40 Bible Verses about speaking
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So also you by a tongue if you utter a word not easily understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for you will speak to the air.
For he that speaks with a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but in spirit he speaks mysteries;
If any one speaks with a tongue, let it be by two or at most by three, and by turns, and let one interpret;
If any one speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God, if any one serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, whose is the glory and the power for ever and ever; amen.
but in an assembly I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may also teach others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
And having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, therefore I spoke, we also believe and therefore speak,
and if there is no interpreter, let him be silent in the assembly, and let him speak to himself and to God.
But when they have delivered you up be not anxious how you shall speak, or what you shall say, for it shall be given you in that hour what to say;
Understand, my beloved brothers, and let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;
speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord,
As in all the churches of the saints, let your women keep silence in the assemblies; for it is not permitted to them to speak, but to be in subjection, as the law also says.
These things have I spoken to you in parables. The time is coming when I will no more speak to you in parables, but I will tell you plainly of the Father.
And behold you shall be silent, and not able to speak, till the day these things are accomplished; because you have not believed my words, which shall be fulfilled in their time.
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 blasphemy, be banished from among you, with all malice.
For he that will love life and see good days, let him withhold his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit,
Laying aside therefore all malice and all deceit and hypocrisies and envies and all evil speakings,
And the tongue is a fire, the tongue is made a world of wickedness among our members, it defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of nature and is set on fire by hell.
Speak not one against one another, brothers. He that speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks 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
But I tell you, that for every idle word which men speak they shall render an account in a day of judgment; for by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned.
Symbols and similitudes » Of the holy spirit » Speaking
Topics on Speaking
Christ Speaking
John 18:20Jesus answered him, I have spoken openly to the world; I always taught in a synagogue, and in the temple, where the Jews always assemble, and in secret I have said nothing.
Christ Speaking To Disciples
Matthew 12:49and stretching out his hand to his disciples, he said, Behold my mother, and my brothers!
Evil Speaking
1 Peter 2:1Laying aside therefore all malice and all deceit and hypocrisies and envies and all evil speakings,
God Speaking Of Old
Hebrews 1:1GOD, who at many times and in many ways spoke anciently to the fathers by the prophets,
Speaking Again
Acts 10:15And a voice came to him again, a second time, What God has purified, regard not common.
Speaking As From God
1 Peter 4:11If any one speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God, if any one serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, whose is the glory and the power for ever and ever; amen.
Speaking By The Spirit
Luke 12:12for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that hour what you ought to say.
Speaking In Christ's Name
Matthew 7:22Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name, and in your name cast out demons, and in your name performed many mighty works?
Speaking In Tongues
Acts 19:1-7And when Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, passing through the higher portions of the country, came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples;
Speaking The Word God Gives
Luke 21:15for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your enemies shall not be able to resist or dispute.
Speaking Truth
Ephesians 4:15but speaking the truth with love we may grow to him in all things, who is the head, Christ;
Speaking, Evil
Romans 3:13their throat is an opened tomb, with their tongues they practise deceit, the poison of asps is under their lips.
Speaking, Wisdom In
James 1:19Understand, my beloved brothers, and let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;
The Dumb Speaking
Luke 1:64And his mouth was immediately opened, and his tongue [loosed], and he spoke and blessed God.
The Spirit Speaking
Acts 8:29And the Spirit said to Philip, Go forward and join yourself to his chariot.
While Still Speaking
Acts 10:44While Peter was yet speaking these words the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word.
