24 Bible Verses about Speech, Positive Aspects Of

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but whatever is good for the supplying of the need, that it may give grace to those who hear. And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in Whom ye were sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and reviling, be put away from you, with all wickedness;

nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not becoming, but rather thanks-giving.

But now do ye also put away all these; anger, wrath, malice, reviling, shameful talk out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, having put off the old man with his practices, and having put on the new man who is being renewed unto full knowledge, according to the image of Him Who created him;

not returning evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but, on the contrary, blessing; because to this end ye were called, that ye might inherit a blessing. For, "He who wishes to love life, and to see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking guile;

Through Him, therefore, let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually; that is, the fruit of our lips making confession to His name.

But ye are "an elect race, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation," a people for a possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of Him Who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

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

And He commandeth the multitude to sit down on the ground; and, taking the seven loaves, having given thanks, He broke, and was giving to the disciples, to set before them; and they set them before the multitude. And they had a few small fishes; and, having blessed them, He commanded to set these also before them.

having been rooted and being built up in Him, and being established in the faith as ye were taught, abounding with thanksgiving.

In everything give thanks; for this is God's will in Christ Jesus respecting you.

Therewith we bless the Lord and Father; and therewith we curse men, who have been made after the likeness of God. Out of the same mouth come forth blessing and cursing! My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

that if you shall confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and shall believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved; for with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

"Every one, therefore, who shall confess Me before men, him will I also confess before My Father Who is in Heaven. But whosoever denies Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father Who is in Heaven.

"And I say to you, every one who shall confess Me before men, him will the Son of Man confess before the angels of God; but he who denied Me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.

And Simon Peter, answering, said, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God."

Wherefore, I make known to you that no one speaking 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 with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.

but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts; ready always for an answer to every one who asks of you an account concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear;

being defamed, we entreat; we were made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, until now.

now a servant of the Lord must not engage in strife, but should be gentle towards all, apt in teaching, patient of wrong, in meekness correcting those opposing themselves, if peradventure God should give them repentance to a full knowledge of the truth,

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

but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him, Who is the Head, Christ;

Ye know this, my beloved brethren; but let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;

But let your speech be, 'Yes, yes;' 'No, no;' and what is more than these is of the evil one.