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Want to know what the Bible says about Speaking? Here are 160 Bible verses about Speaking from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Ecclesiastes 7:22 NIV
for you know in your heart
    that many times you yourself have cursed others.
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Proverbs 10:19 NIV
Sin is not ended by multiplying words,
    but the prudent hold their tongues.
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Psalm 119:172 NIV
May my tongue sing of your word,
    for all your commands are righteous.
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1 Peter 2:12 NIV
Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.
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Proverbs 10:11 NIV
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,
    but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
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Matthew 12:35 NIV
A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.
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Psalm 70:3 NIV
May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!”
    turn back because of their shame.
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Matthew 5:22 NIV
But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’ is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.
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Proverbs 12:6 NIV
The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,
    but the speech of the upright rescues them.
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Luke 6:45 NIV
A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
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