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And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for… Matthew 6:7

And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.
Matthew 6:7 prayer thoughts
Gracious words are a honeycomb,
sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
Proverbs 16:24 gentleness soul food

Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name;
make known among the nations what he has done.
Psalm 105:1 evangelism worship praise
So is my word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
Isaiah 55:11 Word of God reliability fruitfulness
Fools find no pleasure in understanding
but delight in airing their own opinions.
Proverbs 18:2 wisdom selfishness
Save me, Lord,
from lying lips
and from deceitful tongues.
Psalm 120:2 redeemer soul lying
With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors,
but through knowledge the righteous escape.
Proverbs 11:9 righteousness wisdom gossip
May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart
be pleasing in your sight,
Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Psalm 19:14 prayer heart
The lips of fools bring them strife,
and their mouths invite a beating.
Proverbs 18:6 wisdom
All hard work brings a profit,
but mere talk leads only to poverty.
Proverbs 14:23 reliability encouragement poverty
If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
1 Corinthians 13:1 love angels
Anxiety weighs down the heart,
but a kind word cheers it up.
Proverbs 12:25 worrying heart
The lips of the righteous know what finds favor,
but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.
Proverbs 10:32 truth righteousness lying
Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from telling lies.
Psalm 34:13 evil truth lying
And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Colossians 3:17 gratitude following work
Keep your mouth free of perversity;
keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
Proverbs 4:24 truth lying
It is to one’s honor to avoid strife,
but every fool is quick to quarrel.
Proverbs 20:3 peace anger
Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
Ephesians 5:11-12 sin idols fruitfulness
Before a word is on my tongue
you, Lord, know it completely.
Psalm 139:4 almighty understanding
The tongue of the righteous is choice silver,
but the heart of the wicked is of little value.
Proverbs 10:20 valuable righteousness
When I kept silent,
my bones wasted away
through my groaning all day long.
Psalm 32:3 sin confession sickness
Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips
and spreads slander is a fool.
Proverbs 10:18 gossip lying
Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.
James 1:26
Speak up and judge fairly;
defend the rights of the poor and needy.
Proverbs 31:9 righteousness giving widows
For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.
Romans 10:10 faith salvation acknowledging

Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done.”