'Speech' in the Bible

This figure of speech Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what those things were which He had been saying to them.

His disciples *said, “Lo, now You are speaking plainly and are not using a figure of speech.

For such men are slaves, not of our Lord Christ but of their own appetites; and by their smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

that in everything you were enriched in Him, in all speech and all knowledge,

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not in cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made void.

And when I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

So also you, unless you utter by the tongue speech that is clear, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will be speaking into the air.

Therefore having such a hope, we use great boldness in our speech,

For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his personal presence is unimpressive and his speech contemptible.”

But even if I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not so in knowledge; in fact, in every way we have made this evident to you in all things.

But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth.

Let your speech always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person.

For we never came with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—God is witness—

Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity, show yourself an example of those who believe.

sound in speech which is beyond reproach, so that the opponent will be put to shame, having nothing bad to say about us.