24 Bible Verses about Speech, Positive Aspects Of

Let no corrupt word come out of your mouth; but what is good to useful edification, that it may benefit the hearers. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God whereby ye are sealed to the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and fury, and clamor, and calumny, be put away from you, with all malice: and be kind one to another,

nor ribaldry, nor buffoonery, nor wanton jesting, which are not meet: but rather giving of thanks.

But now put away all these also, wrath, animosity, malice, calumny, and filthy discourse out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, seeing ye have put off the old man with his evil practices; and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge, after the image of Him that created him.

not returning evil for evil, or reproach for reproach: but on the contrary blessing even those that curse you: knowing ye are called unto this, that ye may obtain a blessing. "For he that would desire life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile;

By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should declare the glories of Him, who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

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

And He ordered the people to sit down upon the ground: and taking the seven loaves, He gave thanks and brake them, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the multitude. And they had a few small fishes: and He blessed them, and bid them set them also before the people.

rooted and built up in Him, and established in the faith, as ye have been taught it, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

In every circumstance be thankful; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

With it we bless God even the Father; and with it we curse men, who are made after the likeness of God: out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. These things, my brethren, ought not so to be.

and believe in thine heart, that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Whosoever then shall own me before men, I also will own him before my Father, who is in heaven: but whosoever shall disown me before men, him will I also disown before my Father who is in heaven.

But I say unto you, Whosoever shall own me before men, the Son of man will also own him before the angels of God. But he, that disowneth me before men, shall be disowned before the angels of God.

And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ the Son of the living God.

I must acquaint you, that no one speaking by the Spirit of God, calleth Jesus a curse: and no one can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the holy Ghost.

Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with discretion to know how ye ought to answer every one.

and be always ready to answer every one that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekness and reverence:

We are made as the filth of the world, and the refuse of all things to this day.

but to be gentle towards all men, ready to teach, patient under injuries, with meekness instructing those of different sentiments, not knowing but God may give them repentance to the acknowledgement of the truth;

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

but holding the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him, who is the head, even Christ:

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

but let your conversation be yea, yea; no, no; for whatever is more than these, cometh from the evil one.