119 verses contain “speech” (in the KJV: 78, in the BSB: 61) — showing 1–100
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And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.
And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
“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.”
And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?
And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?
But in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “Since I am unskilled in speech, why would Pharaoh listen to me?”
With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”
And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:
and he then accuses her of shameful conduct and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman and had relations with her, but I discovered she was not a virgin.”
And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.
And now he has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, ‘I discovered that your daughter was not a virgin.’ But here is the proof of her virginity.” And they shall spread out the cloth before the city elders.
To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.
Joab your servant has done this to bring about this change of affairs, but my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know everything that happens in the land.”
And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
Now it pleased the Lord that Solomon had made this request.
He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
Listen carefully to my words; let my declaration ring in your ears.
Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?
How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
“How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.
Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
“Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation to me.
After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.
Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.
But Job has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your arguments.
Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.
Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case when our faces are in darkness.
Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.
There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
Without speech or language, without a sound to be heard,
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.
His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.
Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.
A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompense of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.
By fruitful speech a man is filled with good things, and the work of his hands returns to him.
The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
The wise in heart are called discerning, and pleasant speech promotes instruction.
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.
Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
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.
Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon, and your mouth is lovely. Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.
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.
Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
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.
Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
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.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.
This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “When I restore them from captivity, they will once again speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities: ‘May the LORD bless you, O righteous dwelling place, O holy mountain.’
And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.
For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;
For you are not being sent to a people of unfamiliar speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel—
Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.
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.
And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb.
While he was speaking these words to me, I set my face toward the ground and became speechless.
O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.
O LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your wrath, remember mercy!
And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee.
After a little while, those standing nearby came up to Peter. “Surely you are one of them,” they said, “for your accent gives you away.”
And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.
And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth thereto.
But he denied it again. After a little while, those standing nearby said once more to Peter, “Surely you are one of them, for you too are a Galilean.”
And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless.
When he came out and was unable to speak to them, they realized he had seen a vision in the temple. He kept making signs to them but remained speechless.
For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:
“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.
Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.
These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.
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 unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
His disciples said, “See, now You are speaking plainly and without figures of speech.
And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.
And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.
The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless. They heard the voice but did not see anyone.
And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.
When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices in the Lycaonian language: “The gods have come down to us in human form!”
And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight.
That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;
For in Him you have been enriched in every way, in all speech and all knowledge,
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.
And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,
Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.
By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;
Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy overflows.
For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”
But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.
Although I am not a polished speaker, I am certainly not lacking in knowledge. We have made this clear to you in every way possible.
Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
Therefore, brothers, stand firm and cling to the traditions we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.
And why? because the speech of these things trembleth and is moved: for it knoweth that the end of these things must be changed.