59 Bible Verses about speaking

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1 Corinthians 14:9

so also ye, if through the tongue, speech easily understood ye may not give -- how shall that which is spoken be known? for ye shall be speaking to air.

1 Corinthians 14:2

for he who is speaking in an unknown tongue -- to men he doth not speak, but to God, for no one doth hearken, and in spirit he doth speak secrets;

Psalm 85:8

I hear what God Jehovah speaketh, For He speaketh peace unto His people, And unto His saints, and they turn not back to folly.

Job 33:14

For once doth God speak, and twice, (He doth not behold it.)

1 Corinthians 14:27

if an unknown tongue any one do speak, by two, or at the most, by three, and in turn, and let one interpret;

Acts 18:9

And the Lord said through a vision in the night to Paul, 'Be not afraid, but be speaking and thou mayest be not silent;

1 Corinthians 14:19

but in an assembly I wish to speak five words through my understanding, that others also I may instruct, rather than myriads of words in an unknown tongue.

John 2:21

but he spake concerning the sanctuary of his body;

2 Corinthians 4:13

And having the same spirit of the faith, according to that which hath been written, 'I believed, therefore I did speak;' we also do believe, therefore also do we speak;

Ecclesiastes 3:7

A time to rend, And a time to sew. A time to be silent, And a time to speak.

Psalm 31:18

Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.

John 4:26

Jesus saith to her, 'I am he, who am speaking to thee.'

Ecclesiastes 7:21

Also to all the words that they speak give not thy heart, that thou hear not thy servant reviling thee.

1 Corinthians 14:28

and if there may be no interpreter, let him be silent in an assembly, and to himself let him speak, and to God.

Isaiah 52:6

Therefore doth My people know My name, Therefore, in that day, Surely I am He who is speaking, behold Me.'

Acts 2:8

and how do we hear, each in our proper dialect, in which we were born?

Job 34:35

Job -- not with knowledge doth he speak, And his words are not with wisdom.

Jeremiah 1:7

And Jehovah saith unto me, 'Do not say, I am a youth, for to all to whom I send thee thou goest, and all that I command thee thou speakest.

Job 32:4

And Elihu hath waited earnestly beside Job with words, for they are older than he in days.

Proverbs 23:9

In the ears of a fool speak not, For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words.

1 Corinthians 14:34

Your women in the assemblies let them be silent, for it hath not been permitted to them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith;

John 16:25

'These things in similitudes I have spoken to you, but there cometh an hour when no more in similitudes will I speak to you, but freely of the Father, will tell you.

Luke 1:20

and lo, thou shalt be silent, and not able to speak, till the day that these things shall come to pass, because thou didst not believe my words, that shall be fulfilled in their season.'

Isaiah 28:11

For by scorned lip, and by another tongue, Doth He speak unto this people.

Jeremiah 5:14

Therefore, thus said Jehovah, God of Hosts, Because of your speaking this word, Lo, I am making My words in thy mouth become fire, And this people wood, and it hath devoured them.

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James 3:6

and the tongue is a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the gehenna.

James 4:11

Speak not one against another, brethren; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, doth speak against law, and doth judge law, and if law thou dost judge, thou art not a doer of law but a judge;

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Matthew 12:36-37

'And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment; for from thy words thou shalt be declared righteous, and from thy words thou shalt be declared unrighteous.'

Proverbs 18:6-7

The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth. The mouth of a fool is ruin to him, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

Ecclesiastes 5:7

For, in the abundance of dreams both vanities and words abound; but fear thou God.

Proverbs 26:9

A thorn hath gone up into the hand of a drunkard, And a parable in the mouth of fools.

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Christ Speaking

John 18:20

Jesus answered him, 'I spake freely to the world, I did always teach in a synagogue, and in the temple, where the Jews do always come together; and in secret I spake nothing;

Christ Speaking To Disciples

Matthew 12:49

And having stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, he said, 'Lo, my mother and my brethren!

Speaking Again

Job 33:14

For once doth God speak, and twice, (He doth not behold it.)

Speaking As From God

Jeremiah 15:19

Therefore, thus said Jehovah: If thou turnest back, then I bring thee back, Before Me thou dost stand, And if thou bringest out the precious from the vile, As My mouth thou art! They -- they turn back unto thee, And thou dost not turn back unto them.

Speaking In Christ's Name

Matthew 7:22

Many will say to me in that day, Lord, lord, have we not in thy name prophesied? and in thy name cast out demons? and in thy name done many mighty things?

Speaking In Tongues

Acts 19:1-7

And it came to pass, in Apollos' being in Corinth, Paul having gone through the upper parts, came to Ephesus, and having found certain disciples,

Speaking To God

Genesis 18:27

And Abraham answereth and saith, 'Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to speak unto the Lord, and I -- dust and ashes;

Speaking With The Mouth

Ezekiel 3:27

And in My speaking with thee, I do open thy mouth, and thou hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah; the hearer doth hear, and the forbearer doth forbear; for a rebellious house are they.

The Dumb Speaking

Luke 1:64

and his mouth was opened presently, and his tongue, and he was speaking, praising God.

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