Speak

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

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

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;

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

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

`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;

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

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

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

`The good man out of the good treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which <FI>is<Fi> good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which <FI>is<Fi> evil; for out of the abounding of the heart doth his mouth speak.

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;

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

`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 before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.

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.

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

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

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!

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,

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;

because I spake not from myself, but the Father who sent me, He did give me a command, what I may say, and what I may speak,

for from thy words thou shalt be declared righteous, and from thy words thou shalt be declared unrighteous.'

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

Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit.

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;

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

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,

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,

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

So is My word that goeth out of My mouth, It turneth not back unto Me empty, But hath done that which I desired, And prosperously effected that <FI>for<Fi> which I sent it.

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

Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change.

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

Without counsel <FI>is<Fi> the making void of purposes, And in a multitude of counsellors it is established.

out of the same mouth doth come forth blessing and cursing; it doth not need, my brethren, these things so to happen;

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,

The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.

A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.

The lips of the righteous know a pleasing thing, And the mouth of the wicked perverseness!

My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth!

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

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

And they having prayed, the place was shaken in which they were gathered together, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and were speaking the word of God with freedom,

`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;

and he who hath denied me before men, shall be denied before the messengers of God,

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

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.

Open thy mouth, judge righteously, Both the cause of the poor and needy!'

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

Apples of gold in imagery of silver, <FI>Is<Fi> the word spoken at its fit times.

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

A busybody is revealing secret counsel, And the faithful of spirit is covering the matter.

With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out.

Whoso is covering hatred with lying lips, And whoso is bringing out an evil report is a fool.

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

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

already ye are clean, because of the word that I have spoken to you;

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

for `he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips--not to speak guile;

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

and there appeared to them divided tongues, as it were of fire; it sat also upon each one of them, — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

Treasures of wickedness profit not, And righteousness delivereth from death.

By David, in his changing his behaviour before Abimelech, and he driveth him away, and he goeth. I do bless Jehovah at all times, Continually His praise <FI>is<Fi> in my mouth.

Day to day uttereth speech, And night to night sheweth knowledge.

They--of the world they are; because of this from the world they speak, and the world doth hear them;

for `he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips--not to speak guile; — read the full passage →

All joy count <FI>it<Fi> , my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold;

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.

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict, — read the full passage →

Pursue the love, and seek earnestly the spiritual things, and rather that ye may prophecy, — read the full passage →

for the word of the cross to those indeed perishing is foolishness, and to us--those being saved--it is the power of God,

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

`And in my beginning to speak, the Holy Spirit did fall upon them, even as also upon us in the beginning,

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth-- — read the full passage →

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

if my commandments ye may keep, ye shall remain in my love, according as I the commands of my Father have kept, and do remain in His love;

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

Filled is my mouth <FI>with<Fi> Thy praise, All the day <FI>with<Fi> Thy beauty.

And Adonijah son of Haggith is lifting himself up, saying, `I do reign;' and he prepareth for himself a chariot and horsemen, and fifty men running before him,

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — read the full passage →

and we have known that the Son of God is come, and hath given us a mind, that we may know Him who is true, and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ; this one is the true God and the life age-during!

we--of God we are; he who is knowing God doth hear us; he who is not of God, doth not hear us; from this we know the spirit of the truth, and the spirit of the error. — read the full passage →

and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him--how doth the love of God remain in him? — read the full passage →

we--we have known that we have passed out of the death to the life, because we love the brethren; he who is not loving the brother doth remain in the death.

if we may say--`we have not sin,' ourselves we lead astray, and the truth is not in us; — read the full passage →

having beheld your pure behaviour in fear,

who <FI>were<Fi> once not a people, and <FI>are<Fi> now the people of God; who had not found kindness, and now have found kindness.

and the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical: -- — read the full passage →

so also the faith, if it may not have works, is dead by itself. — read the full passage →

for He who is saying, `Thou mayest not commit adultery,' said also, `Thou mayest do no murder;' and if thou shalt not commit adultery, and shalt commit murder, thou hast become a transgressor of law; — read the full passage →

and he who did look into the perfect law--that of liberty, and did continue there, this one--not a forgetful hearer becoming, but a doer of work--this one shall be happy in his doing. — read the full passage →

Let brotherly love remain; — read the full passage →

for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;

but exhort ye one another every day, while the To-day is called, that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of the sin,

preach the word; be earnest in season, out of season, convict, rebuke, exhort, in all long-suffering and teaching, — read the full passage →

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

wherefore, comfort ye one another, and build ye up, one the one, as also ye do.