Idle Talk
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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 to the hearers.
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James 1:1-27
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
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Titus 1:15
To the pure all things are pure: but to them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
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1 John 4:1
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
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Matthew 7:12
Therefore all things whatever you would that men should do to you, do you even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
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Matthew 5:43-48
You have heard that it has been said, You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.
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Greek
3026. leros -- silly talk
... silly talk. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: leros Phonetic Spelling:
(lay'-ros) Short Definition: folly, nonsense, idle talk Definition: folly ...
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3150. mataiologia -- idle or foolish talk
... idle or foolish talk. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: mataiologia
Phonetic Spelling: (mat-ah-yol-og-ee'-ah) Short Definition: foolish talking ...
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4691. spermologos -- a seed picker, fig. one who picks up scraps ...
... idle babbler (1). babbler. From sperma and lego; a seed-picker (as the crow), ie
(figuratively) a sponger, loafer (specially, a gossip or trifler in talk) -- ...
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Strong's Hebrew
907. bad -- empty, idle talk
... 906, 907. bad. 908 . empty, idle talk. Transliteration: bad Phonetic
Spelling: (bad) Short Definition: boasts. Word Origin from ...
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Library

The Tenth Chapter: Avoiding Idle Talk
... BOOK ONE. THOUGHTS HELPFUL IN THE LIFE OF THE SOUL The Tenth Chapter: Avoiding
Idle Talk. SHUN the gossip of men as much as possible ...
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Being Swallowed up Therefore in the Miserable Gulf of Idle Talk ...
... THE THIRD CENTURY 14 Being swallowed up therefore in the miserable gulf of idle
talk and worthless vanities. Being swallowed up therefore ...
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The Empty Tomb. Ch. 24:1-12
... Mary the mother of James: and the other women with them told these things unto the
apostles.11 And these words appeared in their sight as idle talk; and they ...
/.../erdman/the gospel of luke an exposition/k the empty tomb ch.htm

Solitude, Silence, Submission
... I answer, first, if the burden of sin is pressing upon thee, be sure to abstain
from all idle talk; for if the idle talk of others, as I have reminded thee ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 42 1896/solitude silence submission.htm

Talkers and Talking
... The word "talk" is often used in a derogatory sense, and we hear such expressions
as "all talk," "empty talk," and "idle talk." But as everyone talks, we ...
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Secondly, for Thy Words.
... Avoid, therefore, all tedious and idle talk, from which seldom arises comfort, many
times repentance: especially beware of rash answers, when the tongue ...
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Absurdities of the Heretics as to their Own Origin: their Opinions ...
... speak, they shall give account on the day of judgment." [3088] For all teachers
of a like character to these, who fill men's ears with idle talk, shall, when ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter xix absurdities of the heretics.htm

The Appointment.
... when the angels remind the women of the promised appointment, and they with great
joy repeat the reminder to the disciples, it seems like "idle talk" and is ...
//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on johns gospel/the appointment.htm

One Lion Two Lions no Lion at All
... It is idle talk; you do not believe it yourself though you whine like a coward,
"I shall be slain in the streets." If you were half a man you would never fear ...
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The Third Wall.
... But as for their boasts of their authority, that no one must oppose it,
this is idle talk. No one in Christendom has any authority ...
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Resources
What does the Bible say about laziness? | GotQuestions.org

What does the Bible say about work ethic? What is a Christian work ethic? | GotQuestions.org

Summary of the Book of 2 Thessalonians - Bible Survey | GotQuestions.org

Idle: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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