58 Bible Verses about Speech, Positive Aspects Of

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my rock, and my redeemer.

Thou have proved my heart. Thou have visited me in the night. Thou have tried me, and find nothing. I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked man is before me.

Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.

Let no corrupt speech go out of your mouth, rather if there is any good word for edification of a need, so that it may give grace to those who hear. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in which ye are sealed for a day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and reviling be taken away from you, with all evil.

Put away from thee a wayward mouth, and put perverse lips far from thee.

also indecency, and foolish talking or jesting, things not befitting, but thankfulness instead.

But now ye also, put off all these things: anger, wrath, wickedness, reviling, filthy speaking out of your mouth. Do not lie to each other, having stripped off the old man with his practices, and having put on the new man, being renewed in knowledge according to an image of him who created him,

not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling, but instead giving praise, knowing that ye were called for this, so that ye might inherit a blessing. For he who wants to love life, and see good days, let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips not to speak deceit.

What man is he who desires life, and loves [many] days, that he may see good? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking deceit.

Through him therefore, let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, fruit of lips acknowledging his name.

I will bless LORD at all times. His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

And my tongue shall talk of thy righteousness [and] of thy praise all the day long.

O LORD, open thou my lips, and my mouth shall show forth thy praise.

But ye are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for an acquired possession, so that ye might broadly proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

And all things, anything whatever ye may do in word or in deed, do all in the name of Lord Jesus, expressing thanks to the God and Father through him.

And thou shall eat and be full, and thou shall bless LORD thy God for the good land which he has given thee.

And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of LORD, and to celebrate and to thank and praise LORD, the God of Israel:

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.

O give thanks to LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness [is] forever.

And ye shall eat in plenty and be satisfied. And shall praise the name of LORD your God, who has dealt wondrously with you. And my people shall never be put to shame.

And he commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground. And after taking the seven loaves, having given thanks, he broke in pieces, and gave to his disciples so that they might place before them. And they place before the crowd. And they had a few small fishes. And having blessed them, he said to also place before them.

rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as ye were taught, abounding in it with thankfulness.

In everything express thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

By it we bless the God and Father, and by it we curse men, who were made according to a likeness of God. Out of the same mouth proceeds blessing and curse. My brothers, these things ought not to happen this way.

that if thou will confess with thy mouth, Lord Jesus, and will believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou will be saved. For a man believes in the heart for righteousness, and he confesses with the mouth for salvation.

Therefore every man, whoever will profess in me before men, I also will profess in him before my Father in the heavens. But whoever would deny me before men, I also will deny him before my Father in the heavens.

And I say to you, every man who will confess in me before men, the Son of man will also confess in him before the agents of God, but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of the agents of God.

And Simon Peter having answered, said, Thou are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

Therefore I make known to you, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God says, Jesus is accursed, and no man can say, Jesus is Lord, except by Holy Spirit.

your speech always with grace seasoned with salt, to know how it is fitting for you to answer each one.

And the men of Ephraim said to him, Why have thou done thus to us, that thou did not call us when thou went to fight with Midian? And they chided with him sharply. And he said to them, What have I now done in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer? God has delivered into your hand the rulers of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, and what was I able to do in comparison with you? Then their anger was abated toward him when he had said that.

The lips of a righteous man knows what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked [is] perverseness.

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a grievous word stirs up anger.

Pleasant words are a honeycomb: Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Then Daniel returned answer with counsel and prudence to Arioch, the captain of the king's guard, who went forth to kill the wise men of Babylon. He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so urgent from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel. And Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would appoint him a time, and he would show the king the interpretation.

but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. And always be ready for a defense to every man who asks you a word about the hope in you, with mildness and fear.

Heaviness in the heart of a man makes it droop, but a good word makes it glad.

And Joseph said to them, Fear not, for am I in the place of God? And as for you, ye meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. Now therefore fear ye not. I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.

Behold, thou have instructed many, and thou have strengthened the weak hands. Thy words have upheld him who was falling, and thou have made firm the feeble knees.

being slandered, we entreat. We became as trash of the world, an offscouring of all things, until now.

And a bondman of Lord must not quarrel, but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, in mildness correcting those who oppose. Perhaps God may grant them repentance for recognition of the truth,

Let the word of Christ dwell in you abundantly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing by grace in your hearts to God.

There is he who speaks rashly like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise is health.

The tongue of the wise utters knowledge rightly, but the mouth of fools pours out folly.

There is gold, and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

A word fitly spoken is apples of gold in a network of silver. An earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, [is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the law of kindness is on her tongue.

For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth. For he is the messenger of LORD of hosts.

But being truthful in love, we may cause all things to grow for him who is the head--the Christ--

He who spares his words has knowledge, and he who is of a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

The heart of a righteous man meditates to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

He who gives answer before he hears, it is folly and shame to him.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.

But let your word be, Yes, yes, No, no. And anything beyond these is from evil.

He who walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks truth in his heart, he who does no slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor,

Let a righteous man smite me, [as] a kindness. And let him reprove me, [as] oil upon the head. Let not my head refuse it. For even in their wickedness my prayer shall continue.

He who gives a right answer kisses the lips.