Bible on Speech

And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.

And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.

Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,

And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.

Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:

And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;

And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:

Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.

And say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant,

At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;

And the sound of the cherubims’ wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.

In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD’s house should be built.

In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying,

What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.

And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.

But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.

Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:

Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.

And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.

But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)

And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.

For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:

If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,

And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:

He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:

And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well.

And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished,

And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.

And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them.

And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son in law: and the days were not expired.

As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.

And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back:

Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet.

So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.