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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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Proverbs 15:23 NIV
A person finds joy in giving an apt reply
    and how good is a timely word!
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Proverbs 18:7 NIV
The mouths of fools are their undoing,
    and their lips are a snare to their very lives.
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Proverbs 12:13 NIV
Evildoers are trapped by their sinful talk,
    and so the innocent escape trouble.
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Psalm 19:14 NIV
May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart
    be pleasing in your sight,
    Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
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James 4:11 NIV
Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it.
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Proverbs 14:25 NIV
A truthful witness saves lives,
    but a false witness is deceitful.
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Proverbs 30:10 NIV
“Do not slander a servant to their master,
    or they will curse you, and you will pay for it.
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Isaiah 38:14 NIV
I cried like a swift or thrush,
    I moaned like a mourning dove.
My eyes grew weak as I looked to the heavens.
    I am being threatened; Lord, come to my aid!”
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