Speech

Then Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.

Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.

Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”

“Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”

But in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, then why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I am unskilled in speech?”

But in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “Since I am unskilled in speech, why would Pharaoh listen to me?”

Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.

He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.

After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.

“But now, O Job, hear my speech, and listen to all my words.

Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.

Without speech or language, without a sound to be heard,

Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.

O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.

His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.

…in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:

Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech.

Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,

To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.

The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.

By fruitful speech a man is filled with good things, and the work of his hands returns to him.

The proud speech of a fool brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.

Stay away from a foolish man; you will gain no knowledge from his speech.

The wise in heart are called discerning, and pleasant speech promotes instruction.

A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.

A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.

As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.

The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.

Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich even in your bedroom, for a bird of the air may carry your words, and a winged creature may report your speech.

…which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.

At that time gifts will be brought to the LORD of Hosts—from a people tall and smooth-skinned, from a people widely feared, from a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers—to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the LORD of Hosts.

You will be brought low, you will speak from the ground, and out of the dust your words will be muffled. Your voice will be like a spirit from the ground; your speech will whisper out of the dust.

You will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand.

Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.

For you are not being sent to a people of unfamiliar speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel—

…not to the many peoples of unfamiliar speech and difficult language whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you.

For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.

“What things?” He asked. “The events involving Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. “This man was a prophet, powerful in speech and action before God and all the people.

I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you this way, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

His disciples said, “See, now You are speaking plainly and without figures of speech.

So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.

For in Him you have been enriched in every way, in all speech and all knowledge,

…in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;

But just as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness, and in the love we inspired in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

Therefore, brothers, stand firm and cling to the traditions we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.

Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

…and wholesome speech that is above reproach, so that anyone who opposes us will be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us.

For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.

But he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, otherwise without speech, that spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.

Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.