25 Bible Verses About Conversation (ESV)

29 Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

6 Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.

15 but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct,

17 I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them.

3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

3 If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness, 4 he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions, 5 and constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.

23   The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me;
    to one who orders his way rightly
    I will show the salvation of God!”

1:1 The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all who know the truth,

16 since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

13 Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.

20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

15 Do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.

27 Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel,

3   “Do two walk together,
    unless they have agreed to meet?

11 Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.

22 to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires,

5 Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

16 having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.

8 But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.

12 Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

2 May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

3 His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, 4 by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.

16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

13 For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it.

3:1 Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives,