40 Bible Verses about speaking
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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.
For he that speaketh in an [unknown] tongue speaketh not to men, but to God; for no one heareth; but in the Spirit he speaketh mysteries;
If any one speak in an [unknown] tongue, let it be by two, or, at the most, by three, and in turn; and let one interpret.
If any one speak, let him speak as uttering the oracles of God; if any minister, let him do it as from the ability which God giveth; that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
And the Lord said to Paul through a vision in the night, Be not afraid, but speak on, and be not silent;
yet in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might also instruct others, than ten thousand words in an [unknown] tongue.
But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, "I believed, and therefore I spoke," we also believe, and therefore speak;
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, be not anxious as to how or What ye shall speak; for it will be given you in that hour what ye shall speak.
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
speaking to one another in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
let your women keep silence in the churches; for it is not permitted them to speak, but they are to be in subjection, as also saith the Law.
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 lo! thou shalt be silent, and not able to speak, until the day when these things shall come to pass, because thou didst not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their season.
From Thematic Bible
Symbols of the Holy Spirit » A voice » Speaking
Evil » Speaking » Warnings against
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evilspeaking, be put away from you, with all malice;
"For he that would love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking guile;
Laying aside therefore all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all slander,
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity! The tongue among our members is that which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of life, and is itself set on fire by hell.
Speak not against one another, brethren; he that speaketh against his brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against 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
And I say to you, that for every idle word that men shall speak, they will give account in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou wilt be justified, and by thy words thou wilt be condemned.
Symbols and similitudes » Of the holy spirit » Speaking
Topics on Speaking
Christ Speaking
John 18:20Jesus answered him, I have spoken plainly to the world; I always taught in a synagogue and in the temple, where all the Jews assemble, and in secret I spoke nothing.
Christ Speaking To Disciples
Matthew 12:49And stretching forth his hand toward his disciples, be said, Behold, my mother and my brothers!
Evil Speaking
1 Peter 2:1Laying aside therefore all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all slander,
God Speaking
John 9:29We know that God hath spoken to Moses; but as for this man, we know not whence he is.
God Speaking Of Old
Hebrews 1:1God, who at different times and in different ways spoke of old to the fathers by the prophets,
Speaking Again
Acts 10:15And a voice came to him again, the second time, That which God hath cleansed, call not thou common.
Speaking As From God
1 Peter 4:11If any one speak, let him speak as uttering the oracles of God; if any minister, let him do it as from the ability which God giveth; that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Speaking By The Spirit
Luke 12:12for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what ye ought to say.
Speaking In Christ's Name
Matthew 7:22Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in thy name, and in thy name cast out demons, and in thy name work many miracles?
Speaking In Tongues
Acts 19:1-7And it came to pass, while Apollos was at Corinth, that Paul, having passed through the upper districts, came to Ephesus. And finding certain disciples,
Speaking The Word God Gives
Luke 21:15For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or gainsay.
Speaking Truth
Ephesians 4:15but cleaving to truth in love, may grow up in all things unto him who is the head, even Christ;
Speaking, Evil
Romans 3:13Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have practised 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 was loosed; and he spoke, blessing God.
The Spirit Speaking
Acts 8:29And the Spirit said to Philip, Go near and join thyself to this chariot.
While Still Speaking
Acts 10:44While Peter was yet speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all that heard the word.
