59 Bible Verses about speaking

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So also you, unless you utter by the tongue speech that is clear, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will be speaking into the air.

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Now then go, and I, even I, will be with your mouth, and teach you what you are to say.”

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For one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God; for no one understands, but in his spirit he speaks mysteries.

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I will hear what God the Lord will say;
For He will speak peace to His people, to His godly ones;
But let them not turn back to folly.

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For it is not you who speak, but it is the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

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“Indeed God speaks once,
Or twice, yet no one notices it.

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If anyone speaks in a tongue, it should be by two or at the most three, and each in turn, and one must interpret;

Whoever speaks, is to do so as one who is speaking the utterances of God; whoever serves is to do so as one who is serving by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

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I thank God, I speak in tongues more than you all;

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Open your mouth for the mute,
For the rights of all the unfortunate.

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And the Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, “Do not be afraid any longer, but go on speaking and do not be silent;

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however, in the church I desire to speak five words with my mind so that I may instruct others also, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue.

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But He was speaking of the temple of His body.

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But having the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I believed, therefore I spoke,” we also believe, therefore we also speak,

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A time to tear apart and a time to sew together;
A time to be silent and a time to speak.

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Let the lying lips be mute,
Which speak arrogantly against the righteous
With pride and contempt.

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for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret.

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Jesus *said to her, “I who speak to you am He.”

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They have mouths, but they cannot speak;
They have eyes, but they cannot see;

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Also, do not take seriously all words which are spoken, so that you will not hear your servant cursing you.

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but if there is no interpreter, he must keep silent in the church; and let him speak to himself and to God.

But when they hand you over, do not worry about how or what you are to say; for it will be given you in that hour what you are to say.

This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger;

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Therefore My people shall know My name; therefore in that day I am the one who is speaking, ‘Here I am.’”

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Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot hear My word.

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speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;

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And how is it that we each hear them in our own language to which we were born?

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‘Job speaks without knowledge,
And his words are without wisdom.

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“O land, land, land,
Hear the word of the Lord!

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It will also come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear.

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But the Lord said to me,
“Do not say, ‘I am a youth,’
Because everywhere I send you, you shall go,
And all that I command you, you shall speak.

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Keep your tongue from evil
And your lips from speaking deceit.

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Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were years older than he.

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Do not speak in the hearing of a fool,
For he will despise the wisdom of your words.

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The women are to keep silent in the churches; for they are not permitted to speak, but are to subject themselves, just as the Law also says.

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“These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but will tell you plainly of the Father.

The wicked are estranged from the womb;
These who speak lies go astray from birth.

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And behold, you shall be silent and unable to speak until the day when these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time.”

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Indeed, He will speak to this people
Through stammering lips and a foreign tongue,

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Therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of hosts,
“Because you have spoken this word,
Behold, I am making My words in your mouth fire
And this people wood, and it will consume them.

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Symbols of the Holy Spirit » A voice » Speaking

Evil » Speaking » Warnings against

Speaking » Folly in

Symbols and similitudes » Of the holy spirit » Speaking

Symbols of the Holy Spirit » A voice » Speaking

Matthew 10:20

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For it is not you who speak, but it is the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

Evil » Speaking » Warnings against

Ephesians 4:31

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.

1 Peter 3:10

For,
“The one who desires life, to love and see good days,
Must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

1 Peter 2:1

Therefore, putting aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,

James 3:6

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And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.

James 4:11

Do not speak against one another, brethren. He who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it.

More verses: Titus 3:1-2

Speaking » Folly in

Matthew 12:36-37

"But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment. "For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."

Proverbs 18:6-7

A fool's lips bring strife, And his mouth calls for blows. A fool's mouth is his ruin, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

Ecclesiastes 5:3

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For the dream comes through much effort and the voice of a fool through many words.

Ecclesiastes 5:7

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For in many dreams and in many words there is emptiness. Rather, fear God.

Proverbs 26:9

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Like a thorn which falls into the hand of a drunkard,
So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

More verses: Proverbs 29:11 Proverbs 13:3 Proverbs 29:20 Proverbs 15:14 Proverbs 18:13 Proverbs 12:23 Proverbs 15:2 Proverbs 10:14 Proverbs 15:7 Ephesians 5:4 Proverbs 26:7 Proverbs 14:3 Job 13:5 Job 16:3-4 Job 38:2 Proverbs 26:4 Proverbs 30:10 Ecclesiastes 10:13-14

Symbols and similitudes » Of the holy spirit » Speaking

Matthew 10:20

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For it is not you who speak, but it is the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

Topics on Speaking

Christ Speaking

John 18:20

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Jesus answered him, “I have spoken openly to the world; I always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all the Jews come together; and I spoke nothing in secret.

Christ Speaking To Disciples

Matthew 12:49

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And stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, “Behold My mother and My brothers!

Evil Speaking

1 Peter 2:1

Therefore, putting aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,

God Speaking

Genesis 1:3

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Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.

God Speaking Of Old

Hebrews 1:1

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God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways,

Speaking Again

Job 33:14

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“Indeed God speaks once,
Or twice, yet no one notices it.

Speaking As From God

Jeremiah 15:19

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Therefore, thus says the Lord,
“If you return, then I will restore you—
Before Me you will stand;
And if you extract the precious from the worthless,
You will become My spokesman.
They for their part may turn to you,
But as for you, you must not turn to them.

Speaking By The Spirit

2 Samuel 23:2

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“The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me,
And His word was on my tongue.

Speaking In Christ's Name

Matthew 7:22

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Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’

Speaking In Tongues

Acts 19:1-7

It happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the upper country and came to Ephesus, and found some disciples.

Speaking The Word God Gives

Exodus 4:12

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Now then go, and I, even I, will be with your mouth, and teach you what you are to say.”

Speaking To God

Genesis 18:27

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And Abraham replied, “Now behold, I have ventured to speak to the Lord, although I am but dust and ashes.

Speaking Truth

Ephesians 4:15

but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ,

Speaking With The Mouth

Ezekiel 3:27

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But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth and you will say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’ He who hears, let him hear; and he who refuses, let him refuse; for they are a rebellious house.