58 Bible Verses about Speech, Positive Aspects Of

May my words and my thoughts be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my sheltering rock and my redeemer.

You have scrutinized my inner motives; you have examined me during the night. You have carefully evaluated me, but you find no sin. I am determined I will say nothing sinful.

For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David. I decided, "I will watch what I say and make sure I do not sin with my tongue. I will put a muzzle over my mouth while in the presence of an evil man."

O Lord, place a guard on my mouth! Protect the opening of my lips!

You must let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for the building up of the one in need, that it may give grace to those who hear. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. You must put away every kind of bitterness, anger, wrath, quarreling, and evil, slanderous talk.

Remove perverse speech from your mouth; keep devious talk far from your lips.

Neither should there be vulgar speech, foolish talk, or coarse jesting -- all of which are out of character -- but rather thanksgiving.

But now, put off all such things as anger, rage, malice, slander, abusive language from your mouth. Do not lie to one another since you have put off the old man with its practices and have been clothed with the new man that is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of the one who created it.

Do not return evil for evil or insult for insult, but instead bless others because you were called to inherit a blessing. For the one who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from uttering deceit.

Do you want to really live? Would you love to live a long, happy life? Then make sure you don't speak evil words or use deceptive speech!

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

Written by David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, causing the king to send him away. I will praise the Lord at all times; my mouth will continually praise him.

Then I will tell others about your justice, and praise you all day long.

O Lord, give me the words! Then my mouth will praise you.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

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

You will eat your fill and then praise the Lord your God because of the good land he has given you.

He appointed some of the Levites to serve before the ark of the Lord, to offer prayers, songs of thanks, and hymns to the Lord God of Israel.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give him thanks! Praise his name!

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good and his loyal love endures!

You will have plenty to eat, and your hunger will be fully satisfied; you will praise the name of the Lord your God, who has acted wondrously in your behalf. My people will never again be put to shame.

Then he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground. After he took the seven loaves and gave thanks, he broke them and began giving them to the disciples to serve. So they served the crowd. They also had a few small fish. After giving thanks for these, he told them to serve these as well.

rooted and built up in him and firm in your faith just as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

in everything give thanks. For this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse people made in God's image. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. These things should not be so, my brothers and sisters.

because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and thus has righteousness and with the mouth one confesses and thus has salvation.

"Whoever, then, acknowledges me before people, I will acknowledge before my Father in heaven. But whoever denies me before people, I will deny him also before my Father in heaven.

"I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before God's angels. But the one who denies me before men will be denied before God's angels.

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

So I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus is cursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit.

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer everyone.

The Ephraimites said to him, "Why have you done such a thing to us? You did not summon us when you went to fight the Midianites!" They argued vehemently with him. He said to them, "Now what have I accomplished compared to you? Even Ephraim's leftover grapes are better quality than Abiezer's harvest! It was to you that God handed over the Midianite generals, Oreb and Zeeb! What did I accomplish to rival that?" When he said this, they calmed down.

The lips of the righteous know what is pleasing, but the speech of the wicked is perverse.

A gentle response turns away anger, but a harsh word stirs up wrath.

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

Then Daniel spoke with prudent counsel to Arioch, who was in charge of the king's executioners and who had gone out to execute the wise men of Babylon. He inquired of Arioch the king's deputy, "Why is the decree from the king so urgent?" Then Arioch informed Daniel about the matter. So Daniel went in and requested the king to grant him time, that he might disclose the interpretation to the king.

But set Christ apart as Lord in your hearts and always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks about the hope you possess.

Anxiety in a person's heart weighs him down, but an encouraging word brings him joy.

But Joseph answered them, "Don't be afraid. Am I in the place of God? As for you, you meant to harm me, but God intended it for a good purpose, so he could preserve the lives of many people, as you can see this day. So now, don't be afraid. I will provide for you and your little children." Then he consoled them and spoke kindly to them.

Look, you have instructed many; you have strengthened feeble hands. Your words have supported those who stumbled, and you have strengthened the knees that gave way.

when people lie about us, we answer in a friendly manner. We are the world's dirt and scum, even now.

And the Lord's slave must not engage in heated disputes but be kind toward all, an apt teacher, patient, correcting opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance and then knowledge of the truth

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

Speaking recklessly is like the thrusts of a sword, but the words of the wise bring healing.

The tongue of the wise treats knowledge correctly, but the mouth of the fool spouts out folly.

There is gold, and an abundance of rubies, but words of knowledge are like a precious jewel.

Like apples of gold in settings of silver, so is a word skillfully spoken. Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to the ear of the one who listens.

She opens her mouth with wisdom, and loving instruction is on her tongue.

For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge of sacred things, and people should seek instruction from him because he is the messenger of the Lord who rules over all.

But practicing the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ, who is the head.

The truly wise person restrains his words, and the one who stays calm is discerning.

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

The one who gives an answer before he listens -- that is his folly and his shame.

Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.

Let your word be 'Yes, yes' or 'No, no.' More than this is from the evil one.

Whoever lives a blameless life, does what is right, and speaks honestly. He does not slander, or do harm to others, or insult his neighbor.

May the godly strike me in love and correct me! May my head not refuse choice oil! Indeed, my prayer is a witness against their evil deeds.

Like a kiss on the lips is the one who gives an honest answer.