58 Bible Verses about speaking

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So also ye, unless ye give understandable speech by the tongue, how will that which is spoken be known? For ye will be talking into the air.

For he who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men, but to God, for no man hears, but in spirit he speaks mysteries.

I will hear what God, LORD, will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, and to his sanctified. But let them not turn again to folly.

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For God speaks once, yea twice, [though man] does not regard it.

If any man speaks in a tongue, be according to two, or at the most three, and in succession. And let one interpret.

Yet in an assembly I would rather speak five words with my intellect, so that I might also make others understand, than countless words in a tongue.

But that man spoke about the temple of his body.

And having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, I believed, therefore I spoke, we also believe, and therefore we speak,

a time to tear, and a time to sew, a time to keep silence, and a time to speak,

For it is disgusting even to speak of the things happening by them secretly.

Jesus says to her, I who speak to thee am the man.

Also do not take heed to all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee.

But if there is no interpreter, let him keep silence in an assembly, and let him speak to himself and to God.

Therefore my people shall know my name. Therefore they shall know in that day that I am he who speaks, Behold, it is I.

And how do we each hear our own language in which we were born?

Job speaks without knowledge, and his words are without wisdom.

But LORD said to me, Say not, I am a child. For to whomever I shall send thee thou shall go, and whatever I shall command thee thou shall speak.

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

As in all the churches of the sanctified, let the women keep silent in the churches. For it is not permitted for them to speak, but to be subordinate, as the law also says.

These things I have spoken to you in veiled words. The hour comes, when I will no more speak to you in veiled words, but will inform you plainly about the Father.

And behold, thou will be mute, and not able to speak until that day these things will come to pass, because thou did not believed my words, which will be fulfilled in their time.

No, but by [men of] strange lips and with another tongue he will speak to this people,

Therefore thus says LORD, the God of hosts: Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.

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James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, the world of unrighteousness. Thus, the tongue is made to lead among our body-parts, defiling the whole body, and setting the cycle of nature on fire, and being set on fire by hell.

More verses: Titus 3:1-2

Speaking » Folly in

Matthew 12:36-37

But I say to you, that every idle word, whatever men may speak, they will render account about it in the day of judgment. For from thy words thou will be justified, and from thy words thou will be condemned.

Proverbs 18:6-7

A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for stripes. A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

Ecclesiastes 5:7

For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, and in many words. But fear thou God.

Proverbs 26:9

[As] a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Symbols and similitudes » Of the holy spirit » Speaking

Topics on Speaking

Christ Speaking

John 18:20

Jesus answered him, I spoke in public to the world. I always taught in a synagogue, and in the temple where the Jews always gather together, and I spoke nothing in secret.

Christ Speaking To Disciples

Matthew 12:49

And having stretched forth his hand towards his disciples, he said, Behold, my mother and my brothers.

Speaking Again

Job 33:14

For God speaks once, yea twice, [though man] does not regard it.

Speaking As From God

Jeremiah 15:19

Therefore thus says LORD: If thou return, then I will bring thee again that thou may stand before me. And if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shall be as my mouth. They shall return to thee, but thou shall not retur

Speaking In Christ's Name

Matthew 7:22

Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy name do many mighty works?

Speaking In Tongues

Acts 19:1-7

And it came to pass while Apollos was at Corinth, for Paul, having passed through the upper regions, to come to Ephesus. And having found some disciples,

Speaking To God

Genesis 18:27

And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.

Speaking With The Mouth

Ezekiel 3:27

But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shall say to them, Thus says lord LORD. He who hears, let him hear, and he who forbears, let him forbear, for they are a rebellious house.

The Dumb Speaking

Luke 1:64

And immediately his mouth was opened, and his tongue, and he spoke, praising God.

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