39 Bible Verses about Speech

and present a wholesome, unobjectionable message, so that your opponent may be put to shame at finding nothing bad to say about us.

Dear children, let us love not with words or lips only but in reality and truth.

Always put your message attractively, and yet pointedly, and be prepared to give every inquirer a fitting answer.

Such men are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own base passions, and with their plausible and flattering talk they deceive simple-minded people.

So if you in your ecstatic speaking utter words no one can understand, how will people know what you are saying? You will be talking to the empty air!

For you have grown rich in everything through union with him??n power of expression and in capacity for knowledge.

No bad word must ever pass your lips, but only words that are good and suited to improve the occasion, so that they will be a blessing to those who hear them.

For we all make many mistakes. Anyone who never makes a mistake in what he says has a character that is fully developed and is able to control his whole body as well.

So when I came to you, brothers, I did not come and tell you the secret purpose of God in superior, philosophical language,

So since I have such a hope, I speak with great frankness,

But now you too must put them all aside??nger, rage, spite, rough, abusive talk??hese must be banished from your lips.

the truth of my teaching, and the power of God; with the weapons of uprightness for the right hand and the left,

Let no one look down on you because you are young, but set those who believe an example in speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity.

Why is it that you do not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to listen to my message.

for I will give you such wisdom of utterance as none of your opponents will be able to resist or dispute.

But your way of speaking must be 'Yes' or 'No.' Anything that goes beyond that comes from the evil one.

and my teaching and message were not put in plausible, philosophical language, but they were attended with convincing spiritual power,

Just as you excel in everything else??aith, expression, knowledge, perfect devotion, and the love we have awakened in you??ou must excel in this generous undertaking too.

For the reign of God is not a matter of words but of power.

"I have said all this to you in figurative language, but a time is coming when I shall not do so any longer, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

Even if I have no particular gifts in speaking, I am not wanting in knowledge. Why, I have always made that perfectly clear in my dealings with you.

So Moses was educated in all the Egyptian culture; he was strong in speech and action.

What I mean is, let nobody mislead you by specious arguments.

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the good news??ut not with fine language, or the cross of Christ might seem an empty thing.

For they say, "His letters are impressive and telling, but his personal appearance is insignificant and as a speaker he amounts to nothing."

I have the greatest confidence in you. I take the greatest pride in you. I am fully comforted. After all my trouble, I am overjoyed.

His disciples said, " Why, now you are talking plainly and not speaking figuratively at all.

A little while after the bystanders came up to Peter and said, "You are certainly one of them too, for your accent shows it!"