'Speech' in the Bible

One of the servants answered and said, "Look, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite [who is] skillful in playing a stringed instrument, a {brave man, a warrior, prudent in speech, and handsome}. And Yahweh [is] with him."

He deprives [the] trustworthy of speech, and he takes away [the] discretion of elders.

{Every day} [they] pour forth speech, and {every night} [they] tell knowledge.

There is no speech and there are no words; their sound is inaudible.

Confuse, O Lord; divide their speech, because I see violence and strife in the city.

Remove from yourself {deceitful speech}, and abolish {devious talk} from yourself.

A worthless man, an evil man, goes around with {deceitful speech}.

{Fine speech} [is] not becoming a fool, {still less} [is] {false speech} for a ruler.

Better a poor person walking in integrity than one who is perverse {in his speech} and is a fool.

He who loves purity of heart [and has]{gracious speech}, his friend [is the] king.

For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen because their speech and their deeds [are] against Yahweh, defying the eyes of his glory.

And a scoundrel, his weapons [are] evil; he plans evil devices to ruin [the] poor with words of deception even when the speech of [the] needy [is] right.

Then you shall call, and Yahweh himself will answer. You shall cry for help, and he will say, 'Here I [am]!' If you remove from among you [the] yoke, the {finger-pointing} and {evil speech},

For you are sent to the house of Israel, not to a people {of obscure speech} and {of a difficult language},

[and] not to many nations {of obscure speech} and {a difficult language} {whose words} you do not understand, [for] if I had sent you to them they would have listened to you.

And you magnified yourself against me with your {insolent speech}, and you spoke voluminously against me [with] your words--I heard!

Because then I will {make the speech of the nations pure}; that all of them might call on the name of Yahweh, to serve him {in unison}.

For from the heart come evil plans, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, abusive speech.

adulteries, [acts of] greed, malicious [deeds], deceit, licentiousness, {envy}, abusive speech, pride, foolishness.

For such people do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own stomach, and by smooth speech and flattery they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

that in everything you were made rich in him, in all speech and all knowledge,

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to proclaim the gospel, not with {clever speech}, lest the cross of Christ be emptied.

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

and my speech and my preaching [were] not with the persuasiveness of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and power,

because it is said, "His letters [are] severe and powerful, but his bodily presence [is] weak and his speech is of no account."

But even if [I am] unskilled in speech, yet [I am] not in knowledge; certainly in everything [we] have made this clear to you in every [way].

All bitterness, and rage, and wrath, and clamor, and abusive speech, must be removed from you, together with all wickedness.

I say this in order that no one will deceive you with persuasive speech,

Let your speech always [be] with grace, seasoned with salt, so that [you] may know how it is necessary for you to answer each one.