24 Bible Verses about Speech, Positive Aspects Of

From your lips let no evil words come forth, but such as occasion warrants, such as are good for upbuilding and give a blessing to the hearers. And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you have been sealed for the day of redemption. Banish from among you all bitterness and passion and anger and clamor and slander, as well as all malice;

so too with vulgarity and buffoonery and foolish jesting. Such words become you not, but rather thanksgiving.

But now you also must renounce them all. Anger, passion, and ill-will must be put away; slander, too, and foul talk, so that they may never soil your lips. Lie not one to another, but strip off the old self with its doings, and put on that new self which is continually made over according to the likeness of its Creator, into full understanding.

not paying back evil for evil or abuse for abuse, but on the contrary giving a blessing. Because for this you have been called??o inherit a blessing. He who would love life and enjoy happy days, Let him keep his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking guile;

In his name, then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is the fruit of lips that confess his name.

But you are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a purchased people, that you may show forth the virtues of Him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light??10 you who once were not a people, but now are the people of God; who were once without mercy, but now you have found mercy.

And whatever you do, whether in word of in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God our Father through him.

So he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground; and when he had taken the seven loaves, he gave thanks, broke them, and gave to his disciples to distribute to the crowd. They had also a few small fish; after blessing these he told his disciples to distribute them also.

since you are rooted in him, and in him continually built up. Be firmly established in the faith as you were taught it, and continually abound in it with thanksgiving.

Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.

With it we continually bless our Lord and Father, and with it we are accustomed to curse men made in the image of God. From out of the same mouth pour forth blessings and cursings! My brothers, this ought not to be so.

Confess with your mouth "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God actually raised him from the dead, and you will be saved. For with the heart man believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

"Every one, then, who will confess me before men, I also will confess before my Father who is in heaven. "But whoever disowns me before men, I also will disown before my Father who is in heaven.

"And I tell you that whoever confesses me before men, the Son of man will confess him before the angels of God; "and whoever disowns me before men, shall be disowned before the angels of God.

So Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."

Wherefore I want you to understand that no one who speaks in the Spirit of God says, "Jesus is accursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except in the Holy Spirit.

Let your speech be always gracious, with a savor of salt, and learn how to give every man a fitting answer.

But consecrate Christ in your hearts, as Lord. Be always in readiness to make and answer to any one who asks you a reason for the hope that is within you, yet with gentleness and reverence.

When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; when defamed, we conciliate. We have been made, as it were, scum-o'-the-earth, the very refuse of the world, to this very hour!

The Lord's slave must not quarrel, but must be kind to all men; a skilful teacher, patient of wrong. He must be gentle when instructing opponents; for possibly God may give them a change of mind for the recognition of the truth,

Let the word of Christ have its home in you richly, in all wisdom. Teach and admonish one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, ever singing with grace in your hearts unto God.

but holding the truth in love we shall grow up in every part into him who is our Head, even Christ.

Mark this well, my dear brothers. Let every man be swift in hearing, slow in speaking, slow in growing angry;

"But let your word be simply 'Yes' or 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the Evil One.