39 Bible Verses about Speech

Let the instruction that you give be sound and above reproach, so that our opponents may be ashamed because they find no evil things to say about us.

My children, let us not love in word nor in talk, but in deed and in truth.

Let your speech be always gracious, with a savor of salt, and learn how to give every man a fitting answer.

Turn away from them. For men of that stamp are not the slaves of Christ, but are slaves to their own appetites. By their smooth and fair speech they beguile the hearts of the innocent.

In the same way with you, if you utter unintelligible words with your tongue, how can what you say be understood? You will be speaking to the winds!

that in everything you have been enriched in him, in all speech, and in all knowledge

From your lips let no evil words come forth, but such as occasion warrants, such as are good for upbuilding and give a blessing to the hearers.

For in many respects we often stumble. If any man never stumbles in speech, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well.

And when I came to you, brothers, I came not to proclaim God's great secret purpose in fine language of philosophy;

Therefore, cherishing such a hope, I use great freedom of speech.

But now you also must renounce them all. Anger, passion, and ill-will must be put away; slander, too, and foul talk, so that they may never soil your lips.

by a true teaching and an energy divine; by the weapons of righteousness, for attack or for defense,

Let no one despise you on account of your youth, but become an example for the faithful in word, in life, in love, in faith, in purity.

"How is it that you do not understand what I say? It is because you cannot listen to my message.

"for I will give you utterance and a wisdom which none of your adversaries will be able to answer or withstand.

"But let your word be simply 'Yes' or 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the Evil One.

My message and my preaching were not in the persuasive language of philosophy, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power;

Now then, as you excel in everything, in faith and utterance and knowledge and all zeal and in your love to me, see to it that you excel in this grace also.

For the kingdom of God is not in talk, but in power.

"I have told you these things in figures; but the time is coming when I shall no longer speak in figures, but will tell you about the Father in plain words.

Yes, though I be unskilled in speech, at least I am not in knowledge; indeed I made this perfectly plain to you in all things and among all men.

"So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in his words and works.

And this I say, lest any one should mislead you with enticing words.

For Christ did not think I baptized any one else. For Christ did not send me forth to baptize, but to proclaim the gospel; and that not in philosophic words, lest the Cross of Christ should be made an empty thing.

"His letters indeed," says one, "are mighty and forcible, but his personality is weak, and his speech contemptible."

Great is my faith in you; great is my cheerful assurance in you. I am filled with comfort; in spite of all my troubles, my heart is overflowing with joy.

"Ah," said the disciples, "now you are speaking plain language, and not using figures.

A little later the bystanders came up and said to Peter, "You also are certainly one of them, for your speech betrays you."