"Let your speech {be} alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man." — Colossians 4:6

Colossians 4:6 · KJV

“Let your speech {be} alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.”

— Colossians 4:6

Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.

All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, {who is} a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord:

Colossians 4 — Context

That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.

Let your speech {be} alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, {who is} a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord:

Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts;

Cross References

Ephesians 4:29

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. {to...: or, to edify profitably}

1 Peter 3:15

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and {be} ready always to {give} an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: {fear: or, reverence}

Ecclesiastes 10:12

The words of a wise man's mouth {are} gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. {gracious: Heb. grace}

Mark 9:50

Salt {is} good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.

Proverbs 15:4

A wholesome tongue {is} a tree of life: but perverseness therein {is} a breach in the spirit. {A wholesome...: Heb. The healing of the tongue}

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish {doeth} not so.

Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

Proverbs 22:17-18

Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.