39 Bible Verses about Speech

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Titus 2:8

Let the instruction that you give be sound and above reproach, so that our opponents may be ashamed because they find no evil things to say about us.

1 Corinthians 14:9

In the same way with you, if you utter unintelligible words with your tongue, how can what you say be understood? You will be speaking to the winds!

1 Corinthians 1:5

that in everything you have been enriched in him, in all speech, and in all knowledge

1 Corinthians 2:1

And when I came to you, brothers, I came not to proclaim God's great secret purpose in fine language of philosophy;

Colossians 3:8

But now you also must renounce them all. Anger, passion, and ill-will must be put away; slander, too, and foul talk, so that they may never soil your lips.

2 Corinthians 8:7

Now then, as you excel in everything, in faith and utterance and knowledge and all zeal and in your love to me, see to it that you excel in this grace also.

John 16:25

"I have told you these things in figures; but the time is coming when I shall no longer speak in figures, but will tell you about the Father in plain words.

2 Corinthians 11:6

Yes, though I be unskilled in speech, at least I am not in knowledge; indeed I made this perfectly plain to you in all things and among all men.

Colossians 2:4

And this I say, lest any one should mislead you with enticing words.

2 Corinthians 10:10

"His letters indeed," says one, "are mighty and forcible, but his personality is weak, and his speech contemptible."

2 Corinthians 7:4

Great is my faith in you; great is my cheerful assurance in you. I am filled with comfort; in spite of all my troubles, my heart is overflowing with joy.

John 16:29

"Ah," said the disciples, "now you are speaking plain language, and not using figures.

Matthew 26:73

A little later the bystanders came up and said to Peter, "You also are certainly one of them, for your speech betrays you."

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Language » Called » Speech

Mark 14:70

A second time he continued to deny it. After a little the by-standers began to say to Peter again, "Surely you are one of them, for you are a Galilean."

Acts 14:11

And he sprang up and began to walk about. Then the crowds, when they saw what Paul had done, shouted in the Lycaonian tongue, saying, "The gods are come down to us in human form."

Rab-shakeh (rabshakeh) » Sent by » Sennacherib » Speech » Surrender of » Jeruslaem

Speech » Evil, general references to

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire; it is a very world of iniquity among our members, defiling the whole body, and setting on fire the wheel of nature, and is itself set on fire by hell.

Speech » Admonitions concerning

Titus 2:8

Let the instruction that you give be sound and above reproach, so that our opponents may be ashamed because they find no evil things to say about us.

More verses: James 3:2

Speech » Plainness of

Acts 7:52

"Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become??53 "you who received the law, given through angels, and obeyed it not."

Matthew 3:7

But when John saw that many of the Pharisees and Sadducees were coming for baptism, he said: "O brood of vipers! Who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

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Figures Of Speech

Galatians 4:24

Now all this is an allegory, for these women are the two covenants; one from Mount Sinai, which is Hagar bearing children into bondage

Powers Of Speech

Luke 6:45

"The good man out of the good treasure-house of his heart brings forth good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure-house of his heart brings forth evil; for the mouth speaks out of the abundance of the heart.

Speech, Divine

Hebrews 1:1-2

God, who in ancient days spoke to our ancestors in the prophets, at many different times and by various methods,

Speech, Negative Aspects Of

Matthew 12:33-35

"Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt; for by its fruit the tree is known.

Speech, Positive Aspects Of

Ephesians 4:29-31

From your lips let no evil words come forth, but such as occasion warrants, such as are good for upbuilding and give a blessing to the hearers.

Speech, Power And Significance Of

James 3:1-12

Do not become many teachers, my brothers, because you know well that we teachers shall be judged by a severer standard than others.

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