59 Bible Verses about speaking
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Thus also ye with the tongue, unless ye give a distinct speech, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye will be speaking to the air.
For he that speaks with a tongue does not speak to men but to God: for no one hears; but in spirit he speaks mysteries.
I will hear what God, Jehovah, will speak; for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his godly ones: but let them not turn again to folly.
If any one speak with a tongue, let it be two, or at the most three, and separately, and let one interpret;
If any one speak as oracles of God; if any one minister as of strength which God supplies; that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the might for the ages of ages. Amen.
but in the assembly I desire to speak five words with my understanding, that I may instruct others also, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue.
And having the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, I have believed, therefore have I spoken; we also believe, therefore also we speak;
Let the lying lips become dumb, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.
Also give not heed unto all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee.
but if there be no interpreter, let him be silent in the assembly, and let him speak to himself and to God.
But when they deliver you up, be not careful how or what ye shall speak; for it shall be given to you in that hour what ye shall speak.
So that, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
Therefore my people shall know my name; therefore they shall know in that day that I am HE, that saith, Here am I.
speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and chanting with your heart to the Lord;
Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were not with intelligence.
And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
But Jehovah said unto me, Say not, I am a child; for thou shalt go to whomsoever I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
But Elihu had waited till Job had finished speaking, because they were older than he.
Speak not in the ears of a foolish man, for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Let your women be silent in the assemblies, for it is not permitted to them to speak; but to be in subjection, as the law also says.
These things I have spoken to you in allegories; the hour is coming that I will no longer speak to you in allegories, but will declare to you openly concerning the Father.
and behold, thou shalt be silent and not able to speak, till the day in which these things shall take place, because thou hast not believed my words, the which shall be fulfilled in their time.
For with stammering lips and a strange tongue will he speak to this people;
Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts: Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
From Thematic Bible
Symbols of the Holy Spirit » A voice » Speaking
Evil » Speaking » Warnings against
Let all bitterness, and heat of passion, and wrath, and clamour, and injurious language, be removed from you, with all malice;
For he that will love life and see good days, let him cause his tongue to cease from evil and his lips that they speak no guile.
Laying aside therefore all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings and all evil speakings,
and the tongue is fire, the world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set in our members, the defiler of the whole body, and which sets fire to the course of nature, and is set on fire of hell.
Speak not against one another, brethren. He that speaks against his brother, or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if thou judgest the law, thou art not doer of the law, but judge.
Speaking » Folly in
But I say unto you, that every idle word which men shall say, they shall render an account of it in judgment-day: for by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for stripes. A fool's mouth is destruction to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business, and a fool's voice through a multitude of words.
As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
Symbols and similitudes » Of the holy spirit » Speaking
Topics on Speaking
Christ Speaking
John 18:20Jesus answered him, I spoke openly to the world; I taught always in the synagogue and in the temple, where all the Jews come together, and in secret I have spoken nothing.
Christ Speaking To Disciples
Matthew 12:49And, stretching out his hand to his disciples, he said, Behold my mother and my brethren;
Evil Speaking
1 Peter 2:1Laying aside therefore all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings and all evil speakings,
God Speaking Of Old
Hebrews 1:1God having spoken in many parts and in many ways formerly to the fathers in the prophets,
Speaking Again
Job 33:14For God speaketh once, and twice, and man perceiveth it not --
Speaking As From God
Jeremiah 15:19Therefore thus saith Jehovah: If thou return, then will I bring thee again, thou shalt stand before me; and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth. Let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.
Speaking By The Spirit
2 Samuel 23:2The Spirit of Jehovah spoke by me, And his word was on my tongue.
Speaking In Christ's Name
Matthew 7:22Many shall say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied through thy name, and through thy name cast out demons, and through thy name done many works of power?
Speaking In Tongues
Acts 19:1-7And it came to pass, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper districts, came to Ephesus, and finding certain disciples,
Speaking The Word God Gives
Exodus 4:12And now go, and I will be with thy mouth, and will teach thee what thou shalt say.
Speaking To God
Genesis 18:27And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have ventured to speak unto the Lord; I, who am dust and ashes.
Speaking Truth
Ephesians 4:15but, holding the truth in love, we may grow up to him in all things, who is the head, the Christ:
Speaking With The Mouth
Ezekiel 3:27And when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.
Speaking, Evil
Romans 3:13their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; asps' poison is under their lips:
Speaking, Wisdom In
James 1:19So that, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
The Dumb Speaking
Luke 1:64And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue, and he spake, blessing God.
While Still Speaking
Isaiah 65:24And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
