39 Bible Verses about Speech

sound discourse, incapable of confutation; that he who is in opposition may be confounded, having nothing faulty to say of you.

My dear children, let us not love in word and in tongue, but in deed and in truth;

Let your discourse be always gracious, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to reply to every man.

For such are not servants to our Lord Jesus Christ, but to their own belly; and by smooth speeches and flattering commendations deceive the hearts of the guileless.

So also ye, unless with the tongue you speak an intelligible discourse, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye will speak to the air.

that in every thing ye have been enriched by him, in all utterance, and all knowledge;

Let no loose discourse proceed out of your mouth, but whatever is good for useful edification, that it may communicate grace to the hearers.

For in many things we all offend. If any man offend not in word, he is a perfect man, and capable of reining in the whole body.

AND I, when I came to you, brethren, came not with superior excellence of discourse or wisdom, preaching unto you the gospel of God.

Having therefore such a hope, we use much freedom of speech.

but now ye have put away all these things, anger, asperity, malice, scandal, obscenity, out of your mouth.

by the word of truth, by the power of God, with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left,

Let no man despise thy youth; but be a pattern of the faithful, in discourse; in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

Wherefore do ye not understand my speech? because ye cannot hear my word.

for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall be utterly unable to contradict or resist.

But let your discourse be, Yea, yea; No, no: for all addition to these is from the wicked one.

And my conversation and my preaching was not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but with demonstration of the Spirit, and of power:

So as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and elocution, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.

For the kingdom of God is not in talk, but in power.

These things have I spoken to you in parables: but the hour is coming when I will no more speak to you in parables, but will plainly inform you respecting the Father.

For though I may be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but on every occasion we have been made manifest in all things among you.

And Moses was educated in all the wisdom of Egypt, and was mighty in words and actions.

Now this I say, lest any man pervert you with specious discourse.

For Christ sent me not to baptise, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of discourse, lest the cross of Christ should be slighted.

For his letters indeed, say they, are weighty and forcible, but his bodily presence is feeble, and his speech contemptible.

Great is my freedom of speech to you, great is my glorying over you: I am filled with consolation, I overflow with joy in all our tribulation.

His disciples said unto him, Lo! now thou speakest plainly, and speakest in no-wise proverbial.

But after a little while they who stood by, came up and said to Peter, Assuredly thou also art one of them: for even thy speech maketh thee manifest.