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¹⁵And the eloquence of my mouth will be so as to please, along with the meditation of my heart, in your sight, forever, O Lord, my helper and my redeemer.

⁸But now you must set aside all these things: anger, indignation, malice, blasphemy, and indecent speech from your mouth.

¹⁷Let everything whatsoever that you do, whether in word or in deed, be done all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

³¹Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever else you may do, do everything for the glory of God.

³But let not any kind of fornication, or impurity, or rapacity so much as be named among you, just as is worthy of the saints, ⁴nor any indecent, or foolish, or abusive talk, for this is without purpose; but instead, give thanks. ⁵For know and understand this: no one who is a fornicator, or lustful, or rapacious (for these are a kind of service to idols) holds an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

⁷You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. For the Lord will not hold harmless one who takes the name of the Lord his God falsely.

²³Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue guards his soul from anguish.

⁹Therefore, you shall pray in this way: Our Father, who is in heaven: May your name be kept holy.

²¹Death and life are in the power of the tongue. Whoever values it shall eat from its fruits.

³⁶But I say to you, that for every idle word which men will have spoken, they shall render an account in the day of judgment.

²⁴Careful words are a honeycomb: sweet to the soul and healthful to the bones.

¹The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, in order to make known to his servants the things that must soon occur, and which he signified by sending his Angel to his servant John;

²⁹Let no evil words proceed from your mouth, but only what is good, toward the edification of faith, so as to bestow grace upon those who listen.