'Speech' in the Bible
But let your speech be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: and whatsoever is more than these is of the evil one .
And after a little while they that stood by came and said to Peter, Of a truth thou also art one of them; for thy speech maketh thee known.
And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to lay his hand upon him.
And they watched him, and sent forth spies, who feigned themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his speech, so as to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor.
Why do ye not understand my speech? Even because ye cannot hear my word.
And when the multitude saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.
And upon the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul discoursed with them, intending to depart on the morrow; and prolonged his speech until midnight.
For they that are such serve not our Lord Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and fair speech they beguile the hearts of the innocent.
And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.
And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
So also ye, unless ye utter by the tongue speech easy to understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye will be speaking into the air.
Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,
Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying on your behalf: I am filled with comfort, I overflow with joy in all our affliction.
For, His letters, they say, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.
But though I be rude in speech, yet am I not in knowledge; nay, in every way have we made this manifest unto you in all things.
Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.
This I say, that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.
Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.
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