Bible Verses about 'Speaking'
- Then keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from telling lies. - Rather, professing truth and love, we will in all things grow into him who is the head, Christ.
- The tongue has the power over life and death;
those who cherish it will enjoy its fruits. - A good man produces good from the store of goodness in his heart, whereas an evil man produces evil from the store of evil within him. For the mouth speaks from the abundance of the heart.
- Let no foul word ever pass your lips. Say only what is useful for edification, so that your words may benefit your listeners.
- He who guards his mouth makes his life secure,
but one who talks excessively ensures his own downfall. - Do not repay evil with evil or abuse with abuse. On the contrary, repay with a blessing. This is what you were called to do, so that you might inherit a blessing.
- A wholesome tongue is a tree of life,
but an undisciplined tongue crushes the spirit. - For all of us fall short in many ways. Anyone who never makes a mistake in speech has reached perfection and is able to control every part of his body.
- When you pray do not go on babbling endlessly as the pagans do, for they believe that they are more likely to be heard because of their many words.
- I tell you that on the day of judgment people will have to render an account for every careless word they utter.
- Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise;
if he closes his lips, he is regarded as intelligent. - Where many words are spoken, sin is not absent,
but whoever restrains his tongue is prudent. - Remember this, my beloved brethren: everyone should be quick to listen but slow to speak and slow to anger.
- If in speaking I use human tongues
and angelic as well,
but do not have love,
I am nothing more than a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. - While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud cast a shadow over them. Then a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.”
- Speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves,
and defend the rights of the destitute. - A man is joyful when he utters apt answers,
and even more satisfying is a word in season. - A gentle reply turns away wrath,
but a harsh word arouses anger. - Dear children,
let us love not in word or speech
but in deed and truth. - The words of a wise man win favor,
but a fool’s tongue is his undoing. - One who gossips reveals secrets,
but a trustworthy man keeps things hidden. - Out of the same mouth flow blessings and curses. This should not be so, my brethren.
- My mouth is filled with your praises
as I relate your glory all day long. - Conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders, making the most of your opportunity. Let your speech always be gracious and seasoned with wisdom, so that you will know how to respond properly to all.
- If your brother wrongs you, go and take up the matter with him when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.
- Therefore, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be shouted from the housetops.
- If you confess with your lips, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
- Plans miscarry when counsel is lacking,
but they succeed when there are many counselors. - In the same way, even the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with sighs that cannot be put into words.
- Pleasing words are like a honeycomb,
sweet to the soul and affording health to the body. - Give thanks to the Lord, invoke his name;
proclaim his deeds among the peoples. - So shall my word be
that issues forth from my mouth.
It will not return to me unfulfilled,
but it will accomplish my purpose
and achieve what I sent it forth to do. - Let the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart
find favor in your sight,
O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. - When they arrest you and bring you to trial, do not be concerned beforehand about what you are to say. Simply say whatever is given to you when that time comes, for it will not be you who speak but the Holy Spirit.
- A fool takes no pleasure in understanding
but only delights in expressing his own opinions. - Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips
and from deceitful tongues. - With his mouth the godless man seeks to ruin his neighbor,
but knowledge enables the righteous to be delivered. - The lips of a fool cause strife,
and his mouth provokes a flogging. - Diligent labor always yields profit,
but idle conversation only leads to poverty. - Anxiety in the human heart weighs it down,
but a kind word makes it glad. - If anyone thinks that he is religious but does not restrain his tongue, he is deceiving himself, and his religion is worthless.
- For:
“If anyone wishes to love life
and to experience good days,
he must restrain his tongue from evil
and his lips from deceitful speech.
He must turn away from evil and do good,
seek peace and pursue it.” - And whatever you do in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
- Take no part in the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather seek to expose them.
For it is shameful even to speak of what deeds people do in secret. - It is honorable to avoid strife,
but every fool is quarrelsome. - As long as I remained silent,
my body wasted away
as the result of my groaning throughout the day. - The lips of the righteous utter words of kindness,
but the mouth of the wicked knows only how to pervert. - Turn away from the mouth that deceives
and keep your distance from lips that mislead. - All you need to do is to say ‘Yes’ if you mean ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ if you mean ‘No.’ Anything beyond this comes from the evil one.
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