Ephesians 4:29

Let no corrupt speech go out of your mouth, rather if there is any good word for edification of a need, so that it may give grace to those who hear.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

28Let the man who steals steal no more, but rather let him labor, working with his hands the good, so that he may have to give to him who has need.

30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in which ye are sealed for a day of redemption.

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Cross References

Psalms 5:9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their inward part is very wickedness. Their throat is an open sepulcher. With their tongue they deceive (LXX/NT).

Psalms 45:2Thou are fairer than the sons of men. Grace is poured into thy lips. Therefore God has blessed thee forever.

Psalms 71:17O God, thou have taught me from my youth, and I have declared thy wondrous works until now.

Psalms 73:7Their eyes stand out with fatness. They have more than heart could wish.

Proverbs 10:31The mouth of a righteous man brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut off.

Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise utters knowledge rightly, but the mouth of fools pours out folly.

Matthew Henry on Ephesians 4:18-32

Exhortation to Purity and Holiness; Cautions against Sin; Against Grieving the Spirit. ( a. d. 61.) 17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, 18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: 19 Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. 20 But ye have not… Read the whole commentary →

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