Bible Verses about 'Speech'

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• Fine speech is not becoming to a fool;
  still less is false speech to a prince.
  Proverbs 17:7wisdomlyingspeaking
• Put away from you crooked speech,
  and put devious talk far from you.
  Proverbs 4:24speakingtruthlying
• May my teaching drop as the rain,
  my speech distill as the dew,
  like gentle rain upon the tender grass,
  and like showers upon the herb.
  Deuteronomy 32:2Word of Godlearning
• The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil.
  Pride and arrogance and the way of evil
  and perverted speech I hate.
  Proverbs 8:13aweprideevil
• The heavens declare the glory of God,
  and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
  Day to day pours out speech,
  and night to night reveals knowledge.
  Psalm 19:1-2worshipheaven
• Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
  1 Timothy 4:12faithlovelife
• Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
  Colossians 4:5-6gentlenesswisdomspeaking
• Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
  1 John 3:18honestytruthspeaking
• When words are many, transgression is not lacking,
  but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.
  Proverbs 10:19sinspeaking
• For “Whoever desires to love life
  and see good days,
  let him keep 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.”
  1 Peter 3:10-11lovepeacelife
• For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.
  James 3:2blamelessspeakingbody
• Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
  Ephesians 4:29speakinggossipgoodness
• Open your mouth for the mute,
  for the rights of all who are destitute.
  Proverbs 31:8speakingweakness