160 Bible Verses about Speaking
Want to know what the Bible says about Speaking? Here are 160 Bible verses about Speaking 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 23:5 NIV
Paul replied, “Brothers, I did not realize that he was the high priest; for it is written: ‘Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.’ ”
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Romans 1:29-30 NIV
29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents;
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Romans 3:13-14 NIV
13 “Their throats are open graves;
their tongues practice deceit.”
“The poison of vipers is on their lips.”
14 “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
their tongues practice deceit.”
“The poison of vipers is on their lips.”
14 “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
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Titus 1:10-11 NIV
10 For there are many rebellious people, full of meaningless talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision group. 11 They must be silenced, because they are disrupting whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach—and that for the sake of dishonest gain.
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James 3:5-6 NIV
5 Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. 6 The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
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1 Peter 3:9-10 NIV
9 Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. 10 For,
“Whoever would love life
and see good days
must keep their tongue from evil
and their lips from deceitful speech.
and see good days
must keep their tongue from evil
and their lips from deceitful speech.
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2 Peter 2:7-8 NIV
7 and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless 8 (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—
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Job 13:5 NIV
If only you would be altogether silent!
For you, that would be wisdom.
For you, that would be wisdom.
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Job 38:2 NIV
“Who is this that obscures my plans
with words without knowledge?
with words without knowledge?
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Proverbs 10:14 NIV
The wise store up knowledge,
but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.
but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.
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