28 occurrences

'Speaks' in the Bible

You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.

Verse ConceptsBad PeopleSnakesParents SinThings Like SnakesNothing GoodBeware Of Your Speechmath

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; for his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart.

Verse ConceptsBad ThoughtsBad PeopleBad LanguageBackbitingImagination, Inward DesiresSin, Nature OfSpeech, Power And Significance OfControlling Your ThoughtsCursingPowers Of SpeechGood PeoplePersonal GoodAbundanceclosure

“He who comes from above is above all, he who is of the earth is from the earth and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.

Verse ConceptsPreeminence Of ChristChrist And HeavenAll Authority Has Been Given To JesusHeaven Better Than EarthSchoolThe EarthGoing To HeavenThe WorldPerspective

He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who is seeking the glory of the One who sent Him, He is true, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.

Verse ConceptsSelf RespectChrist, Character OfNo SinThe One Who Sent ChristSeeking Honour

The officers answered, “Never has a man spoken the way this man speaks.”

Verse ConceptsUnique ChristChrist Speaking

They put forward false witnesses who said, “This man incessantly speaks against this holy place and the Law;

Verse ConceptsCrimesHoliness, As Set Apart For GodJudaism

Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to God;

Verse ConceptsLast JudgmentMutenessSilenceUnder The LawAccountabilityGuilt

just as David also speaks of the blessing on the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

Verse ConceptsReckoningWorks Of The LawRighteousness imputed

But the righteousness based on faith speaks as follows: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down),

Verse ConceptsImputed RighteousnessGoing Up To HeavenAbasing PeopleRighteous By FaithGoing To HeavenBelieving In Yourselffearless

For one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God; for no one understands, but in his spirit he speaks mysteries.

Verse ConceptsBaptism Of The Holy SpiritMysterySpiritual UnderstandingUnintelligiblenessPrayer LanguageLanguageThe Tonguespeakingsecrets

One who speaks in a tongue edifies himself; but one who prophesies edifies the church.

Verse ConceptsBuilding Up The ChurchEach Local ChurchLanguageThe church

Now I wish that you all spoke in tongues, but even more that you would prophesy; and greater is one who prophesies than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the church may receive edifying.

Verse ConceptsProphecy, In NtBuilding Up The ChurchInterpreting LanguageEach Local ChurchRight DesiresProphecyProphecies concerningLanguageThe church

If then I do not know the meaning of the language, I will be to the one who speaks a barbarian, and the one who speaks will be a barbarian to me.

Verse ConceptsBarbariansMeaningReckoned As Foreigners

Therefore let one who speaks in a tongue pray that he may interpret.

Verse ConceptsInterpreting LanguageMental Abuse

If anyone speaks in a tongue, it should be by two or at the most three, and each in turn, and one must interpret;

Verse ConceptsIn TurnTwo Or ThreeLanguageThe Tonguespeakinggroups

since you are seeking for proof of the Christ who speaks in me, and who is not weak toward you, but mighty in you.

Verse Conceptsdoubt, results ofPower Through GodProofsSpeaking As From God

By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained the testimony that he was righteous, God testifying about his gifts, and through faith, though he is dead, he still speaks.

Verse ConceptsAbelAbel and CainFaith, As Basis Of SalvationCommendationExamples Of FaithAtonement, Types OfRighteousness, As FaithWorship, Acceptable AttitudesThe Witness Of GodRighteous By ObedienceSacrificeExcellence

Or do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose: “He jealously desires the Spirit which He has made to dwell in us”?

Verse Conceptsgrandmasfriendliness

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