59 Bible Verses about speaking

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1 Corinthians 14:9

The same for you unless you utter by the tongue words easy to understand, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will speak into the air.

1 Corinthians 14:2

For the person who speaks in an unknown tongue does not speak to men, but to God. No man understands him. He speaks secrets by the spirit.

Psalm 85:8

I want to hear what the Lord Jehovah says, because he promises peace to his people, to his godly ones. But they must not go back to their stupidity.

Job 33:14

God does speak, now one-way and then another, though man may not perceive it.

1 Corinthians 14:27

If anyone speaks in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three. It should be orderly by plan and someone must interpret.

Proverbs 31:8

Open your mouth for the dumb in the cause of all who are appointed to destruction.

1 Corinthians 14:19

Yet in the congregation I would rather speak five words with my understanding than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.

2 Corinthians 4:13

But having the same spirit (attitude) of faith, according to that which is written, I believe, and therefore I speak. We also believe, and therefore we also speak.

Ecclesiastes 3:7

There is a time to tear and a time to sew, a time to keep silence and a time to speak.

Ephesians 5:12

For the things that are done by them in secret is a shame even to speak about.

Ecclesiastes 7:21

Do not pay attention to everything that is said lest you hear your servant curse you.

1 Corinthians 14:28

But if there is no interpreter, let the speaker keep silence in the congregation and speak to himself and to God.

Isaiah 52:6

Therefore my people will all know my name! In that day they will know that it is I who foretold it. Yes, it is I!

Acts 2:8

How do we each hear them in our own language?

Job 34:35

that Job is speaking from ignorance and that nothing he says make sense.

Jeremiah 1:7

Jehovah said to me: 'Do not say, 'I am only a child.' You must go wherever I send you. You must say whatever I command you to say.

Job 32:4

Elihu waited to speak to Job, because they were older than he.

1 Corinthians 14:34

Let women keep silent in the congregations. They are not permitted to speak. They must be in submission as it says in the law.

John 16:25

I have spoken to you in figurative language (illustrations and proverbs). The hour comes when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language. I will tell you plainly from the Father.

Luke 1:20

You will be without voice or language till the day when these things happen. Your lack of faith in what I say has caused this.

Isaiah 28:11

With stammering lips and another tongue he will speak to this people.

Jeremiah 5:14

Jehovah, the God of hosts says: Because you have spoken this word and I am making my words fire in your mouth. This people are wood and will be consumed.

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James 3:6

The tongue is like fire, the place of iniquity among our members. It defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of our life. It is set ablaze like the ever-burning fires in the Valley of Hinnom (Greek: Gehenna: symbolic of total destruction).

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Matthew 12:36-37

I tell you there will be an account in the Judgment Day for every careless word that men say. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.

Proverbs 18:6-7

A fool's lips want to argue. His mouth calls for blows. A fool's mouth is his ruin. His lips are the snares of his life.

Ecclesiastes 5:7

There is futility and emptiness in many dreams and in many words. Reverence God.

Proverbs 26:9

As a thorn goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

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Topics on Speaking

Christ Speaking

John 18:20

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

Christ Speaking To Disciples

Matthew 12:49

He stretched out his hand towards his disciples, and said: Behold, my mother and my brothers!

Speaking Again

Job 33:14

God does speak, now one-way and then another, though man may not perceive it.

Speaking As From God

Jeremiah 15:19

Therefore Jehovah says: If you return I will restore you. You will stand before me. If you extract the precious from the worthless, you will become my spokesman. They for their part may turn to you. But you must not turn to them.

Speaking In Christ's Name

Matthew 7:22

Many will say to me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?'

Speaking In Tongues

Acts 19:1-7

While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the upper country to Ephesus, and found some disciples.

Speaking To God

Genesis 18:27

Then Abraham answered and said: Indeed now, I who am only dust and ashes have taken it upon myself to speak to Jehovah:

Speaking With The Mouth

Ezekiel 3:27

But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth. You will tell them: 'This is what the Lord Jehovah says.' Some will listen and some will refuse to listen for they are a rebellious people.

The Dumb Speaking

Luke 1:64

Immediately his tongue loosed, his mouth opened and he spoke, blessing God.

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