'Speaking' in the Bible

Burn a thank offering of bread made with yeast! Make a public display of your voluntary offerings! For you love to do this, you Israelites." The sovereign Lord is speaking!

"But surely I gave you no food to eat in any of your cities; you lacked food everywhere you live. Still you did not come back to me." The Lord is speaking!

People from two or three cities staggered into one city to get water, but remained thirsty. Still you did not come back to me." The Lord is speaking!

"I destroyed your crops with blight and disease. Locusts kept devouring your orchards, vineyards, fig trees, and olive trees. Still you did not come back to me." The Lord is speaking!

"I sent against you a plague like one of the Egyptian plagues. I killed your young men with the sword, along with the horses you had captured. I made the stench from the corpses rise up into your nostrils. Still you did not come back to me." The Lord is speaking!

"I overthrew some of you the way God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a burning stick snatched from the flames. Still you did not come back to me." The Lord is speaking!

The sovereign Lord confirms this oath by his very own life. The Lord, the God who commands armies, is speaking: "I despise Jacob's arrogance; I hate their fortresses. I will hand over to their enemies the city of Samaria and everything in it."

"Look! I am about to bring a nation against you, family of Israel." The Lord, the God who commands armies, is speaking. "They will oppress you all the way from Lebo-Hamath to the Stream of the Arabah."

The women singing in the temple will wail in that day." The sovereign Lord is speaking. "There will be many corpses littered everywhere! Be quiet!"

As a result they will conquer those left in Edom and all the nations subject to my rule." The Lord, who is about to do this, is speaking!

'Rise, go unto Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim unto it the proclamation that I am speaking unto thee;'

And speaking of evil, they practice it eagerly with both hands! Both leader and judge demand a bribe, the famous confess their perverted desires, and they scheme together.

And I say, 'What are these, my lord?' And the messenger who is speaking with me saith unto me, 'I -- I do shew thee what these are.'

The Lord replied with kind and comforting words to the angel who was speaking with me.

So the angel who was speaking with me said, “Proclaim: The Lord of Hosts says: I am extremely jealous for Jerusalem and Zion.

So I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these?”And he said to me, “These are the horns that scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”

Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him.

The angel who was speaking with me then returned and roused me as one awakened out of sleep.

Then I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?”

“Don’t you know what they are?” replied the angel who was speaking with me.I said, “No, my lord.”

Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and told me, “Look up and see what this is that is approaching.”

So I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “Where are they taking the basket?”

So I inquired of the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?”

speaking unto the priests who are at the house of Jehovah of Hosts, and unto the prophets, saying, 'Do I weep in the fifth month -- being separated -- as I have done these so many years?'

"This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "In the future, ten men speaking all the languages of the nations will grab hold of one Jewish person by the hem of his garment and say, "Let us go up to Jerusalem with you, because we heard that God is with you."'"

It will also come about that if any man would dare to prophesy, then his father and his mother who bore him will respond to him, "You will not live, because you are speaking lies in the name of the LORD.' Then his father and mother who bore him will stab him for prophesying.

Your words have been stout against me, saith Jehovah; but ye say, What have we been speaking against thee?

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

When evening came, people brought to him many who were possessed by demons. He drove out the spirits by speaking a command and healed everyone who was sick.

While he is speaking these things to them, lo, a ruler having come, was bowing to him, saying that 'My daughter just now died, but, having come, lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.'

because you are not speaking, but the Spirit of your Father is speaking through you.

Because of this I say to you, all sin and evil speaking shall be forgiven to men, but the evil speaking of the Spirit shall not be forgiven to men.

He was still speaking to the crowds when suddenly His mother and brothers were standing outside wanting to speak to Him.

All these things spake Jesus in similes to the multitudes, and without a simile he was not speaking to them,

for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die the death;

As a result, the crowd was amazed to see those who were unable to talk speaking, the crippled healed, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. So they praised the God of Israel.

How could you not understand that I was not speaking to you about bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"

While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said:This is My beloved Son.I take delight in Him.Listen to Him!

Then the disciples understood that he had been speaking to them about John the Baptist.

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they knew He was speaking about them.

Then went the Pharisees and held a council how they might ensnare him in speaking.

While He was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, suddenly arrived. A large mob, with swords and clubs, was with him from the chief priests and elders of the people.

Then the chief priest rent his garments, saying, -- 'He hath spoken evil; what need have we yet of witnesses? lo, now ye heard his evil speaking;

and those passing by were speaking evil of him, wagging their heads,

So many people gathered together that there was no more room, not even in the doorway, and He was speaking the message to them.

And He called them to Himself and began speaking to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?

With many other parables like these, Jesus kept speaking his message to them according to their ability to understand.

and without a simile he was not speaking to them, and by themselves, to his disciples he was expounding all.

While He was still speaking, people came from the synagogue leader’s house and said, “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher anymore?”

for Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die the death;

thefts, covetous desires, wickedness, deceit, arrogance, an evil eye, evil speaking, pride, foolishness;

They brought to him a deaf man who had difficulty speaking, and they asked him to place his hands on him.

and immediately were his ears opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he was speaking plain.

He was speaking about this matter quite openly.

And they send to him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, that they might catch him in speaking.

for David himself said speaking in the Holy Spirit, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand until I put thine enemies as footstool of thy feet.

So when they arrest you and hand you over, don’t worry beforehand what you will say. On the contrary, whatever is given to you in that hour—say it. For it isn’t you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

While He was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, suddenly arrived. With him was a mob, with swords and clubs, from the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders.

Ye heard the evil speaking, what appeareth to you?' and they all condemned him to be worthy of death,

And those passing by were speaking evil of him, shaking their heads, and saying, 'Ah, the thrower down of the sanctuary, and in three days the builder!

Let the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, so that we may see and believe and trust [in Him]!” Those who were crucified with Him were also insulting Him.

Then after speaking to them, the Lord Jesus was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

and his mouth was opened presently, and his tongue, and he was speaking, praising God.

and she, at that hour, having come in, was confessing, likewise, to the Lord, and was speaking concerning him, to all those looking for redemption in Jerusalem.

They were all speaking well of Him and were amazed by the gracious words that came from His mouth, yet they said, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”

and amazement came upon all, and they were speaking together, with one another, saying, 'What is this word, that with authority and power he doth command the unclean spirits, and they come forth?'

Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.

and they were filled with madness, and were speaking with one another what they might do to Jesus.

After he had finished speaking in the hearing of the people, he entered into Capernaum.

But some of the seed falls into good ground, and grows up and yields a return of a hundred for one." While thus speaking, He cried aloud and said, "Listen, every one who has ears to listen with!"

While He was still speaking, someone came from the synagogue leader’s house, saying, “Your daughter is dead. Don’t bother the Teacher anymore.”

and the multitudes having known did follow him, and having received them, he was speaking to them concerning the reign of God, and those having need of service he cured.

And lo, two men were speaking together with him, who were Moses and Elijah,

They appeared in glory and were speaking of His death, which He was about to accomplish in Jerusalem.

and as he was speaking these things, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them, and they feared in their entering into the cloud,

As He was speaking, a Pharisee asked Him to dine with him. So He went in and reclined at the table.

And in his speaking these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began fearfully to urge and to press him to speak about many things,

“I say to you, whoever declares openly and confesses Me before men [speaking freely of Me as his Lord], the Son of Man also will declare openly and confess him [as one of His own] before the angels of God.

And He began speaking a parable to the invited guests when He noticed how they had been picking out the places of honor at the table, saying to them,

After thus speaking, He journeyed onward, proceeding up to Jerusalem.

Now while some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and offerings, Jesus said,

While He was still speaking, suddenly a mob was there, and one of the Twelve named Judas was leading them. He came near Jesus to kiss Him,

But Peter said, “Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.

and many other things, speaking evilly, they spake in regard to him.

And one of the evil-doers who were hanged, was speaking evil of him, saying, 'If thou be the Christ, save thyself and us.'

And they said one to another, 'Was not our heart burning within us, as he was speaking to us in the way, and as he was opening up to us the Writings?'

and as they are speaking these things, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith to them, 'Peace -- to you;'

and the two disciples heard him speaking, and they followed Jesus.

But He was speaking about the sanctuary of His body.

“I am He,” Jesus told her, “the One speaking to you.”

And upon this came his disciples, and were wondering that with a woman he was speaking, no one, however, said, 'What seekest thou?' or 'Why speakest thou with her?'

and said to the woman -- 'No more because of thy speaking do we believe; for we ourselves have heard and known that this is truly the Saviour of the world -- the Christ.'

This made the Jews more determined than ever to kill Him, for not only was He breaking the Sabbath [from their viewpoint], but He was also calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh conveys no benefit [it is of no account]. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and life [providing eternal life].

Now he was speaking about Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, because this man was going to betray him, even though he was one of the Twelve.

no one, however, was speaking freely about him, through fear of the Jews.

If anyone wants to do His will, he will understand whether the teaching is from God or if I am speaking on My own.

'He who is speaking from himself his own glory doth seek, but he who is seeking the glory of him who sent him, this one is true, and unrighteousness is not in him;

Yet, look! He’s speaking publicly and they’re saying nothing to Him. Can it be true that the authorities know He is the Messiah?

But He was speaking of the [Holy] Spirit, whom those who believed in Him [as Savior] were to receive afterward. The Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified (raised to honor).