39 Bible Verses about Speech
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My little children, let us not love in word, or in tongue only, but in deed and in truth.
Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with discretion to know how ye ought to answer every one.
and avoid them; for such people serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by a soothing address and good words deceive the hearts of the innocent.
So also unless ye utter by the tongue intelligible words, how shall what is spoken be understood? for thus ye will be only talking to the wind.
Let no corrupt word come out of your mouth; but what is good to useful edification, that it may benefit the hearers.
and if any offend not in word, he is a compleat man, able to manage also the whole body.
And I, when I came among you, brethren, came not with excellency of language, or of human wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God:
But now put away all these also, wrath, animosity, malice, calumny, and filthy discourse out of your mouth.
by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, with the armour of righteousness on the right and on the left; through honor and dishonor,
Let no one have cause to despise thy youth; but he thou an example to believers in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
And why do ye not understand my language, but because ye cannot bear my doctrine?
but let your conversation be yea, yea; no, no; for whatever is more than these, cometh from the evil one.
And my discourse, and my preaching was not with the persuasive words of human wisdom, but in the demonstration of the Spirit and of power;
And as ye abound in every other grace, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, that ye may abound in this grace also.
These things have I spoken to you in parables: but the time is coming when I shall no more speak to you in parables, but tell you with plainness concerning the Father.
yet not in knowledge ---but we have been fully manifested among you in all things.
And Moses was trained up in all the wisdom of the Egyptians: and he was mighty in words, and in deeds.
For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not in fine speech, least the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.
for his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
I use much freedom of speech to you, and I boast much of you: I am filled with comfort, and superabound in joy above all our affliction.
His disciples said unto Him, Now indeed Thou speakest plainly, and usest no parable.
From Thematic Bible
Language » Called » Speech
And a little after, they that stood by, said to Peter again, Thou art certainly one of them: for thou art a Galilean, and thy speech is like theirs.
And the people, seeing what Paul had done, lifted up their voice, saying in the Lycaonian tongue, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.
Rab-shakeh (rabshakeh) » Sent by » Sennacherib » Speech » Surrender of
Speech » Evil, general references to
Their throat is an open sepulchre: with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our several parts, defiling the whole body, inflaming the course of nature, and is set on fire by hell.
Speech » Admonitions concerning
Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
but let your conversation be yea, yea; no, no; for whatever is more than these, cometh from the evil one.
Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with discretion to know how ye ought to answer every one.
Speech » Plainness of
Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and slew those who prophesied concerning the coming of that righteous One, of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers;
But when he saw many of the pharisees and sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Uprightness » Should be in » Speech
Topics on Speech
Beware Of Your Speech
James 3:5So the tongue is a small part of the body, yet boasteth great things. Behold how much fuel a little fire kindleth!
Curbing Speech
James 1:19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Figures Of Speech
Galatians 4:24Which things are figurative; for these persons are emblems of the two covenants, the one from mount Sinai, bringing forth children unto bondage, which is Hagar: for this name Hagar,
Let Your Speech Be Good
Ephesians 4:29Let no corrupt word come out of your mouth; but what is good to useful edification, that it may benefit the hearers.
Powers Of Speech
Luke 6:45A good man, out of the good treasure of his heart, bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man, out of the evil treasure of his heart, bringeth forth that which is evil: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Speech Impediments
Mark 7:32And they brought to Him a deaf man, who had likewise an impediment in his speech, and pray Him to put his hand upon him.
Speech, Divine
Hebrews 1:1-2God, who at sundry times, and various ways, spake of old unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken to us by his Son,
Speech, Negative Aspects Of
Matthew 12:33-35Either allow the tree to be good, and it's fruit good; or shew the tree to be corrupt, and it's fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by it's fruit.
Speech, Positive Aspects Of
Ephesians 4:29-31Let no corrupt word come out of your mouth; but what is good to useful edification, that it may benefit the hearers.
Speech, Power And Significance Of
James 3:1-12My brethren, be not many teachers, knowing that we who are such shall pass a stricter trial than others: for in many things we all offend;
Without Speech
Romans 8:26And the Spirit likewise helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for, as we ought: but the Spirit itself intercedes for us with unutterable groans.
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