Bible Verses about 'Speaking'
- Keep your tongue from evil,
And your lips from speaking deceit. - But, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ.
- Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
And those who love it will eat its fruit. - A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
- Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.
- He who guards his mouth preserves his life,
But he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction. - Not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.
- A wholesome tongue is a tree of life,
But perverseness in it breaks the spirit. - For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.
- And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words.
- But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.
- Even a fool is counted wise when he holds his peace;
When he shuts his lips, he is considered perceptive. - In the multitude of words sin is not lacking,
But he who restrains his lips is wise. - So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
- While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!”
- Open your mouth for the speechless,
In the cause of all who are appointed to die. - A man has joy by the answer of his mouth,
And a word spoken in due season, how good it is! - A soft answer turns away wrath,
But a harsh word stirs up anger. - My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
- The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious,
But the lips of a fool shall swallow him up. - A talebearer reveals secrets,
But he who is of a faithful spirit conceals a matter. - Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.
- Let my mouth be filled with Your praise
And with Your glory all the day. - Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother.
- Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
- Therefore whatever you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.
- That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
- Without counsel, plans go awry,
But in the multitude of counselors they are established. - Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
- But when they arrest you and deliver you up, do not worry beforehand, or premeditate what you will speak. But whatever is given you in that hour, speak that; for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.
- For
“He who would love life
And see good days,
Let him refrain his tongue from evil,
And his lips from speaking deceit.
Let him turn away from evil and do good;
Let him seek peace and pursue it.” - Pleasant words are like a honeycomb,
Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones. - Oh, give thanks to the Lord!
Call upon His name;
Make known His deeds among the peoples! - Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.
- So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me void,
But it shall accomplish what I please,
And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. - Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in Your sight,
O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer. - A fool has no delight in understanding,
But in expressing his own heart. - Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips
And from a deceitful tongue. - The hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbor,
But through knowledge the righteous will be delivered. - A fool’s lips enter into contention,
And his mouth calls for blows. - Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression,
But a good word makes it glad. - In all labor there is profit,
But idle chatter leads only to poverty. - If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless.
- And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
- And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret.
- When I kept silent, my bones grew old
Through my groaning all the day long. - The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable,
But the mouth of the wicked what is perverse. - But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.
- For there is not a word on my tongue,
But behold, O Lord, You know it altogether. - It is honorable for a man to stop striving,
Since any fool can start a quarrel.
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