58 Bible Verses about speaking
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So also ye, unless ye give understandable speech by the tongue, how will that which is spoken be known? For ye will be talking into the air.
Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shall speak.
For he who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men, but to God, for no man hears, but in spirit he speaks mysteries.
I will hear what God, LORD, will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, and to his sanctified. But let them not turn again to folly.
For ye are not who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking in you.
If any man speaks in a tongue, be according to two, or at the most three, and in succession. And let one interpret.
If any man speaks, as oracles of God. If any man serves, as of ability as God supplies. So that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the dominion into the ages of the ages. Truly.
Open thy mouth for the mute, in the cause of all such as are left desolate.
And the Lord spoke to Paul by a vision at night, Fear not, but speak, and be not silent,
Yet in an assembly I would rather speak five words with my intellect, so that I might also make others understand, than countless words in a tongue.
And having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, I believed, therefore I spoke, we also believe, and therefore we speak,
a time to tear, and a time to sew, a time to keep silence, and a time to speak,
Let the lying lips be dumb, which speak against the righteous man insolently, with pride and contempt.
For it is disgusting even to speak of the things happening by them secretly.
Also do not take heed to all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee.
But if there is no interpreter, let him keep silence in an assembly, and let him speak to himself and to God.
But when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye should speak, for it will be given you in that hour what ye will speak.
Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
Therefore my people shall know my name. Therefore they shall know in that day that I am he who speaks, Behold, it is I.
speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and striking strings in your heart to the Lord,
And it shall come to pass that, before they call, I will answer, and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
But LORD said to me, Say not, I am a child. For to whomever I shall send thee thou shall go, and whatever I shall command thee thou shall speak.
As in all the churches of the sanctified, let the women keep silent in the churches. For it is not permitted for them to speak, but to be subordinate, as the law also says.
These things I have spoken to you in veiled words. The hour comes, when I will no more speak to you in veiled words, but will inform you plainly about the Father.
The wicked are estranged from the womb. They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
And behold, thou will be mute, and not able to speak until that day these things will come to pass, because thou did not believed my words, which will be fulfilled in their time.
No, but by [men of] strange lips and with another tongue he will speak to this people,
Therefore thus says LORD, the God of hosts: Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
From Thematic Bible
Symbols of the Holy Spirit » A voice » Speaking
For ye are not who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking in you.
Evil » Speaking » Warnings against
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and reviling be taken away from you, with all evil.
For he who wants to love life, and see good days, let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips not to speak deceit.
Therefore, having put off all evil and all deceit and hypocrisies and envies and all evil speaking,
And the tongue is a fire, the world of unrighteousness. Thus, the tongue is made to lead among our body-parts, defiling the whole body, and setting the cycle of nature on fire, and being set on fire by hell.
Speak not against each other, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against law and judges law. But if thou judge law, thou are not a doer of law, but a judge.
Speaking » Folly in
But I say to you, that every idle word, whatever men may speak, they will render account about it in the day of judgment. For from thy words thou will be justified, and from thy words thou will be condemned.
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for stripes. A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
For a dream comes with a multitude of business, and a fool's voice with a multitude of words.
For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, and in many words. But fear thou God.
[As] a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
Symbols and similitudes » Of the holy spirit » Speaking
For ye are not who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking in you.
Topics on Speaking
Christ Speaking
John 18:20Jesus answered him, I spoke in public to the world. I always taught in a synagogue, and in the temple where the Jews always gather together, and I spoke nothing in secret.
Christ Speaking To Disciples
Matthew 12:49And having stretched forth his hand towards his disciples, he said, Behold, my mother and my brothers.
Evil Speaking
1 Peter 2:1Therefore, having put off all evil and all deceit and hypocrisies and envies and all evil speaking,
God Speaking Of Old
Hebrews 1:1God, who formerly spoke in many portions and in many ways to the fathers by the prophets, spoke to us in these last days by a Son,
Speaking As From God
Jeremiah 15:19Therefore thus says LORD: If thou return, then I will bring thee again that thou may stand before me. And if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shall be as my mouth. They shall return to thee, but thou shall not retur
Speaking By The Spirit
2 Samuel 23:2The Spirit of LORD spoke by me, and his word was upon my tongue.
Speaking In Christ's Name
Matthew 7:22Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy name do many mighty works?
Speaking In Tongues
Acts 19:1-7And it came to pass while Apollos was at Corinth, for Paul, having passed through the upper regions, to come to Ephesus. And having found some disciples,
Speaking The Word God Gives
Exodus 4:12Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shall speak.
Speaking To God
Genesis 18:27And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.
Speaking Truth
Ephesians 4:15But being truthful in love, we may cause all things to grow for him who is the head--the Christ--
Speaking With The Mouth
Ezekiel 3:27But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shall say to them, Thus says lord LORD. He who hears, let him hear, and he who forbears, let him forbear, for they are a rebellious house.
Speaking, Evil
Romans 3:13Their throat is an open grave. With their tongues they deceive. The poison of asps is under their lips,
Speaking, Wisdom In
James 1:19Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
The Dumb Speaking
Luke 1:64And immediately his mouth was opened, and his tongue, and he spoke, praising God.
The Spirit Speaking
Acts 8:29And the Spirit said to Philip, Go near, and be joined to this chariot.
While Still Speaking
Isaiah 65:24And it shall come to pass that, before they call, I will answer, and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
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