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Verse of the Day · The word dwelling richly

Colossians 3:16 (KJV)

“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.”

Colossians 3:16 · King James Version

Colossians 3:16 is verse of the day number 134 of 366 on Lampfold, under the theme “The word dwelling richly”. It comes from Colossians 3, and 10 other passages connected to it are listed below.

Colossians 3:16 in other translations

  • Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

    Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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

    American Standard Version (ASV)

Colossians 3:16 in context

Colossians 3:13–19 (KJV). The verse of the day is highlighted.

13Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

14And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

15And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

16Let 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.

17And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

18Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

19Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

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Cross-references for Colossians 3:16

Passages most often linked to Colossians 3:16, strongest connections first.

  • Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

  • Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

  • If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

  • So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

  • Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.

  • Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.

  • For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

  • And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. …

  • That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:

  • Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

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Scripture text: King James Version, Berean Standard Bible and American Standard Version (public domain).