Bible Verses about 'Speaking'
- Then keep your tongue from speaking evil
and your lips from telling lies! - Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church.
- The tongue can bring death or life;
those who love to talk will reap the consequences. - A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart.
- Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them.
- Those who control their tongue will have a long life;
opening your mouth can ruin everything. - Don’t repay evil for evil. Don’t retaliate with insults when people insult you. Instead, pay them back with a blessing. That is what God has called you to do, and he will grant you his blessing.
- Gentle words are a tree of life;
a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit. - Indeed, we all make many mistakes. For if we could control our tongues, we would be perfect and could also control ourselves in every other way.
- When you pray, don’t babble on and on as the Gentiles do. They think their prayers are answered merely by repeating their words again and again.
- And I tell you this, you must give an account on judgment day for every idle word you speak.
- Even fools are thought wise when they keep silent;
with their mouths shut, they seem intelligent. - Too much talk leads to sin.
Be sensible and keep your mouth shut. - Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.
- Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves;
ensure justice for those being crushed. - Everyone enjoys a fitting reply;
it is wonderful to say the right thing at the right time! - But when you are arrested and stand trial, don’t worry in advance about what to say. Just say what God tells you at that time, for it is not you who will be speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
- A gentle answer deflects anger,
but harsh words make tempers flare. - Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.
- Wise words bring approval,
but fools are destroyed by their own words. - A gossip goes around telling secrets,
but those who are trustworthy can keep a confidence. - And so blessing and cursing come pouring out of the same mouth. Surely, my brothers and sisters, this is not right!
- That is why I can never stop praising you;
I declare your glory all day long. - Live wisely among those who are not believers, and make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be gracious and attractive so that you will have the right response for everyone.
- If another believer sins against you, go privately and point out the offense. If the other person listens and confesses it, you have won that person back.
- Whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be shouted from the housetops for all to hear!
- If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
- Plans go wrong for lack of advice;
many advisers bring success. - And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words.
- But even as he spoke, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my dearly loved Son, who brings me great joy. Listen to him.”
- For the Scriptures say,
“If you want to enjoy life
and see many happy days,
keep your tongue from speaking evil
and your lips from telling lies.
Turn away from evil and do good.
Search for peace, and work to maintain it.” - Kind words are like honey—
sweet to the soul and healthy for the body. - Give thanks to the Lord and proclaim his greatness.
Let the whole world know what he has done. - It is the same with my word.
I send it out, and it always produces fruit.
It will accomplish all I want it to,
and it will prosper everywhere I send it. - If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
- May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be pleasing to you,
O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. - Fools have no interest in understanding;
they only want to air their own opinions. - Rescue me, O Lord, from liars
and from all deceitful people. - With their words, the godless destroy their friends,
but knowledge will rescue the righteous. - Fools’ words get them into constant quarrels;
they are asking for a beating. - Worry weighs a person down;
an encouraging word cheers a person up. - Work brings profit,
but mere talk leads to poverty! - If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless.
- And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father.
- Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness; instead, expose them.
It is shameful even to talk about the things that ungodly people do in secret. - Jesus looked at them intently and said, “Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God everything is possible.”
- When I refused to confess my sin,
my body wasted away,
and I groaned all day long. - Avoiding a fight is a mark of honor;
only fools insist on quarreling. - The lips of the godly speak helpful words,
but the mouth of the wicked speaks perverse words. - Jesus looked at them intently and said, “Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But not with God. Everything is possible with God.”
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