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 LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

To the chief Musician, even 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 bridle, while the wicked is before me.

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

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace to the hearers. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed to the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, seeing ye have put off the old man with his deeds; And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but on the contrary, blessing; knowing that ye are called to this, that ye should inherit a blessing. For he that will love life, and see good days, let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many 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 to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to his name.

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

And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.

O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth thy praise.

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

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

When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.

And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful to him, and bless his name.

O give thanks to the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.

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

And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and broke, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they set them before the people. And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them.

Rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.

In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

With this we bless God, even the Father; and with this we curse men, who are made after the similitude of God. Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thy heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth to righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made to salvation.

Whoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven. But whoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven.

Also I say to you, Whoever shall confess me before men, him will the Son of man also confess before the angels of God. But he that denieth me before men, shall be denied before the angels of God.

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

Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God, calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Spirit.

Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

And the men of Ephraim said to him, Why hast thou treated us thus, that thou calledst us not when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? and they chid with him sharply. And he said to them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer? God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then, when he had said that, their anger towards him abated.

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

Pleasant words are as a honey-comb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, 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 hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel. Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would show the king the interpretation.

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear.

Heaviness in the heart of man depresseth it: but a good word maketh it glad.

And Joseph said to them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God? But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive. Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.

Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. Thy words have upheld him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.

Being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things to this day.

And the servant of the Lord must not contend; but be gentle to all men, apt to teach, patient, In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God perhaps will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth:

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

There is that speaketh 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 fools poureth out foolishness.

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

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. As an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

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

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

But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, who is the head, even Christ:

He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

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

He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame to him.

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

But let your communication be, Yea, yea, Nay, nay: for whatever is more than these cometh of evil.

He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbor, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor.

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

Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.