Bible on Speech

But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.

When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the LORD,

Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.

And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?

They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.

And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;

And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.

Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?

Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?

And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:

Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:

How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.

By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes:

And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.

And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.

He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:

Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.

And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him?

And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:

Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.

Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.

My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.

Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.

So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon.

Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.

For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;

Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD:

Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.

But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?

And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.

And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.

And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?

Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words.

For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.

But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:

By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.

Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.

And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

That the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I am the LORD: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee.