61 Bible Verses about Speech
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My Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.
Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.
Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
For they that are such serve not our Lord Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and fair speech they beguile the hearts of the innocent.
So also ye, unless ye utter by the tongue speech easy to understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye will be speaking into the air.
And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.
that in everything ye were enriched in him, in all utterance and all knowledge;
Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.
There is no speech nor language; Their voice is not heard.
For in many things we all stumble. If any stumbleth not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.
Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.
For then will I turn to the peoples of a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of Jehovah, to serve him with one consent.
And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.
He that loveth pureness of heart, For the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.
but now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth:
in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity.
for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to withstand or to gainsay.
But let your speech be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: and whatsoever is more than these is of the evil one .
And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
But as ye abound in everything, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all earnestness, and in your love to us,'see that ye abound in this grace also.
And Moses said before Jehovah, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?
These things have I spoken unto you in dark sayings: the hour cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in dark sayings, but shall tell you plainly of the Father.
But though I be rude in speech, yet am I not in knowledge; nay, in every way have we made this manifest unto you in all things.
O Jehovah, I have heard the report of thee, and am afraid: O Jehovah, revive thy work in the midst of the years; In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy.
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue; For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and he was mighty in his words and works.
This I say, that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.
with him will I speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in dark speeches; and the form of Jehovah shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?
I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God: Incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not in wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made void.
For, His letters, they say, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.
Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying on your behalf: I am filled with comfort, I overflow with joy in all our affliction.
For a dream cometh with a multitude of business, and a fool's voice with a multitude of words.
His disciples say, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no dark saying.
Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that is was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?
And Moses said unto Jehovah, Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
And after a little while they that stood by came and said to Peter, Of a truth thou also art one of them; for thy speech maketh thee known.
Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust; and thy voice shall be as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.
Then answered one of the young men, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is skilful in playing, and a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and prudent in speech, and a comely person; and Jehovah is with him.
With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.
and their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews language, but according to the language of each people.
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Language » Called » Speech
But he again denied it. And after a little while again they that stood by said to Peter, of a truth thou art one of them; for thou art a Galilaean.
And when the multitude saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.
Rab-shakeh (rabshakeh) » Sent by » Sennacherib » Speech » Surrender of » Jeruslaem
It may be Jehovah thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.
So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army unto Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field. And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebnah the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder. And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? read more.
Thou sayest (but they are but vain words), There is counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou hast rebelled against me? Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him. But if ye say unto me, We trust in Jehovah our God; is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem? Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. How then canst thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? Am I now come up without Jehovah against this place to destroy it? Jehovah said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it. Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not with us in the Jews language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall. But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not'sent me to the men that sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you? Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews language, and spake, saying, Hear ye the word of the great king, the king of Assyria. Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you out of his hand: neither let Hezekiah make you trust in Jehovah, saying, Jehovah will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make your peace with me, and come out to me; and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig-tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern; Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive-trees and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, Jehovah will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah? have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand? But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
Speech » Evil, general references to
Their throat is an open sepulchre; With their tongues they have used deceit: The poison of asps is under their lips:
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise and to do good.
And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness; Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.
Speech » Admonitions concerning
Hold the pattern of sound words which thou hast heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
He that spareth his words hath knowledge; And he that is of a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
But let your speech be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: and whatsoever is more than these is of the evil one .
Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.
Speech » Plainness of
Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them that showed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers;
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Uprightness » Should be in » Speech
He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking a bribe, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil:
Topics on Speech
Beware Of Your Speech
James 3:5So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!
Curbing Speech
Job 13:13Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak; And let come on me what will.
Figures Of Speech
Galatians 4:24Which things contain an allegory: for these women are two covenants; one from mount Sinai, bearing children unto bondage, which is Hagar.
Let Your Speech Be Good
Ephesians 4:29Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.
Powers Of Speech
Proverbs 18:21Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Speech Impediments
Exodus 4:10And Moses said unto Jehovah, Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
Speech, Divine
Hebrews 1:1-2God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners,
Speech, Negative Aspects Of
Matthew 12:33-35Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit.
Speech, Positive Aspects Of
Psalm 19:14Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in thy sight, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer.
Speech, Power And Significance Of
Proverbs 18:21Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
