39 Bible Verses about Speech

and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing bad to say about us.

Little children, let us not love in word or tongue but in deed and in truth.

Let your speech always be full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone.

For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth and flattering words they deceive the hearts of the simple.

So it is with you, unless you utter by the tongue speech that is intelligible, how will anyone know what is spoken? For you will be speaking into the air.

that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge

Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building others up according to the need of the moment, that it may impart grace to those who hear.

For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well.

When I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.

But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth.

in truthful speech, and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left;

Let no one look down on your youth, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you are not able to hear my word.

for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.

Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No'; anything more than this comes from evil.

and my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

But as you excel in everythingin faith, in utterance, in knowledge, in all earnestness, and in your love for ussee that you excel in this work of grace also.

For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power.

"I have said this to you in figurative language; but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.

But even if I am unskilled in speech, I am not in knowledge; in every way we have made this plain to you in all things.

Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in his words and deeds.

I say this so that no one may delude you with fine-sounding arguments.

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospelnot with words of human wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

For they say, "His letters are weighty and strong, but his personal presence is weak, and his speech of no account."

I have great confidence in you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. With all our affliction, I am overflowing with joy.

His disciples said, "See, now you are speaking plainly, and not using a figure of speech!

After a little while those who stood by came up and said to Peter, "Surely you are also one of them, for your accent betrays you."