Bible on Speech

My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.

Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,

For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,

If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.

When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.

And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.

To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.

In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.

A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.

Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:

And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the word of the LORD;

Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.

And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah.

Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.

And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.

But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.

While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.

And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.

And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.

Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.

For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak.

And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.

So Hanameel mine uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.

And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.

And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.

What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.

For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.

Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?

I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God’s behalf.

Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.

Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.

Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.

The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.

Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.