Bible verses about "speech" | ASV

³⁰ The mouth of the righteous talketh of wisdom,
And his tongue speaketh justice. ³¹ The law of his God is in his heart;
None of his steps shall slide.

³ The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit:
He hath ceased to be wise [and] to do good. ⁴ He deviseth iniquity upon his bed;
He setteth himself in a way that is not good;
He abhorreth not evil.

¹ A soft answer turneth away wrath;
But a grievous word stirreth up anger.

²³ Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue
Keepeth his soul from troubles.

²⁴ Pleasant words are [as] a honeycomb,
Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

⁴ A gentle tongue is a tree of life;
But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit.

⁹ And the Lord said unto Paul in the night by a vision, { Be not afraid, but speak and hold not thy peace: ¹⁰ for I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to harm thee: for I have much people in this city.}

¹⁷ And whatsoever ye do, in word or in deed, [do] all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

¹² But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath: but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye fall not under judgment.

¹⁵ but speaking truth in love, may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, [even] Christ;

²¹ Death and life are in the power of the tongue;
And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

¹⁹ Ye know [this], my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

² For in many things we all stumble. If any stumbleth not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also. ³ Now if we put the horses' bridles into their mouths that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also. ⁴ Behold, the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by rough winds, are yet turned about by a very small rudder, whither the impulse of the steersman willeth. ⁵ So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire! ⁶ And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell. ⁷ For every kind of beasts and birds, of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind: ⁸ but the tongue can no man tame; [it is] a restless evil, [it is] full of deadly poison. ⁹ Therewith bless we the Lord and Father; and therewith curse we men, who are made after the likeness of God: ¹⁰ out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

⁹ Therewith bless we the Lord and Father; and therewith curse we men, who are made after the likeness of God: ¹⁰ out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

¹³ The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil:
Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way,
And the perverse mouth, do I hate.

¹³ He that giveth answer before he heareth,
It is folly and shame unto him.

³ My mouth shall speak wisdom;
And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.

¹⁴ Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in thy sight, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer.

³ Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth;
Keep the door of my lips.

²⁹ Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.