Communication Verses

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Ephesians 4:29 NKJV

29 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.

1 Corinthians 14:33 NKJV

33 For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.

Proverbs 10:32 NKJV

32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, But the mouth of the wicked what is perverse.

Genesis 37:3–4 NKJV

3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age. Also he made him a tunic of many colors. 4 But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peaceably to him.

Proverbs 18:2 NKJV

2 A fool has no delight in understanding, But in expressing his own heart.

Matthew 6:16 NKJV

16 “Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.

Mark 12:13–15 NKJV

13 Then they sent to Him some of the Pharisees and the Herodians, to catch Him in His words. 14 When they had come, they said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are true, and care about no one; for You do not regard the person of men, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? 15 Shall we pay, or shall we not pay?” But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why do you test Me? Bring Me a denarius that I may see it.”

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Galatians 5:15 NKJV

15 But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!

Job 19:2 NKJV

2 “How long will you torment my soul, And break me in pieces with words?

Proverbs 18:6 NKJV

6 A fool’s lips enter into contention, And his mouth calls for blows.

Proverbs 18:21 NKJV

21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.

Proverbs 21:4 NKJV

4 A haughty look, a proud heart, And the plowing of the wicked are sin.

Ephesians 6:12 NKJV

12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

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Proverbs 12:18 NKJV

18 There is one who speaks like the piercings of a sword, But the tongue of the wise promotes health.

Proverbs 16:27 NKJV

27 An ungodly man digs up evil, And it is on his lips like a burning fire.

Proverbs 18:13 NKJV

13 He who answers a matter before he hears it, It is folly and shame to him.

Colossians 3:8 NKJV

8 But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.

Ephesians 4:15 NKJV

15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ—

Proverbs 8:34 NKJV

34 Blessed is the man who listens to me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.

Psalm 19:14 NKJV

14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.

Proverbs 10:20 NKJV

20 The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; The heart of the wicked is worth little.

Proverbs 15:1 NKJV

1 A soft answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 15:28 NKJV

28 The heart of the righteous studies how to answer, But the mouth of the wicked pours forth evil.

Proverbs 16:21–24 NKJV

21 The wise in heart will be called prudent, And sweetness of the lips increases learning. 22 Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it. But the correction of fools is folly. 23 The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, And adds learning to his lips. 24 Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones.

Matthew 5:37 NKJV

37 But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.

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Colossians 3:16 NKJV

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.

Proverbs 19:20 NKJV

20 Listen to counsel and receive instruction, That you may be wise in your latter days.

Proverbs 15:28 NKJV

28 The heart of the righteous studies how to answer, But the mouth of the wicked pours forth evil.

Ephesians 4:26 NKJV

26 “Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath,

Colossians 4:6 NKJV

6 Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

Proverbs 17:14 NKJV

14 The beginning of strife is like releasing water; Therefore stop contention before a quarrel starts.

Proverbs 14:29 NKJV

29 He who is slow to wrath has great understanding, But he who is impulsive exalts folly.

James 5:16 NKJV

16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

Colossians 3:13 NKJV

13 bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do.

Proverbs 27:15 NKJV

15 A continual dripping on a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike;

1 Thessalonians 5:11 NKJV

11 Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.

1 Peter 3:9 NKJV

9 not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.

Philippians 3:15–16 NKJV

15 Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you. 16 Nevertheless, to the degree that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us be of the same mind.

Philippians 2:4 NKJV

4 Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.

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James 1:19 NKJV

19 So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;

Ephesians 4:17–32 NKJV

17 This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, 18 having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart; 19 who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. 20 But you have not so learned Christ, 21 if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: 22 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, 23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness. 25 Therefore, putting away lying, “Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another. 26 “Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, 27 nor give place to the devil. 28 Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need. 29 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. 32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.