58 Bible Verses about Speech, Positive Aspects Of

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer.

Thou hast proved my heart, thou hast visited me by night; thou hast tried me, thou hast found nothing: my thought goeth not beyond my word.

{To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.} I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a muzzle, while the wicked is before me.

Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

Let no corrupt word go out of your mouth, but if there be any good one for needful edification, that it may give grace to those that hear it. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which ye have been sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and heat of passion, and wrath, and clamour, and injurious language, be removed from you, with all malice;

Put away from thee perverseness of mouth, and corrupt lips put far from thee.

and filthiness and foolish talking, or jesting, which are not convenient; but rather thanksgiving.

But now, put off, ye also, all these things, wrath, anger, malice, blasphemy, vile language out of your mouth. Do not lie to one another, having put off the old man with his deeds, and having put on the new, renewed into full knowledge according to the image of him that has created him;

not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing; but on the contrary, blessing others, because ye have been called to this, that ye should inherit blessing. For he that will love life and see good days, let him cause his tongue to cease from evil and his lips that they speak no guile.

What man is he that desireth life, and loveth days, that he may see good? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile;

By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise continually to God, that is, the fruit of the lips confessing his name.

{A Psalm of David; when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed.} I will bless Jehovah at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

And my tongue shall talk of thy righteousness, and of thy praise, all the day.

Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall declare thy praise.

But ye are a chosen race, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set forth the excellencies of him who has called you out of darkness to his wonderful light;

And everything, whatever ye may do in word or in deed, do all things in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father by him.

And thou shalt eat and be filled, and shalt bless Jehovah thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.

And he appointed certain of the Levites to do the service before the ark of Jehovah, and to celebrate, and to thank and praise Jehovah the God of Israel:

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise; give thanks unto him, bless his name:

Give ye thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; for his loving-kindness endureth for ever.

And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of Jehovah your God, who hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.

And he commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground. And having taken the seven loaves, he gave thanks, and broke them and gave them to his disciples, that they might set them before them; and they set them before the crowd. And they had a few small fishes, and having blessed them, he desired these also to be set before them.

rooted and built up in him, and assured in the faith, even as ye have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.

in everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus towards you;

Therewith bless we the Lord and Father, and therewith curse we men made after the likeness of God. Out of the same mouth goes forth blessing and cursing. It is not right, my brethren, that these things should be thus.

that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thine heart that God has raised him from among the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart is believed to righteousness; and with the mouth confession made to salvation.

Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, I also will confess him before my Father who is in the heavens. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in the heavens.

But I say to you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, the Son of man will confess him also before the angels of God; but he that shall have denied me before men shall be denied before the angels of God;

And Simon Peter answering said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

I give you therefore to know, that no one, speaking in the power of the Spirit of God, says, Curse on Jesus; and no one can say, Lord Jesus, unless in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Let your word be always with grace, seasoned with salt, so as to know how ye ought to answer each one.

And the men of E'phraim said to him, "What is this that you have done to us, not to call us when you went to fight with Mid'ian?" And they upbraided him violently. And he said to them, "What have I done now in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of E'phraim better than the vintage of Abi-e'zer? God has given into your hands the princes of Mid'ian, Oreb and Zeeb; what have I been able to do in comparison with you?" Then their anger against him was abated, when he had said this.

The lips of a righteous man know what is acceptable; but the mouth of the wicked is frowardness.

A soft answer turneth away fury; but a grievous word stirreth up anger.

Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health for the bones.

Then Daniel answered with counsel and prudence to Arioch the chief of the king's bodyguard, who had gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon: he answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so rigorous from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel. And Daniel went in, and requested of the king that he would give him time, that he might shew the king the interpretation.

but sanctify the Lord the Christ in your hearts, and be always prepared to give an answer to every one that asks you to give an account of the hope that is in you, but with meekness and fear;

Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop; but a good word maketh it glad.

And Joseph said to them, Fear not: am I then in the place of God? Ye indeed meant evil against me: God meant it for good, in order that he might do as it is this day, to save a great people alive. And now, fear not: I will maintain you and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spoke consolingly to them.

Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands; Thy words have upholden him that was stumbling, and thou hast braced up the bending knees:

insulted, we entreat: we are become as the offscouring of the world, the refuse of all, until now.

And a bondman of the Lord ought not to contend, but be gentle towards all; apt to teach; forbearing; in meekness setting right those who oppose, if God perhaps may sometime give them repentance to acknowledgment of the truth,

Let the word of the Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another, in psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God.

There is that babbleth like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health.

The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright; but the mouth of the foolish poureth out folly.

There is gold, and a multitude of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a precious Jewel.

As apples of gold in pictures of silver, is a word spoken in season. An ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, is a wise reprover upon an attentive ear.

She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and upon her tongue is the law of kindness.

For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and at his mouth they seek the law; for he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts.

but, holding the truth in love, we may grow up to him in all things, who is the head, the Christ:

He that hath knowledge spareth his words; and a man of understanding is of a cool spirit.

The heart of a righteous man studieth to answer; but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

He that giveth answer before he heareth, it is folly and shame unto him.

So that, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;

But let your word be Yea, yea; Nay, nay; but what is more than these is from evil.

He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth from his heart. He that slandereth not with his tongue, doeth not evil to his companion, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour;

Let the righteous smite me, it is kindness; and let him reprove me, it is an excellent oil which my head shall not refuse: for yet my prayer also is for them in their calamities.

He kisseth the lips who giveth a right answer.