59 Bible Verses about speaking
Most Relevant Verses
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.
and now, go, and I -- I am with thy mouth, and have directed thee that which thou speakest;'
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;
I hear what God Jehovah speaketh, For He speaketh peace unto His people, And unto His saints, and they turn not back to folly.
if an unknown tongue any one do speak, by two, or at the most, by three, and in turn, and let one interpret;
if any one doth speak -- 'as oracles of God;' if any one doth minister -- 'as of the ability which God doth supply;' that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the power -- to the ages of the ages. Amen.
And the Lord said through a vision in the night to Paul, 'Be not afraid, but be speaking and thou mayest be not silent;
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.
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;
Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.
Also to all the words that they speak give not thy heart, that thou hear not thy servant reviling thee.
and if there may be no interpreter, let him be silent in an assembly, and to himself let him speak, and to God.
'And whenever they may deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye may speak, for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak;
So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,
Therefore doth My people know My name, Therefore, in that day, Surely I am He who is speaking, behold Me.'
speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,
Job -- not with knowledge doth he speak, And his words are not with wisdom.
And it hath come to pass, They do not yet call, and I answer, They are yet speaking, and I hear.
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.
And Elihu hath waited earnestly beside Job with words, for they are older than he in days.
In the ears of a fool speak not, For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words.
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;
'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.
The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.
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.'
For by scorned lip, and by another tongue, Doth He speak unto this people.
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.
From Thematic Bible
Symbols of the Holy Spirit » A voice » Speaking
Evil » Speaking » Warnings against
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice,
for 'he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips -- not to speak guile;
Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings,
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.
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;
Speaking » Folly in
'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.'
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.
For the dream hath come by abundance of business, and the voice of a fool by abundance of words.
A thorn hath gone up into the hand of a drunkard, And a parable in the mouth of fools.
Symbols and similitudes » Of the holy spirit » Speaking
Topics on Speaking
Christ Speaking
John 18:20Jesus 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 12:49And having stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, he said, 'Lo, my mother and my brethren!
Evil Speaking
1 Peter 2:1Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings,
God Speaking Of Old
Hebrews 1:1In many parts, and many ways, God of old having spoken to the fathers in the prophets,
Speaking Again
Job 33:14For once doth God speak, and twice, (He doth not behold it.)
Speaking As From God
Jeremiah 15:19Therefore, 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 By The Spirit
2 Samuel 23:2The Spirit of Jehovah hath spoken by me, And His word is on my tongue.
Speaking In Christ's Name
Matthew 7:22Many 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 19:1-7And 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 The Word God Gives
Exodus 4:12and now, go, and I -- I am with thy mouth, and have directed thee that which thou speakest;'
Speaking To God
Genesis 18:27And Abraham answereth and saith, 'Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to speak unto the Lord, and I -- dust and ashes;
Speaking Truth
Ephesians 4:15and, being true in love, we may increase to Him in all things, who is the head -- the Christ;
Speaking With The Mouth
Ezekiel 3:27And 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.
Speaking, Evil
Romans 3:13A sepulchre opened is their throat; with their tongues they used deceit; poison of asps is under their lips.
Speaking, Wisdom In
James 1:19So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,
The Dumb Speaking
Luke 1:64and his mouth was opened presently, and his tongue, and he was speaking, praising God.
The Spirit Speaking
Acts 8:29And the Spirit said to Philip, 'Go near, and be joined to this chariot;'
While Still Speaking
Isaiah 65:24And it hath come to pass, They do not yet call, and I answer, They are yet speaking, and I hear.