'Speak' in the Bible

Even if I speak, my suffering is not relieved,and if I hold back, what have I lost?

Bear with me while I speak;then after I have spoken, you may continue mocking.

Who did you speak these words to?Whose breath came out of your mouth?

my lips will not speak unjustly,and my tongue will not utter deceit.

After a word from me they did not speak again;my speech settled on them like dew.

Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were all older than he.

I thought that age should speakand maturity should teach wisdom.

For I am full of words,and my spirit compels me to speak.

I must speak so that I can find relief;I must open my lips and respond.

My words come from my upright heart,and my lips speak with sincerity what they know.

Pay attention, Job, and listen to me.Be quiet, and I will speak.

But if you have something to say, answer me;speak, for I would like to justify you.

Should He be told that I want to speak?Can a man speak when he is confused?

Will he beg you for mercyor speak softly to you?

You said, “Listen now, and I will speak.When I question you, you will inform Me.”

They lie to one another;they speak with flattering lips and deceptive hearts.

The sorrows of those who take another godfor themselves will multiply;I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood,and I will not speak their names with my lips.

They have become hardened;their mouths speak arrogantly.

Do not drag me away with the wicked,with the evildoers,who speak in friendly ways with their neighborswhile malice is in their hearts.

Let lying lips be quieted;they speak arrogantly against the righteouswith pride and contempt.

For they do not speak in friendly ways,but contrive deceitful schemesagainst those who live peacefully in the land.

Lord my God, You have done many things—Your wonderful works and Your plans for us;none can compare with You.If I were to report and speak of them,they are more than can be told.

My enemies speak maliciously about me:“When will he die and be forgotten?”

“Listen, My people, and I will speak;I will testify against you, Israel.I am God, your God.

For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.” A Davidic Miktam.Do you really speak righteously, you mighty ones?Do you judge people fairly?

They mock, and they speak maliciously;they arrogantly threaten oppression.

Do not lift up your horn against heavenor speak arrogantly.’”

You have kept me from closing my eyes;I am troubled and cannot speak.

I will declare wise sayings;I will speak mysteries from the past—

For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me;they speak against me with lying tongues.

Let this be the Lord’s payment to my accusers,to those who speak evil against me.

They have mouths but cannot speak,eyes, but cannot see.

I will speak of Your decrees before kingsand not be ashamed.

I am for peace; but when I speak,they are for war.

Happy is the man who has filled his quiver with them.Such men will never be put to shamewhen they speak with their enemies at the city gate.

They have mouths but cannot speak,eyes, but cannot see.

whose mouths speak lies,whose right hands are deceptive.

Set me free and rescue mefrom the grasp of foreignerswhose mouths speak lies,whose right hands are deceptive.

I will speak of Your splendor and glorious majestyand Your wonderful works.

They will speak of the glory of Your kingdomand will declare Your might,

Don’t let your mouth speak dishonestly,and don’t let your lips talk deviously.

Listen, for I speak of noble things,and what my lips say is right.

A lying witness will perish,but the one who listens will speak successfully.

Don’t speak to a fool,for he will despise the insight of your words.

Speak up for those who have no voice,for the justice of all who are dispossessed.

Speak up, judge righteously,and defend the cause of the oppressed and needy.

All things are wearisome;man is unable to speak.The eye is not satisfied by seeingor the ear filled with hearing.

a time to tear and a time to sew;a time to be silent and a time to speak;

Do not be hasty to speak, and do not be impulsive to make a speech before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few.

To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, there will be no dawn for them.

On that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear loyalty to the Lord of Hosts. One of the cities will be called the City of the Sun.

So He will speak to this peoplewith stammering speechand in a foreign language.

You will be brought down;you will speak from the ground,and your words will come from low in the dust.Your voice will be like that of a spirit from the ground;your speech will whisper from the dust.

The reckless mind will gain knowledge,and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently.

Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Don’t speak to us in Hebrew within earshot of the people who are on the wall.”

But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words to your master and to you, and not to the men who are sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine?”

“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,and announce to herthat her time of forced labor is over,her iniquity has been pardoned,and she has received from the Lord’s handdouble for all her sins.”

I have not spoken in secret,somewhere in a land of darkness.I did not say to the descendants of Jacob:Seek Me in a wasteland.I, Yahweh, speak truthfully;I say what is right.

Speak up and present your case—yes, let them take counsel together.Who predicted this long ago?Who announced it from ancient times?Was it not I, Yahweh?There is no other God but Me,a righteous God and Savior;there is no one except Me.

But you will be called the Lord’s priests;they will speak of you as ministers of our God;you will eat the wealth of the nations,and you will boast in their riches.

But I protested, “Oh no, Lord, God! Look, I don’t know how to speak since I am only a youth.”

Then the Lord said to me:Do not say, “I am only a youth,”for you will go to everyone I send you toand speak whatever I tell you.

I will go to the powerfuland speak to them.Surely they know the way of the Lord,the justice of their God.However, these also had broken the yokeand torn off the chains.

Who can I speak to and give such a warningthat they will listen?Look, their ear is uncircumcised,so they cannot pay attention.See, the word of the Lord has become contemptible to them—they find no pleasure in it.

for when I brought your ancestors out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak with them or command them concerning burnt offering and sacrifice.

“When you speak all these things to them, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not answer you.

I have paid careful attention.They do not speak what is right.No one regrets his evil,asking, ‘What have I done?’Everyone has stayed his courselike a horse rushing into battle.

Each one betrays his friend;no one tells the truth.They have taught their tongues to speak lies;they wear themselves out doing wrong.

Their tongues are deadly arrows—they speak deception.With his moutha man speaks peaceably with his friend,but inwardly he sets up an ambush.

Speak as follows:This is what the Lord says:Human corpses will falllike manure on the surface of the field,like newly cut grain after the reaperwith no one to gather it.

Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch,their idols cannot speak.They must be carried because they cannot walk.Do not fear them for they can do no harm—and they cannot do any good.

Even your brothers—your own father’s household—even they were treacherous to you;even they have cried out loudly after you.Do not have confidence in them,though they speak well of you.

But the Lord said to me, “These prophets are prophesying a lie in My name. I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, worthless divination, the deceit of their own minds.

You are to speak this word to them:Let my eyes overflow with tears;day and night may they not stop,for the virgin daughter of my peoplehas been destroyed by a great disaster,an extremely severe wound.

Therefore, this is what the Lord says:If you return, I will restore you;you will stand in My presence.And if you speak noble words,rather than worthless ones,you will be My spokesman.It is they who must return to you;you must not return to them.

Should good be repaid with evil?Yet they have dug a pit for me.Remember how I stood before Youto speak good on their behalf,to turn Your anger from them.

and go out to the Valley of Hinnom near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Proclaim there the words I speak to you.

For whenever I speak, I cry out,I proclaim, “Violence and destruction!”because the word of the Lord has become for meconstant disgrace and derision.

If I say, “I won’t mention Himor speak any longer in His name,”His message becomes a fire burning in my heart,shut up in my bones.I become tired of holding it in,and I cannot prevail.

This is what the Lord of Hosts says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are making you worthless. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the Lord’s mouth.

I did not send these prophets,yet they ran with a message.I did not speak to them,yet they prophesied.

The prophet who has only a dream should recount the dream, but the one who has My word should speak My word truthfully, for what is straw compared to grain?”—this is the Lord’s declaration.

“This is what the Lord says: Stand in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple and speak all the words I have commanded you to speak to all Judah’s cities that are coming to worship there. Do not hold back a word.

But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, on this city, and on its residents, for it is certain the Lord has sent me to speak all these things directly to you.”

Isn’t Ephraim a precious son to Me,a delightful child?Whenever I speak against him,I certainly still think about him.Therefore, My inner being yearns for him;I will truly have compassion on him.This is the Lord’s declaration.

This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “When I restore their fortunes, they will once again speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities, ‘May the Lord bless you, righteous settlement, holy mountain.’

Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape from the Chaldeans; indeed, he will certainly be handed over to Babylon’s king. They will speak face to face and meet eye to eye.

“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Go, speak to Zedekiah, king of Judah, and tell him: This is what the Lord says: I am about to hand this city over to the king of Babylon, and he will burn it down.

As for you, you will not escape from his hand but are certain to be captured and handed over to him. You will meet the king of Babylon eye to eye and speak face to face; you will go to Babylon.

“Go to the house of the Rechabites, speak to them, and bring them to one of the chambers of the temple of the Lord to offer them a drink of wine.”

Wasn’t Israel a laughingstock to you? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.”

He said to me, “Son of man, stand up on your feet and I will speak with you.”

But speak My words to them whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.

He said to me: “Son of man, eat what you find here. Eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel.”

Then He said to me: “Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak My words to them.

Next He said to me: “Son of man, listen carefully to all My words that I speak to you and take them to heart.

Go to your people, the exiles, and speak to them. Tell them, ‘This is what the Lord God says,’ whether they listen or refuse to listen.”

If I say to the wicked person, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him—you don’t speak out to warn him about his wicked way in order to save his life—that wicked person will die for his iniquity. Yet I will hold you responsible for his blood.

Then the hand of the Lord was on me there, and He said to me, “Get up, go out to the plain, and I will speak with you there.”

But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you will say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says.’ Let the one who listens, listen, and let the one who refuses, refuse—for they are a rebellious house.