58 Bible Verses about Speech, Positive Aspects Of

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in Your sight,
O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer.

You have tried my heart;
You have visited me by night;
You have tested me and You find nothing;
I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.

For the choir director, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
I said, “I will guard my ways
That I may not sin with my tongue;
I will guard my mouth as with a muzzle
While the wicked are in my presence.”

Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;
Keep watch over the door of my lips.

Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear. Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.

Put away from you a deceitful mouth
And put devious speech far from you.

and there must be no filthiness and silly talk, or coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.

But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices, and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him—

not returning evil for evil or insult for insult, but giving a blessing instead; for you were called for the very purpose that you might inherit a blessing. For,
“The one who desires life, to love and see good days,
Must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

Who is the man who desires life
And loves length of days that he may see good?
Keep your tongue from evil
And your lips from speaking deceit.

Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks to His name.

A Psalm of David when he feigned madness before Abimelech, who drove him away and he departed.
I will bless the Lord at all times;
His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

And my tongue shall declare Your righteousness
And Your praise all day long.

O Lord, open my lips,
That my mouth may declare Your praise.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.

When you have eaten and are satisfied, you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land which He has given you.

He appointed some of the Levites as ministers before the ark of the Lord, even to celebrate and to thank and praise the Lord God of Israel:

Enter His gates with thanksgiving
And His courts with praise.
Give thanks to Him, bless His name.

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

“You will have plenty to eat and be satisfied
And praise the name of the Lord your God,
Who has dealt wondrously with you;
Then My people will never be put to shame.

And He *directed the people to sit down on the ground; and taking the seven loaves, He gave thanks and broke them, and started giving them to His disciples to serve to them, and they served them to the people. They also had a few small fish; and after He had blessed them, He ordered these to be served as well.

having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude.

in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the likeness of God; from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way.

that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.

“Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven.

“And I say to you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will confess him also before the angels of God; but he who denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

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

Let your speech always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person.

Then the men of Ephraim said to him, “What is this thing you have done to us, not calling us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they contended with him vigorously. But he said to them, “What have I done now in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer? God has given the leaders of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb into your hands; and what was I able to do in comparison with you?” Then their anger toward him subsided when he said that.

The lips of the righteous bring forth what is acceptable,
But the mouth of the wicked what is perverted.

A gentle answer turns away wrath,
But a harsh word stirs up anger.

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

Then Daniel replied with discretion and discernment to Arioch, the captain of the king’s bodyguard, who had gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon; he said to Arioch, the king’s commander, “For what reason is the decree from the king so urgent?” Then Arioch informed Daniel about the matter. So Daniel went in and requested of the king that he would give him time, in order that he might declare the interpretation to the king.

but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence;

Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down,
But a good word makes it glad.

But Joseph said to them, “Do not be afraid, for am I in God’s place? As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people alive. So therefore, do not be afraid; I will provide for you and your little ones.” So he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.

“Behold you have admonished many,
And you have strengthened weak hands.
“Your words have helped the tottering to stand,
And you have strengthened feeble knees.

when we are slandered, we try to conciliate; we have become as the scum of the world, the dregs of all things, even until now.

The Lord’s bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged, with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth,

Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword,
But the tongue of the wise brings healing.

The tongue of the wise makes knowledge acceptable,
But the mouth of fools spouts folly.

There is gold, and an abundance of jewels;
But the lips of knowledge are a more precious thing.

Like apples of gold in settings of silver
Is a word spoken in right circumstances.
Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold
Is a wise reprover to a listening ear.

She opens her mouth in wisdom,
And the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.

For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and men should seek instruction from his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ,

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

The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer,
But the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

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

This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger;

But let your statement be, ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no’; anything beyond these is of evil.

He who walks with integrity, and works righteousness,
And speaks truth in his heart.
He does not slander with his tongue,
Nor does evil to his neighbor,
Nor takes up a reproach against his friend;

Let the righteous smite me in kindness and reprove me;
It is oil upon the head;
Do not let my head refuse it,
For still my prayer is against their wicked deeds.

He kisses the lips
Who gives a right answer.