Thematic Bible: Speech evil speaking


Thematic Bible






“Shall a multitude of words go unanswered,
And a talkative man be acquitted?

“Should he argue with useless talk,
Or with words which are not profitable?



the beginning of his talking is folly and the end of it is wicked madness.

therefore prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “For good reason they have made you desolate and crushed you from every side, that you would become a possession of the rest of the nations and you have been taken up in the talk and the whispering of the people.”’”




The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit;
He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

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.


His speech was smoother than butter,
But his heart was war;
His words were softer than oil,
Yet they were drawn swords.



You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.


Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy;
No one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure.


For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you to be not what I wish and may be found by you to be not what you wish; that perhaps there will be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, disputes, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances;

He does not slander with his tongue,
Nor does evil to his neighbor,
Nor takes up a reproach against his friend;


“Let everyone be on guard against his neighbor,
And do not trust any brother;
Because every brother deals craftily,
And every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.

slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,


You shall not go about as a slanderer among your people, and you are not to act against the life of your neighbor; I am the Lord.


For lack of wood the fire goes out,
And where there is no whisperer, contention quiets down.


The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels,
And they go down into the innermost parts of the body.






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.

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.

Remind them to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good deed, to malign no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing every consideration for all men.


For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you to be not what I wish and may be found by you to be not what you wish; that perhaps there will be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, disputes, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances;



All who hate me whisper together against me;
Against me they devise my hurt, saying,

The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels,
And they go down into the innermost parts of the body.








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