Found 22 Results for: speech

  • The enemy is all sweetness in his speech, but in his heart he is planning to throw you in the ditch. The enemy has tears in his eyes but, if he finds an opportunity, he cannot have enough of your blood. (Ecclesiasticus 12, 16)

  • Happy the one who has not sinned in speech or who feels no remorse for his faults. (Ecclesiasticus 14, 1)

  • Happy the man who lives with a sensible wife; he who does not plow with a donkey and ox; he who has done no wrong in speech; he who does not serve an unworthy master. (Ecclesiasticus 25, 8)

  • Thrown down, you will speak from the ground: from the dust your words will come muffled, your voice will rise as a ghost's, your speech will be a whisper in the dust. But in a flash, (Isaiah 29, 4)

  • But you will see no more of those fierce people with obscure speech you cannot comprehend, with stammering tongue you cannot understand. (Isaiah 33, 19)

  • Do not rely on a friend nor trust an intimate companion. Be guarded in speech with the woman who shares your bed. (Micah 7, 5)

  • Some of the crowd wanted a certain Alexander to speak, whom the Jews put forward. Alexander intended to make a speech of defense before the crowd, (Acts 19, 33)

  • You excel in everything: in the gifts of faith, speech and knowledge; you feel concern for every cause and, besides, you are first in my heart. Excel also in this generous service. (2 Corinthians 8, 7)

  • in fact, we make mistakes, like everybody else. A person who commits no offense in speech is perfect and capable of ruling the whole self. (James 3, 2)

  • The beast was given speech and it spoke boastful and blasphemous words against God; it was allowed to wield its power for forty-two months. (Revelation 13, 5)


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