59 Bible Verses about speaking

So it is with you, if you speak words [in an unknown tongue] that are not intelligible and clear, how will anyone understand what you are saying? You will be talking into the air [wasting your breath]!

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

For one who speaks in an unknown tongue does not speak to people but to God; for no one understands him or catches his meaning, but by the Spirit he speaks mysteries [secret truths, hidden things].

I will hear [with expectant hope] what God the Lord will say,
For He will speak peace to His people, to His godly ones—
But let them not turn again to folly.

for it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

“For God speaks once,
And even twice, yet no one notices it [including you, Job].

If anyone speaks in a tongue, it should be limited to two or at the most three, and each one speaking in turn, and one must interpret [what is said].

Whoever speaks [to the congregation], is to do so as one who speaks the oracles (utterances, the very words) of God. Whoever serves [the congregation] is to do so as one who serves by the strength which God [abundantly] supplies, so that in all things God may be glorified [honored and magnified] through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

I thank God that I speak in [unknown] tongues more than all of you;

Open your mouth for the mute,
For the rights of all who are unfortunate and defenseless;

One night the Lord said to Paul in a vision, “Do not be afraid anymore, but go on speaking and do not be silent;

nevertheless, in public worship I would rather say five understandable words in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue [which others cannot understand].

But He was speaking of the temple which was His body.

Yet we have the same spirit of faith as he had, who wrote in Scripture, “I believed, therefore I spoke.” We also believe, therefore we also speak,

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

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

for it is disgraceful even to mention the things that such people practice in secret.

Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you, am He (the Messiah).”

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

Also, do not take seriously everything that is said, so that you will not hear your servant cursing you,

But if there is no one to interpret, the one [who wishes to speak in a tongue] must keep silent in church; 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 what you are to say will be given you within that [very] hour;

Understand this, my beloved brothers and sisters. Let everyone be quick to hear [be a careful, thoughtful listener], slow to speak [a speaker of carefully chosen words and], slow to anger [patient, reflective, forgiving];

Therefore My people shall know My Name and what it means. Therefore in that day I am the One who is speaking, ‘Here I am.’”

Why do you misunderstand what I am saying? It is because [your spiritual ears are deaf and] you are unable to hear [the truth of] My word.

Speak to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, [offering praise by] singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;

Then how is it that each of us hears in our own language or native dialect?

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

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

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

But the Lord said to me,
“Do not say, ‘I am [only] a young man,’
Because everywhere I send you, you shall go,
And whatever I command you, you shall speak.

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

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

Do not speak in the ears of a fool,
For he will despise the [godly] wisdom of your words.

the women should be silent in the churches, for they are not authorized to speak, but are to take a subordinate place, as the Law says.

“I have told you these things in figurative language (veiled language, proverbs); the hour is now coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.

The wicked are estranged from the womb;
These go astray from birth, speaking lies [even twisted partial truths].

Listen carefully, you will be continually silent and unable to speak until the day when these things take place, because you did not believe what I told you; but my words will be fulfilled at their proper time.”

Indeed, the Lord will teach this people [in a more humiliating way]
By [men with] stammering lips and a foreign tongue,

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