59 Bible Verses about speaking
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So with yourselves, if with your tongue you utter speech that is not intelligible, how will anyone know what is said? For you will be speaking into the air.
Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak."
For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit.
Let me hear what God the LORD will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints; but let them not turn back to folly.
For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
If any speak in a tongue, let there be only two or at most three, and each in turn, and let someone interpret.
whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies--in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, "Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent,
Nevertheless, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, "I believed, and so I spoke," we also believe, and so we also 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 mute, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.
For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret.
Do not take to heart all the things that people say, lest you hear your servant cursing you.
But if there is no one to interpret, let each of them keep silent in church and speak to himself and to God.
When they deliver you over, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour.
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;
Therefore my people shall know my name. Therefore in that day they shall know that it is I who speak; here am I."
Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.
addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart,
Before they call I will answer; while they are yet speaking I will hear.
But the LORD said to me, "Do not say, 'I am only a youth'; for to all to whom I send you, you shall go, and whatever I command you, you shall speak.
Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the good sense of your words.
the women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says.
"I have said these things to you in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father.
The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies.
And behold, you will be silent and unable to speak until the day that these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time."
For by people of strange lips and with a foreign tongue the LORD will speak to this people,
Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of hosts: "Because you have spoken this word, behold, I am making my words in your mouth a fire, and this people wood, and the fire shall consume them.
From Thematic Bible
Symbols of the Holy Spirit » A voice » Speaking
For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
Evil » Speaking » Warnings against
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.
For "Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit;
So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.
Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.
Speaking » Folly in
I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."
A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating. A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
For a dream comes with much business, and a fool's voice with many words.
For when dreams increase and words grow many, there is vanity; but God is the one you must fear.
Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
Symbols and similitudes » Of the holy spirit » Speaking
For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
Topics on Speaking
Christ Speaking
John 18:20Jesus answered him, "I have spoken openly to the world. I have always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all Jews come together. I have said nothing in secret.
Christ Speaking To Disciples
Matthew 12:49And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!
Evil Speaking
1 Peter 2:1So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
God Speaking Of Old
Hebrews 1:1Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets,
Speaking As From God
Jeremiah 15:19Therefore thus says the LORD: "If you return, I will restore you, and you shall stand before me. If you utter what is precious, and not what is worthless, you shall be as my mouth. They shall turn to you, but you shall not turn to them.
Speaking By The Spirit
2 Samuel 23:2"The Spirit of the LORD speaks by me; his word is on my tongue.
Speaking In Christ's Name
Matthew 7:22On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?'
Speaking In Tongues
Acts 19:1-7And it happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the inland country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples.
Speaking The Word God Gives
Exodus 4:12Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak."
Speaking To God
Genesis 18:27Abraham answered and said, "Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.
Speaking Truth
Ephesians 4:15Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,
Speaking With The Mouth
Ezekiel 3:27But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD.'He who will hear, let him hear; and he who will refuse to hear, let him refuse, for they are a rebellious house.
Speaking, Evil
Romans 3:13"Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive." "The venom of asps is under their lips."
Speaking, Wisdom In
James 1:19Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;
The Dumb Speaking
Luke 1:64And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, blessing God.
While Still Speaking
Isaiah 65:24Before they call I will answer; while they are yet speaking I will hear.
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