Quotes About Speech

After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.

I must speak and find relief; I must open my lips and respond.

“But now, O Job, hear my speech, and listen to all my words.

Behold, I will open my mouth; my address is on the tip of my tongue.

ëJob speaks without knowledge; his words lack insight.í

So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”

For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.

His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.

May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.

They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”

They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance.

Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.

Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.

The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.

The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”

My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:

I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.

My mouth will impart wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will bring understanding.

You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.

Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.

O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.

See what they spew from their mouths—sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”