100 Bible Verses About Speech

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.

And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.

When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)

They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.

Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.

To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.

I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.

And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord?

And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.

Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.

And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.

Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:

A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.

Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.

Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.

The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!

And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended.

And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.

Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.

And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.

And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:

For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.

Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father’s house: and the king and his throne be guiltless.

And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:

Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled.

Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?

My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people.

Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the Lord: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.

That the Lord spake unto me, saying,

Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

Furthermore Elihu answered and said,

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.

Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.

The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.

And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep: for she kept them.

And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:

The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no more.

And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.

And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.

And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.

They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.

And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.

How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.

For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.

And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the Lord hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?

Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him.

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.

That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?

A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

And the Lord put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.

Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.

Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.

The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.