Ephesians 4:29

Never let any foul word pass your lips, but only such good words as the occasion demands, so that they may be a help to those who hear them.

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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 person who steals steal no longer, but rather they should toil with their hands at honest work, so that they may have something to share with anyone in need.

30And do not grieve God’s Holy Spirit; for it was through that Spirit that God sealed you as his, against the day of redemption.

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Cross References

Psalms 5:9For their mouth is a stranger to truth, their heart is a pit of destruction. Their throat is a wide open grave, their tongue the smooth tongue of the hypocrite.

Psalms 45:2Your beauty is more than mortal, grace is shed over your lips: therefore God has blessed you forever.

Psalms 71:17You have taught me, O God, from my youth, and till now have I told of your wonders.

Psalms 73:7their eyes stand out with fatness, their heart swells with riotous fancies.

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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