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.
- 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.
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