Public Speaking

Now Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, — read the full passage →

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

Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak.”

When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, don’t be anxious how or what you will answer, or what you will say; — read the full passage →

So also you, unless you uttered by the tongue words easy to understand, how would it be known what is spoken? For you would be speaking into the air.

Yahweh said to him, “Who made man’s mouth? Or who makes one mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Isn’t it I, Yahweh?

Don’t be afraid because of them; for I am with you to deliver you,” says Yahweh.

on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News, — read the full passage →

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

This is John’s testimony, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” — read the full passage →

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, Yahweh, my rock, and my redeemer.

Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.

Behold, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”

In that day you will say, “Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name. Declare his doings among the peoples. Proclaim that his name is exalted!

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, — read the full passage →

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

Oh give thanks to Yahweh. Call on his name. Make his doings known among the peoples.

a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples.

For in many things we all stumble. If anyone doesn’t stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.

Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!

not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing; knowing that to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing.

having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.

to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

But though I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not unskilled in knowledge. No, in every way we have been revealed to you in all things.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.

Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying, “Behold, the children of Israel haven’t listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, who am of uncircumcised lips?”

Moses said to Yahweh, “O Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.”

If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate; but rather giving of thanks.

For, “His letters”, they say, “are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised.”

I sought Yahweh, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.

Every day, in the temple and at home, they never stopped teaching and preaching Jesus, the Christ.

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.

I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.

These are the things that you shall do: speak every man the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates,

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Yahweh detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the thoughts of the pure are pleasing.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

In praying, don’t use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.

He who gives answer before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.

Moses answered, “But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, ‘Yahweh has not appeared to you.’” — read the full passage →

Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace for help in time of need.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can’t be uttered.

A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.

In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

Shout for joy to Yahweh, all you lands!

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,

The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, “Don’t be afraid, but speak and don’t be silent;

Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place. — read the full passage →

Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.

Let God arise! Let his enemies be scattered! Let them who hate him also flee before him. — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven. — read the full passage →

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;

Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, — read the full passage →

that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. — read the full passage →

What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes; for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

They asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the prophet?” He answered, “No.”

Now while the multitude pressed on him and heard the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret. — read the full passage →

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Then I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! Behold, I don’t know how to speak; for I am a child.”

I have put my words in your mouth, and have covered you in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and tell Zion, ‘You are my people.’”

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. — read the full passage →

They think it is strange that you don’t run with them into the same excess of riot, blaspheming:

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;

But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing, and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

Whether then it is I or they, so we preach, and so you believed.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea, and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea.

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

When Pharaoh had let the people go, God didn’t lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, “Lest perhaps the people change their minds when they see war, and they return to Egypt”; — read the full passage →

But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.