'Talk' in the Bible

My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

Their thoughts are deep with evil designs; their talk from their seats of power is of cruel acts.

They choose to speak against heaven; while they talk about things on earth.

If I say, "I will talk like this," I would betray a generation of your children.

I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.

Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.

Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and talk about his works with shouts of joy.

Princes also did sit and talk together against me: thy servant doth meditate in thy statutes.

Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.

May those who surround me discover that the trouble they talk about falls on their own head!

They will talk about the fame of your great kindness, and sing about your justice.

They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;

It will rescue you from a forbidden woman,from a stranger with her flattering talk,

Don’t let your mouth speak dishonestly,and don’t let your lips talk deviously.

When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

She will keep you from a forbidden woman,a stranger with her flattering talk.

She seduces him with her persistent pleading;she lures with her flattering talk.

The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.

Transgression is at work where people talk too much, but anyone who holds his tongue is prudent.

There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.

The fool's talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.

In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

A wicked person listens to malicious talk;a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

The power of the tongue is life and death those who love to talk will eat what it produces.

For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

Have a talk with your neighbour himself about your cause, but do not give away the secret of another:

Without wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no secret talk, argument is ended.

Whoever shares with a thief is his own enemy; he hears the oath to testify, but does not talk.

A time for undoing and a time for stitching; a time for keeping quiet and a time for talk;

Don't be impulsive with your mouth nor be in a hurry to talk in God's presence. Since God is in heaven and you're on earth, keep your speech short.

Because much talk comes from dreams and things of no purpose. But let the fear of God be in you.

The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

Do not curse the king, even in your thoughts. Do not curse the rich, even in your bedroom. For a bird will fly by and tell what you say, or something with wings may talk about it.

Take counsel together, but it will all be for nothing; go ahead and talk, but it will all be for nothing, for God is with us."

No, but with broken talk, and with a strange tongue, he will give his word to this people:

Your claim to have a strategy and military strength is just empty talk. In whom are you trusting, that you would dare to rebel against me?

Don't let Hezekiah talk you into trusting in the Lord by saying, "The Lord will certainly rescue us; this city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria."

Then you'll call, and the LORD will answer; you'll cry for help, and he'll respond, "Here I am.' "If you do away with the yoke among you, and pointing fingers and malicious talk;

Who sit among the graves [trying to conjure up evil spirits] and spend the night in the secret places [where spirits are thought to dwell];Who eat swine’s flesh,And their pots hold the broth of unclean meat;

In those days, your population will greatly increase in the land. At that time," says the Lord, "people will no longer talk about having the ark that contains the Lord's covenant with us. They will not call it to mind, remember it, or miss it. No, that will not be done any more!

I will go to the great men and have talk with them; for they have knowledge of the way of the Lord and of the behaviour desired by their God. But as for these, their one purpose is a broken yoke and burst bands.

Such idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field. They cannot talk. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them because they cannot hurt you. And they do not have any power to help you."

Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

You plant them like trees and they put down their roots. They grow prosperous and are very fruitful. They always talk about you, but they really care nothing about you.

I will give them up to be a cause of fear and of trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth; to be a name of shame and common talk and a cutting word and a curse in all the places wherever I will send them wandering.

And Zedekiah, king of Judah, will not get away from the hands of the Chaldaeans, but will certainly be given up into the hands of the king of Babylon, and will have talk with him, mouth to mouth, and see him, eye to eye.

And you will not get away from him, but will certainly be taken and given up into his hands; and you will see the king of Babylon, eye to eye, and he will have talk with you, mouth to mouth, and you will go to Babylon.

Go into the house of the Rechabites, and have talk with them, and take them into the house of the Lord, into one of the rooms, and give them wine.

"Son of Man," the LORD said, "get up on your feet. I want to talk to you."

Then he told me, "Son of Man, eat! Eat what you see this scroll and then go talk to the house of Israel."

For you are not sent to a people whose talk is strange and whose language is hard, but to the children of Israel;

Not to a number of peoples whose talk is strange and whose language is hard and whose words are not clear to you. Truly, if I sent you to them they would give ear to you.

And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee.

Then the spirit came into me and put me on my feet; and he had talk with me and said to me, Go and keep yourself shut up inside your house.

And I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you cannot talk and you cannot be a man who rebukes the people, for they are a rebellious house.

But when I have talk with you I will make your mouth open, and you are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: Let the hearer give ear; and as for him who will not, let him keep his ears shut: for they are an uncontrolled people.

"Why do you cite this proverb when you talk about Israel's land: "The fathers eat sour grapes but it's their children's teeth that have become numb.'

On that day your mouth will be opened to talk with him; you will speak and no longer be mute. So you will be a sign for them, and they will know that I am Yahweh.’”

"Now as for you, Son of Man, your nation's children keep gathering together to talk about you beside the walls and at the doorway to their houses. Everyone tells one another, "Please come! Let's go hear what the LORD has to say!'

They come to you in crowds, and they sit in front of you as my people. They hear your words, but do not obey them. For they talk lustfully, and their heart is set on their own advantage.

therefore prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “For good reason they have made you desolate and crushed you from every side, that you would become a possession of the rest of the nations and you have been taken up in the talk and the whispering of the people.”’”

And the king had talk with them; and among them all there was no one like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; so they were given places before the king.

For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.

Concerning it to your sons talk ye, And your sons to their sons, And their sons to another generation.

“Because just as you [Edom] drank on My holy mountain [desecrating it in the revelry of the destroyers],So shall all the nations drink continually [one by one, of My wrath];Yes, they shall drink and swallow [the full measure of punishment]And become as though they had never existed.

I will stand at my guard postAnd station myself on the tower;And I will keep watch to see what He will say to me,And what answer I will give [as His spokesman] when I am reproved.

"Talk to everyone in the land, as well as to the priests. Ask them, "When you were fasting and mourning during the fifth and seventh months for the past seventy years, were you really fasting for me?

Truly the family idols talk nonsense and the diviners discern lies, describing delusional dreams. Since their comfort is vacuous, they wander off on their own like sheep, because there is no shepherd.

Then those in whom was the fear of the Lord had talk together: and the Lord gave ear, and it was recorded in a book to be kept in mind before him, for those who had the fear of the Lord and gave thought to his name.

As the men were going out, a man who couldn't talk because he was demon-possessed was brought to him.

Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and unable to talk was brought to him. Jesus healed him so that the man could speak and see.

While he was still talking to the people, his mother and his brothers came, desiring to have talk with him.

And one said to him, See, your mother and your brothers are outside, desiring to have talk with you.

Large crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, those unable to talk, and many others. They placed them at his feet, and he healed them.

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.

Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.

And news will come to you of wars and talk of wars: do not be troubled, for these things have to be; but it is still not the end.

A little later the bystanders came up and said to Peter, “Surely you too are one of them; for even the way you talk gives you away.”

And Jesus healed many who were suffering with various diseases; and He drove out many demons, but would not allow the demons to speak, because they knew Him [recognizing Him as the Son of God].

But he went out and began to proclaim it freely and to spread the news [of his healing], to such an extent that Jesus could no longer openly enter a city [where He was known], but stayed out in the unpopulated places; yet people were still coming to Him from everywhere.

"Why does this man talk this way? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

The man's hearing and speech were restored at once, and he began to talk normally.

They were extremely astonished and said, “He has done everything well! He even makes deaf people hear, and people unable to speak, talk!”

A man in the crowd answered him, "Teacher, I brought my son to you. He has a spirit that won't let him talk.

When Jesus saw that a crowd was running to the scene, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "You spirit that won't let him talk or hear I command you to come out of him and never enter him again!"

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

And when you have news of wars and talk of wars, do not be troubled; these things have to be, but it is still not the end.

The angel replied and said to him, “I am Gabriel; I stand and minister in the [very] presence of God, and I have been sent [by Him] to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

And fear came on all those who were living round about them: and there was much talk about all these things in all the hill-country of Judaea.

They were all astonished and in awe, and began saying to one another, “What is this message? For with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits and they come out!”

And there was much talk about him in all the places round about.

And when his talk was ended, he said to Simon, Go out into deep water, and let down your nets for fish.

Jesus was driving a demon out of a man who was unable to talk. When the demon had gone out, the man began to speak, and the crowds were amazed.

and their sayings appeared before them as idle talk, and they were not believing them.

Now there was talk among the chief priests of putting Lazarus to death;

Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.

Cretans, and Arabs, listening to them talk in our own languages about the great deeds of God?"

And Judas and Silas, being themselves also Prophets, gave them a long and encouraging talk, and strengthened them in the faith.

And on the Sabbath we went outside the town, by the river, where we had an idea that there would be a place of prayer; and, being seated, we had talk with the women who had come together.

Many who became believers kept coming to confess and talk about what they had been doing.