59 Bible Verses about speaking
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So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.
For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.
If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:
Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, 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 that doth speak: behold, it is I.
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
Wherefore thus saith the LORD 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.
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Symbols of the Holy Spirit » A voice » Speaking
Evil » Speaking » Warnings against
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
Speaking » Folly in
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
Symbols and similitudes » Of the holy spirit » Speaking
Topics on Speaking
Christ Speaking
John 18:20Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.
Christ Speaking To Disciples
Matthew 12:49And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
Evil Speaking
1 Peter 2:1Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
God Speaking Of Old
Hebrews 1:1God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
Speaking Again
Job 33:14For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
Speaking As From God
Jeremiah 15:19Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.
Speaking By The Spirit
2 Samuel 23:2The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.
Speaking In Christ's Name
Matthew 7:22Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Speaking In Tongues
Acts 19:1-7And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
Speaking The Word God Gives
Exodus 4:12Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
Speaking To God
Genesis 18:27And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
Speaking Truth
Ephesians 4:15But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
Speaking With The Mouth
Ezekiel 3:27But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.
Speaking, Evil
Romans 3:13Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
Speaking, Wisdom In
James 1:19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
The Dumb Speaking
Luke 1:64And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.
The Spirit Speaking
Acts 8:29Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself 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.
