50 Bible Verses about Free Speech
Want to know what the Bible says about Free Speech? Here are 50 Bible verses about Free Speech from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.
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Acts 2:13 NIV
Some, however, made fun of them and said, “They have had too much wine.”
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Leviticus 24:14-16 NIV
14 “Take the blasphemer outside the camp. All those who heard him are to lay their hands on his head, and the entire assembly is to stone him. 15 Say to the Israelites: ‘Anyone who curses their God will be held responsible; 16 anyone who blasphemes the name of the Lord is to be put to death. The entire assembly must stone them. Whether foreigner or native-born, when they blaspheme the Name they are to be put to death.
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Proverbs 13:3 NIV
Those who guard their lips preserve their lives,
but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.
but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.
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Proverbs 12:15-16 NIV
15 The way of fools seems right to them,
but the wise listen to advice.
but the wise listen to advice.
16 Fools show their annoyance at once,
but the prudent overlook an insult.
but the prudent overlook an insult.
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Proverbs 19:10-11 NIV
10 It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury—
how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
11 A person’s wisdom yields patience;
it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.
it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.
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Esther 4:14-17 NIV
14 For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”
15 Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: 16 “Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.”
17 So Mordecai went away and carried out all of Esther’s instructions.
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Isaiah 50:4 NIV
The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue,
to know the word that sustains the weary.
He wakens me morning by morning,
wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.
to know the word that sustains the weary.
He wakens me morning by morning,
wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.
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1 Corinthians 10:32-33 NIV
32 Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God — 33 even as I try to please everyone in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved.
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