Free Speech

Open thy mouth for the dumb, In the cause of all such as are left desolate. — read the full passage →

Also take not heed unto all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee; — read the full passage →

So then am I become your enemy, by telling you the truth?

But him that is weak in faith receive ye, yet not for decision of scruples.

And the Lord’s servant must not strive, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing, — read the full passage →

And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the sojourner that is with him. — read the full passage →

Let them curse, but bless thou: When they arise, they shall be put to shame, But thy servant shall rejoice.

If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are ye; because the Spirit of glory and the Spirit of God resteth upon you.

And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake. — read the full passage →

Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.

I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. — read the full passage →

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

as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

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

to the end that ye be not quickly shaken from your mind, nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by epistle as from us, as that the day of the Lord is just at hand;

For this cause the Jews seized me in the temple, and assayed to kill me.

But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and were minded to slay them.

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hinder the truth in unrighteousness;

And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?

I chargetheein the sight of God, and of Christ Jesus, who shall judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: — read the full passage →

I say unto you, that unto every one that hath shall be given; but from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away from him. — read the full passage →

Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God: and whosoever loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. — read the full passage →

that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error; — read the full passage →

Therewith bless we the Lord and Father; and therewith curse we men, who are made after the likeness of God: — read the full passage →

For what have I to do with judging them that are without? Do not ye judge them that are within?

Great peace have they that love thy law; And they have no occasion of stumbling.

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

He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.

they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall in no wise hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

Now as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: — read the full passage →

Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he turn not from his way; he shall die in his iniquity, but thou hast delivered thy soul. — read the full passage →

A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth; And the doings of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, when Jehovah would take up Elijah by a whirlwind into heaven, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. — read the full passage →

And the two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him: and the base fellows bare witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones. — read the full passage →

And Elijah came near unto all the people, and said, How long go ye limping between the two sides? if Jehovah be God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. — read the full passage →

So the king hearkened not unto the people; for it was a thing brought about of Jehovah, that he might establish his word, which Jehovah spake by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. — read the full passage →

Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. — read the full passage →

keeping lovingkindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin; and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation. — read the full passage →

But if thou shalt indeed hearken unto his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries. — read the full passage →

He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto Jehovah only, shall be utterly destroyed. — read the full passage →

And I went unto the angel, saying unto him that he should give me the little book. And he saith unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but in thy mouth it shall be sweet as honey. — read the full passage →

And working together with him we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain — read the full passage →

What is it then, brethren? When ye come together, each one hath a psalm, hath a teaching, hath a revelation, hath a tongue, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying. — read the full passage →

Give no occasion of stumbling, either to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church of God: — read the full passage →

Did not my hand make all these things? — read the full passage →

Then opened he their mind, that they might understand the scriptures; — read the full passage →

And they watched him, and sent forth spies, who feigned themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his speech, so as to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor.

But woe unto you Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass over justice and the love of God: but these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. — read the full passage →

Yet let no man strive, neither let any man reprove; for thy people are as they that strive with the priest. — read the full passage →

And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak with thee. — read the full passage →

Is not my word like fire? saith Jehovah; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? — read the full passage →

Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye dismayed at their revilings. — read the full passage →

The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of them that are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as they that are taught. — read the full passage →

Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; But he that keepeth the law, happy is he. — read the full passage →

He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor Than he that flattereth with the tongue. — read the full passage →

Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself, And disclose not the secret of another; — read the full passage →

If thou faint in the day of adversity, Thy strength is small. — read the full passage →

Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes. — read the full passage →

A fool hath no delight in understanding, But only that his heart may reveal itself. — read the full passage →

The proud have had me greatly in derision: Yethave I not swerved from thy law. — read the full passage →

I love Jehovah, because he heareth My voice and my supplications. — read the full passage →

Jehovah, how are mine adversaries increased! Many are they that rise up against me. — read the full passage →

For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then will relief and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place, but thou and thy father’s house will perish: and who knoweth whether thou art not come to the kingdom for such a time as this? — read the full passage →

If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be wroth, then know that evil is determined by him. — read the full passage →

then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth; for he could not frame to pronounce it right: then they laid hold on him, and slew him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time of Ephraim forty and two thousand.

and hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded, — read the full passage →

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised, — read the full passage →

They have healed also the hurt of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. — read the full passage →

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool’s vexation is heavier than they both. — read the full passage →

It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. — read the full passage →

whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake. — read the full passage →

though I was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: howbeit I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief; — read the full passage →

But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that aught be written unto you. — read the full passage →

And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all the nations be blessed. — read the full passage →

For ye have heard of my manner of life in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and made havoc of it: — read the full passage →

Would that ye could bear with me in a little foolishness: but indeed ye do bear with me. — read the full passage →

But they expected that he would have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but when they were long in expectation and beheld nothing amiss come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god. — read the full passage →

And coming to us, and taking Paul’s girdle, he bound his own feet and hands, and said, Thus saith the Holy Spirit, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles. — read the full passage →

After these things he departed from Athens, and came to Corinth. — read the full passage →

Now about that time Herod the king put forth his hands to afflict certain of the church. — read the full passage →

But others mocking said, They are filled with new wine. — read the full passage →

Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word, then are ye truly my disciples; — read the full passage →

For this cause therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only brake the sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God. — read the full passage →

And blessed is he, whosoever shall find no occasion of stumbling in me. — read the full passage →

Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts. — read the full passage →

Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings. — read the full passage →

For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burneth. — read the full passage →

O Jehovah, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things, even counsels of old, in faithfulness and truth. — read the full passage →

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil. — read the full passage →

He that is soon angry will deal foolishly; And a man of wicked devices is hated. — read the full passage →

If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, Let Israel now say, — read the full passage →

Surely God is good to Israel, Evento such as are pure in heart. — read the full passage →

Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, He also shall cry, but shall not be heard. — read the full passage →

The wise in heart will receive commandments; But a prating fool shall fall. — read the full passage →

having your behavior seemly among the Gentiles; that, wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we bid fire to come down from heaven, and consume them? — read the full passage →

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness. — read the full passage →

I have set Jehovah always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. — read the full passage →