67 Bible Verses about Speaking (2/3)
Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be.
Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
So is my word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
Fools find no pleasure in understanding
but delight in airing their own opinions.
but delight in airing their own opinions.
Gracious words are a honeycomb,
sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors,
but through knowledge the righteous escape.
but through knowledge the righteous escape.
All hard work brings a profit,
but mere talk leads only to poverty.
but mere talk leads only to poverty.
And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
The lips of the righteous know what finds favor,
but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.
but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.
For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.
May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart
be pleasing in your sight,
Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
be pleasing in your sight,
Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips
and spreads slander is a fool.
and spreads slander is a fool.
If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
The lips of fools bring them strife,
and their mouths invite a beating.
and their mouths invite a beating.
In my distress I called to the Lord;
I cried to my God for help.
From his temple he heard my voice;
my cry came before him, into his ears.
I cried to my God for help.
From his temple he heard my voice;
my cry came before him, into his ears.
Anxiety weighs down the heart,
but a kind word cheers it up.
but a kind word cheers it up.
I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;
I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from telling lies.
and your lips from telling lies.
Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear—not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. All you need to say is a simple “Yes” or “No.” Otherwise you will be condemned.
Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
You, however, must teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine.
It is to one’s honor to avoid strife,
but every fool is quick to quarrel.
but every fool is quick to quarrel.
Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done.”
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