146 Bible Verses about Our Speech
Want to know what the Bible says about Our Speech? Here are 146 Bible verses about Our 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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2 Corinthians 8:7 NIV
But since you excel in everything —in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you —see that you also excel in this grace of giving.
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1 Peter 2:23 NIV
When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly.
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Proverbs 12:13-14 NIV
13 Evildoers are trapped by their sinful talk,
and so the innocent escape trouble.
and so the innocent escape trouble.
14 From the fruit of their lips people are filled with good things,
and the work of their hands brings them reward.
and the work of their hands brings them reward.
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1 John 3:18 NIV
Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
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Proverbs 20:15 NIV
Gold there is, and rubies in abundance,
but lips that speak knowledge are a rare jewel.
but lips that speak knowledge are a rare jewel.
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James 1:19-20 NIV
19 My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, 20 because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.
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John 3:16-17 NIV
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
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Proverbs 4:23 NIV
Above all else, guard your heart,
for everything you do flows from it.
for everything you do flows from it.
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Proverbs 10:32 NIV
The lips of the righteous know what finds favor,
but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.
but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.
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