4 Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.
Ephesians 5:4
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Colossians 3:7–9
7 When you lived among them, you also used to walk in these ways. 8 But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. 9 Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its prac…
2 Timothy 2:15–17
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Sirach 23:12–14
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Ephesians 5:19–21
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Colossians 4:5–7
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Romans 14:15–17
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James 3:9–11
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