53 Bible Verses about Speech, Positive Aspects Of

Let the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart be pleasing in your eyes, O Lord, my strength and my salvation.

I said, I will give attention to my ways, so that my tongue may do no wrong; I will keep my mouth under control, while the sinner is before me.

Let no evil talk come out of your mouth, but only what is good for giving necessary teaching, and for grace to those who give ear. And do not give grief to the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were marked for the day of salvation. Let all bitter, sharp and angry feeling, and noise, and evil words, be put away from you, with all unkind acts;

Put away from you an evil tongue, and let false lips be far from you.

And let there be no low behaviour, or foolish talk, or words said in sport, which are not right, but in place of them the giving of praise.

But now it is right for you to put away all these things; wrath, passion, bad feeling, curses, unclean talk; Do not make false statements to one another; because you have put away the old man with all his doings, And have put on the new man, which has become new in knowledge after the image of his maker;

Not giving back evil for evil, or curse for curse, but in place of cursing, blessing; because this is the purpose of God for you that you may have a heritage of blessing. For it is said, Let the man who has a love of life, desiring to see good days, keep his tongue from evil and his lips from words of deceit:

What man has a love of life, and a desire that his days may be increased so that he may see good? Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from words of deceit.

Let us then make offerings of praise to God at all times through him, that is to say, the fruit of lips giving witness to his name.

I will be blessing the Lord at all times; his praise will be ever in my mouth.

And my tongue will be talking of your righteousness and of your praise all the day.

O Lord, let my lips be open, so that my mouth may make clear your praise.

But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.

And whatever you do, in word or in act, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving praise to God the Father through him.

And you will have food enough and be full, praising the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.

And he put some of the Levites before the ark of the Lord as servants, to keep the acts of the Lord in memory, and to give worship and praise to the Lord, the God of Israel:

O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

You will have food in full measure, and give praise to the name of the Lord your God, who has done wonders for you:

And he made the people be seated on the earth: and he took the seven cakes and, having given praise, he gave the broken bread to his disciples to put before them; and they put it before the people. And they had some small fishes; and blessing them he had them put before the people in the same way.

Rooted and based together in him, strong in the faith which the teaching gave you, giving praise to God at all times.

In everything give praise: for this is the purpose of God in Christ Jesus for you.

With it we give praise to our Lord and Father; and with it we put a curse on men who are made in God's image. Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, it is not right for these things to be so.

Because, if you say with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and have faith in your heart that God has made him come back from the dead, you will have salvation: For with the heart man has faith to get righteousness, and with the mouth he says that Jesus is Lord to get salvation.

To everyone, then, who gives witness to me before men, I will give witness before my Father in heaven. But if anyone says before men that he has no knowledge of me, I will say that I have no knowledge of him before my Father in heaven.

And I say to you that to everyone who gives witness to me before men, the Son of man will give witness before the angels of God. But if anyone says before men that he has no knowledge of me, I will say that I have no knowledge of him before the angels of God.

And Simon Peter made answer and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

So it is my desire for you to be clear about this; that no one is able to say by the Spirit of God that Jesus is cursed; and no one is able to say that Jesus is Lord, but by the Holy Spirit.

Let your talk be with grace, mixed with salt, so that you may be able to give an answer to everyone.

And the men of Ephraim came and said to him, Why did you not send for us when you went to war against Midian? And they said sharp and angry words to him. And he said to them, What have I done in comparison with you? Is not that which Ephraim took up after the grape-cutting better than all the grapes which Abiezer got in from the grape-cutting? God has given into your hands the chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; what have I been able to do in comparison with you? And when he said this, their feeling about him became kinder.

The lips of the upright man have knowledge of what is pleasing, but twisted are the mouths of evil-doers.

By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.

Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.

Then Daniel gave an answer with wisdom and good sense to Arioch, the captain of the king's armed men, who had gone out to put to death the wise men of Babylon; He made answer and said to Arioch, O captain of the king, why is the king's order so cruel? Then Arioch gave Daniel an account of the business. And Daniel went in and made a request to the king to give him time and he would make clear the sense of his dream to the king.

But give honour to Christ in your hearts as your Lord; and be ready at any time when you are questioned about the hope which is in you, to give an answer in the fear of the Lord and without pride;

Care in the heart of a man makes it weighted down, but a good word makes it glad.

And Joseph said, Have no fear: am I in the place of God? As for you, it was in your mind to do me evil, but God has given a happy outcome, the salvation of numbers of people, as you see today. So now, have no fear: for I will take care of you and your little ones. So he gave them comfort with kind words.

Truly, you have been a helper to others, and you have made feeble hands strong; He who was near to falling has been lifted up by your words, and you have given strength to bent knees.

When evil things are said about us we give gentle answers: we are made as the unclean things of the world, as that for which no one has any use, even till now.

For it is not right for the Lord's servant to make trouble, but he is to be gentle to all, ready in teaching, putting up with wrong, Gently guiding those who go against the teaching; if by chance God may give them a change of heart and true knowledge,

Let the word of Christ be in you in all wealth of wisdom; teaching and helping one another with songs of praise and holy words, making melody to God with grace in your hearts.

There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.

Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

There is gold and a store of corals: but the lips of knowledge are a jewel of great price.

A word at the right time is like apples of gold in a network of silver. Like a nose-ring of gold and an ornament of the best gold, is a wise man who says sharp words to an ear ready to give attention.

Her mouth is open to give out wisdom, and the law of mercy is on her tongue.

For it is right for the priest's lips to keep knowledge, and for men to be waiting for the law from his mouth: for he is the servant sent from the Lord of armies.

But saying true words in love, may come to full growth in him, who is the head, even Christ;

He who has knowledge says little: and he who has a calm spirit is a man of good sense.

The heart of the upright gives thought to his answer; but from the mouth of the evil-doer comes a stream of evil things.

To give an answer before hearing is a foolish thing and a cause of shame.

You have knowledge of this, dear brothers. But let every man be quick in hearing, slow in words, slow to get angry;

But let your words be simply, Yes or No: and whatever is more than these is of the Evil One.

He gives a kiss with his lips who gives a right answer.