Public Speaking

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, — read the full passage →

your word always in grace--with salt being seasoned--to know how it behoveth you to answer each one.

and now, go, and I--I am with thy mouth, and have directed thee that which thou speakest;'

`And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye may reply, or what ye may say, — read the full passage →

so also ye, if through the tongue, speech easily understood ye may not give--how shall that which is spoken be known? for ye shall be speaking to air.

And Jehovah saith unto him, `Who appointed a mouth for man? or who appointeth the dumb, or deaf, or open, or blind? is it not I, Jehovah?

Be not afraid of their faces, for with thee <FI>am<Fi> I to deliver thee, --an affirmation of Jehovah.'

and in behalf of me, that to me may be given a word in the opening of my mouth, in freedom, to make known the secret of the good news, — read the full passage →

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent out of Jerusalem priests and Levites, that they might question him, `Who art thou?' — read the full passage →

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips--ruin to him!

Let the sayings of my mouth, And the meditation of my heart, Be for a pleasing thing before Thee, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer!

Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.

See, I have charged thee this day concerning the nations, and concerning the kingdoms, to pluck up, and to break down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.'

And ye have said in that day, Give ye praise to Jehovah, call in His name. Make known among the peoples His acts. Make mention that set on high is His name.

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

and my word and my preaching was not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power-- — read the full passage →

`Have not I commanded thee? be strong and courageous; be not terrified nor affrighted, for with thee <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah thy God in every <FI>place<Fi> whither thou goest.'

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens.

Words of the mouth of the wise <FI>are<Fi> gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up.

Give thanks to Jehovah, call in His name, Make known among the peoples His doings.

A time to rend, And a time to sew. A time to be silent, And a time to speak.

Give ye thanks to Jehovah--call ye in His name, Make known among the peoples His acts.

for we all make many stumbles; if any one in word doth not stumble, this one <FI>is<Fi> a perfect man, able to bridle also the whole body;

`Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;

A healed tongue <FI>is<Fi> a tree of life, And perverseness in it--a breach in the spirit.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice,

Joy <FI>is<Fi> to a man in the answer of his mouth, And a word in its season--how good!

not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;

having your behaviour among the nations right, that in that which they speak against you as evil-doers, of the good works having beheld, they may glorify God in a day of inspection.

of no one to speak evil, not to be quarrelsome--gentle, showing all meekness to all men,

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

and even if unlearned in word--yet not in knowledge, but in every thing we were made manifest in all things to you.

Death and life <FI>are<Fi> in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

Even a fool keeping silence is reckoned wise, He who is shutting his lips intelligent!

Also--when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou <FI>art<Fi> with me, Thy rod and Thy staff--they comfort me.

and Moses speaketh before Jehovah, saying, `Lo, the sons of Israel have not hearkened unto me, and how doth Pharaoh hear me, and I of uncircumcised lips?'

And Moses saith unto Jehovah, `O, my Lord, I <FI>am<Fi> not a man of words, either yesterday, or before, or since Thy speaking unto Thy servant, for I <FI>am<Fi> slow of mouth, and slow of tongue.'

If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain <FI>is<Fi> the religion;

also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting, --the things not fit--but rather thanksgiving;

`because the letters indeed--saith one--<FI> are<Fi> weighty and strong, and the bodily presence weak, and the speech despicable.'

I sought Jehovah, and He answered me, And from all my fears did deliver me.

every day also in the temple, and in every house, they were not ceasing teaching and proclaiming good news--Jesus the Christ.

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother;

`And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment;

These <FI>are<Fi> the things that ye do: Speak ye truth each with his neighbour, Truth and peaceful judgment judge in your gates,

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

An abomination to Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> thoughts of wickedness, And pure <FI>are<Fi> sayings of pleasantness.

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

`And--praying--ye may not use vain repetitions like the nations, for they think that in their much speaking they shall be heard,

Whoso is answering a matter before he heareth, Folly it is to him and shame.

And Moses answereth and saith, `And, if they do not give credence to me, nor hearken to my voice, and say, Jehovah hath not appeared unto thee?' — read the full passage →

we may come near, then, with freedom, to the throne of the grace, that we may receive kindness, and find grace--for seasonable help.

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

And, in like manner also, the Spirit doth help our weaknesses; for, what we may pray for, as it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> , we have not known, but the Spirit himself doth make intercession for us with groanings unutterable,

A fool bringeth out all his mind, And the wise till afterwards restraineth it.

In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips <FI>is<Fi> wise.

A Psalm of Thanksgiving. Shout to Jehovah, all the earth.

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings,

And the Lord said through a vision in the night to Paul, `Be not afraid, but be speaking and thou mayest be not silent;

And in the day of the Pentecost being fulfilled, they were all with one accord at the same place, — read the full passage →

Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.

A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver <FI>with<Fi> his lips make not thyself surety.

The heart of the righteous meditateth to answer, And the mouth of the wicked uttereth evil things.

To the Overseer. --A Psalm, a song of David. Rise doth God--scattered are His enemies! And those hating Him flee from His face. — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens. — read the full passage →

and the helmet of the salvation receive, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the saying of God,

Paul, a called apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Sosthenes the brother, — read the full passage →

that if thou mayest confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and mayest believe in thy heart that God did raise him out of the dead, thou shalt be saved, — read the full passage →

What, then, shall we say unto these things? if God <FI>is<Fi> for us, who <FI>is<Fi> against us?

for I am not ashamed of the good news of the Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation to every one who is believing, both to Jew first, and to Greek.

And they questioned him, `What then? Elijah art thou?' and he saith, `I am not.' --`The prophet art thou?' and he answered, `No.'

And it came to pass, in the multitude pressing on him to hear the word of God, that he was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret, — read the full passage →

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

and the second <FI>is<Fi> like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;

`Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake--

And I say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah! lo, I have not known--to speak, for I <FI>am<Fi> a youth.'

And I put My words in thy mouth, And with the shadow of My hand have covered thee, To plant the heavens, and to found earth, And to say to Zion, `My people <FI>art<Fi> thou.'

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger. — read the full passage →

in which they think it strange--your not running with them to the same excess of dissoluteness, speaking evil,

In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won,

and greater grace he doth give, wherefore he saith, `God against proud ones doth set Himself up, and to lowly ones He doth give grace?'

so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle!

and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.

and all, whatever ye may do in word or in work, <FI>do<Fi> all things in the name of the Lord Jesus--giving thanks to the God and Father, through him.

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

whether, then, I or they, so we preach, and so ye did believe.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

And again he began to teach by the sea, and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he, having gone into the boat, sat in the sea, and all the multitude was near the sea, on the land,

Sayings of pleasantness <FI>are<Fi> a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone.

And it cometh to pass in Pharaoh's sending the people away, that God hath not led them the way of the land of the Philistines, for it <FI>is<Fi> near; for God said, `Lest the people repent in their seeing war, and have turned back towards Egypt;' — read the full passage →

and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,