17 occurrences

'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."

Verse ConceptsDavid, Abilities OfMusical Instruments, types ofInstrumentalistsGod With Specific PeopleWarStress And Hard TimesSpeechHandsome Men

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

Verse ConceptsAgingDiscernment Of GovernorsReasonDiscernmentThe Elderly

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

Verse ConceptsKnowingThe Gospel PreachedProvision Of Day And NightSpeech

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

Verse ConceptsWithout SpeechUnhearingEthicsThe Power Of WordsSpeechperfectionism

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

Verse ConceptsCorruption, Of HumanitySatan, As The Enemy Of GodWicked

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

Verse ConceptsKings Warned AboutArrogance, Characterizes The WickedEleganceLyingUnfitting Things

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

Verse ConceptsdefianceJerusalem, Significance OfDisobedience, To GodInfidelity To GodDownfall Of Israel

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.

Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfEvil PlansTrapEvil DevicesPlottinginstruments

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},

Verse ConceptsFingersCalling upon GodAnswered PromisesGod Will AnswerBehold Me!rumors

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.

Verse ConceptsUnintelligiblenessNot Understanding Language

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

Verse ConceptsFaultsToo Many WordsProud People

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}.

Verse ConceptsShouldersCalling upon GodHoliness, Purpose OfPurity, Moral And SpiritualCompanionshipLanguagePuritySpeechpeople

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