4:6 — Let your speech [be] alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

your		Col 3:16; Deu 6:6,7; Deu 11:19; 1Ch 16:24; Psa 37:30,31; Psa 40:9,10; Psa 45:2; Psa 66:16; Psa 71:15-18,23,24; Psa 78:3,4; Psa 105:2; Psa 119:13,46; Pro 10:21; Pro 15:4,7; Pro 16:21-24; Pro 22:17,18; Pro 25:11,12; Ecc 10:12; Mal 3:16-18; Mat 12:34,35; Luk 4:22; Eph 4:29
seasoned		Lev 2:13; 2Ki 2:20-22; Mat 5:13; Mar 9:50
how		Pro 26:4,5; Luk 20:20-40; 1Pe 3:15

Correlating Passages

your

	Col 3:16	Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
	Deu 6:6	And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
	Deu 6:7	And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
	Deu 11:19	And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
	1Ch 16:24	Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among all nations.
	Psa 37:30	The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
	Psa 37:31	The law of his God [is] in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
	Psa 40:9	I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
	Psa 40:10	I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
	Psa 45:2	Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
	Psa 66:16	Come [and] hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
	Psa 71:15	My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness [and] thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers [thereof].
	Psa 71:16	I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, [even] of thine only.
	Psa 71:17	O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
	Psa 71:18	Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto [this] generation, [and] thy power to every one [that] is to come.
	Psa 71:23	My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
	Psa 71:24	My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
	Psa 78:3	Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
	Psa 78:4	We will not hide [them] from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
	Psa 105:2	Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.
	Psa 119:13	With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
	Psa 119:46	I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
	Pro 10:21	The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
	Pro 15:4	A wholesome tongue [is] a tree of life: but perverseness therein [is] a breach in the spirit.
	Pro 15:7	The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish [doeth] not so.
	Pro 16:21	The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
	Pro 16:22	Understanding [is] a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools [is] folly.
	Pro 16:23	The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
	Pro 16:24	Pleasant words [are as] an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
	Pro 22:17	Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
	Pro 22:18	For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
	Pro 25:11	A word fitly spoken [is like] apples of gold in pictures of silver.
	Pro 25:12	[As] an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, [so is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
	Ecc 10:12	The words of a wise man's mouth [are] gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
	Mal 3:16	Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard [it], and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
	Mal 3:17	And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
	Mal 3:18	Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
	Mat 12:34	O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
	Mat 12:35	A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
	Luk 4:22	And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?
	Eph 4:29	Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

seasoned

	Lev 2:13	And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.
	2Ki 2:20	And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought [it] to him.
	2Ki 2:21	And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren [land].
	2Ki 2:22	So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake.
	Mat 5:13	Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
	Mar 9:50	Salt [is] good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.

how

	Pro 26:4	Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
	Pro 26:5	Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
	Luk 20:20	And they watched [him], and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
	Luk 20:21	And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person [of any], but teachest the way of God truly:
	Luk 20:22	Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no?
	Luk 20:23	But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?
	Luk 20:24	Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar's.
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	1Pe 3:15	But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and [be] ready always to [give] an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

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Scott, Thomas. "Colossians 4:6," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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