58 Bible Verses about Speech, Positive Aspects Of

Let the sayings of my mouth, And the meditation of my heart, Be for a pleasing thing before Thee, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer!

Thou hast proved my heart, Thou hast inspected by night, Thou hast tried me, Thou findest nothing; My thoughts pass not over my mouth.

To the Overseer, to Jeduthun. -- A Psalm of David. I have said, 'I observe my ways, Against sinning with my tongue, I keep for my mouth a curb, while the wicked is before me.'

Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers; and make not sorrowful the Holy Spirit of God, in which ye were sealed to a day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice,

Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,

also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting, -- the things not fit -- but rather thanksgiving;

but now put off, even ye, the whole -- anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking -- out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, having put off the old man with his practices, and having put on the new, which is renewed in regard to knowledge, after the image of Him who did create him;

not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit; for 'he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips -- not to speak guile;

Who is the man that is desiring life? Loving days to see good? Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit.

through him, then, we may offer up a sacrifice of praise always to God, that is, the fruit of lips, giving thanks to His name;

By David, in his changing his behaviour before Abimelech, and he driveth him away, and he goeth. I do bless Jehovah at all times, Continually His praise is in my mouth.

And my tongue uttereth Thy righteousness, All the day Thy praise!

O Lord, my lips thou dost open, And my mouth declareth Thy praise.

and ye are a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

and all, whatever ye may do in word or in work, do all things in the name of the Lord Jesus -- giving thanks to the God and Father, through him.

and thou hast eaten, and been satisfied, and hast blessed Jehovah thy God, on the good land which he hath given to thee.

And he putteth before the ark of Jehovah, of the Levites, ministers, even to make mention of, and to thank, and to give praise to Jehovah, God of Israel,

Enter ye His gates with thanksgiving, His courts with praise, Give ye thanks to Him, bless ye His Name.

Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age is His kindness.

And ye have eaten, eating and being satisfied, And have praised the name of Jehovah your God, Who hath dealt with you wonderfully, And not ashamed are My people to the age.

And he commanded the multitude to sit down upon the ground, and having taken the seven loaves, having given thanks, he brake, and was giving to his disciples that they may set before them; and they did set before the multitude. And they had a few small fishes, and having blessed, he said to set them also before them;

being rooted and built up in him, and confirmed in the faith, as ye were taught -- abounding in it in thanksgiving.

in every thing give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus in regard to you.

with it we do bless the God and Father, and with it we do curse the men made according to the similitude of God; out of the same mouth doth come forth blessing and cursing; it doth not need, my brethren, these things so to happen;

that if thou mayest confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and mayest believe in thy heart that God did raise him out of the dead, thou shalt be saved, for with the heart doth one believe to righteousness, and with the mouth is confession made to salvation;

'Every one, therefore, who shall confess in me before men, I also will confess in him before my Father who is in the heavens; and whoever shall deny me before men, I also will deny him before my Father who is in the heavens.

And I say to you, Every one -- whoever may confess with me before men, the Son of Man also shall confess with him before the messengers of God, and he who hath denied me before men, shall be denied before the messengers of God,

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

wherefore, I give you to understand that no one, in the Spirit of God speaking, saith Jesus is anathema, and no one is able to say Jesus is Lord, except in the Holy Spirit.

your word always in grace -- with salt being seasoned -- to know how it behoveth you to answer each one.

And the men of Ephraim say unto him, 'What is this thing thou hast done to us -- not to call for us when thou didst go to fight with Midian?' and they strive with him severely; and he saith unto them, 'What have I done now like you? are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the harvest of Abi-Ezer? Into your hand hath God given the heads of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and what have I been able to do like you?' Then their temper desisted from off him in his speaking this thing.

The lips of the righteous know a pleasing thing, And the mouth of the wicked perverseness!

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

Sayings of pleasantness are a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone.

Then Daniel hath replied with counsel and discretion to Arioch chief of the executioners of the king, who hath gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon. He hath answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, 'Wherefore is the sentence so urgent from before the king?' Then Arioch hath made the thing known to Daniel, and Daniel hath gone up, and sought of the king that he would give him time to shew the interpretation to the king.

and the Lord God sanctify in your hearts. And be ready always for defence to every one who is asking of you an account concerning the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;

Sorrow in the heart of a man boweth down, And a good word maketh him glad.

And Joseph saith unto them, 'Fear not, for am I in the place of God? As for you, ye devised against me evil -- God devised it for good, in order to do as at this day, to keep alive a numerous people; and now, fear not: I do nourish you and your infants;' and he comforteth them, and speaketh unto their heart.

Lo, thou hast instructed many, And feeble hands thou makest strong. The stumbling one do thy words raise up, And bowing knees thou dost strengthen.

being spoken evil of, we entreat; as filth of the world we did become -- of all things an offscouring -- till now.

and a servant of the Lord it behoveth not to strive, but to be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient under evil, in meekness instructing those opposing -- if perhaps God may give to them repentance to an acknowledging of the truth,

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

A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.

The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.

Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a precious vessel, are lips of knowledge.

Apples of gold in imagery of silver, Is the word spoken at its fit times. A ring of gold, and an ornament of pure gold, Is the wise reprover to an attentive ear.

Her mouth she hath opened in wisdom, And the law of kindness is on her tongue.

For the lips of a priest preserve knowledge, And law they do seek from his mouth, For a messenger of Jehovah of Hosts he is.

and, being true in love, we may increase to Him in all things, who is the head -- the Christ;

One acquainted with knowledge is sparing his words, And the cool of temper is a man of understanding.

The heart of the righteous meditateth to answer, And the mouth of the wicked uttereth evil things.

Whoso is answering a matter before he heareth, Folly it is to him and shame.

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

but let your word be, Yes, Yes, No, No, and that which is more than these is of the evil.

He who is walking uprightly, And working righteousness, And speaking truth in his heart. He hath not slandered by his tongue, He hath not done to his friend evil; And reproach he hath not lifted up Against his neighbour.

The righteous doth beat me in kindness. And doth reprove me, Oil of the head my head disalloweth not, For still my prayer is about their vexations.

Lips he kisseth who is returning straightforward words.