39 Bible Verses about Speech

sound speech that cannot be condemned; that he that is opposed to us may be put to shame, having no evil thing to say of us.

My children, let us not love in word, nor in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

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

For such men are not servants of our Lord Christ, but of their own appetites; and by good words and fair speeches they deceive the hearts of the simple.

So also ye, unless ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall that be known which is spoken? For ye will be speaking into the air.

that in him ye were enriched in everything, in all utterance, and all knowledge,

Let no foul language proceed out of your mouth, but whatever is good for edification, as the need may be, that it may benefit the hearers;

For in many things we all offend. If any one offend not in speech, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.

And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech, or of wisdom, declaring to you the testimony of God.

Having therefore such hope, we use great plainness of speech;

but now put ye away all these, anger, wrath, malice, evilspeaking, filthy language out of your mouth.

in the word of truth, in the power of God, by the weapons of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

Let no one despise thy youth, but become an example to the believers, in word, in behavior, in love, in faith, in purity.

Why do ye not understand my language? It is because ye cannot listen to my word.

For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or gainsay.

But let your language be, Yea, yea; Nay; nay; for whatever is more than these cometh of evil.

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

But as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and all earnestness, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this exercise of liberality also.

for the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

These things I have spoken to you in parables. The time is coming, when I shall no more speak to you in parables, but shall tell you plainly of the Father.

And though I am rude in speech, yet I am not in knowledge; but this did we in every respect manifest to you in all things.

And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in his worlds and deeds.

And this I say, that no one may impose on you by specious discourses.

For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel; not with wisdom of speech, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.

For his letters, saith one, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

Great is my confidence toward you, great is my glorying on your account; I am filled with comfort, I overflow with joy in all our trouble.

His disciples say, Lo! now thou speakest plainly, and speakest no parable.

And shortly after, they who were standing by came and said to Peter, Surely thou too art one of them; for thy speech betrayeth thee.