Speaking (2/3)

In praying, don’t use vain repetitions as the Gentiles do; for they… Matthew 6:7

In praying, don’t use vain repetitions as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.
Matthew 6:7 prayer thoughts
Pleasant words are a honeycomb,
sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Proverbs 16:24 gentleness soul food

Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name!
Make his doings known among the peoples.
Psalm 105:1 evangelism worship praise
So is my word that goes out of my mouth:
it will not return to me void,
but it will accomplish that which I please,
and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do.
Isaiah 55:11 Word of God reliability fruitfulness
A fool has no delight in understanding,
but only in revealing his own opinion.
Proverbs 18:2 wisdom selfishness
Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips,
from a deceitful tongue.
Psalm 120:2 redeemer soul lying
With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor,
but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge.
Proverbs 11:9 righteousness wisdom gossip
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in your sight,
Yahweh, my rock, and my redeemer.
Psalm 19:14 prayer heart
A fool’s lips come into strife,
and his mouth invites beatings.
Proverbs 18:6 wisdom
In all hard work there is profit,
but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.
Proverbs 14:23 reliability encouragement poverty
If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.
1 Corinthians 13:1 love angels
Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down,
but a kind word makes it glad.
Proverbs 12:25 worrying heart
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable,
but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.
Proverbs 10:32 truth righteousness lying
Keep your tongue from evil,
and your lips from speaking lies.
Psalm 34:13 evil truth lying
Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Colossians 3:17 gratitude following work
Put away from yourself a perverse mouth.
Put corrupt lips far from you.
Proverbs 4:24 truth lying
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife,
but every fool will be quarreling.
Proverbs 20:3 peace anger
Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them. For it is a shame even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret.
Ephesians 5:11-12 sin idols fruitfulness
For there is not a word on my tongue,
but behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether.
Psalm 139:4 almighty understanding
The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver.
The heart of the wicked is of little worth.
Proverbs 10:20 valuable righteousness
When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
Psalm 32:3 sin confession sickness
He who hides hatred has lying lips.
He who utters a slander is a fool.
Proverbs 10:18 gossip lying
If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.
James 1:26
But say the things which fit sound doctrine.
Titus 2:1 evangelism learning
Open your mouth, judge righteously,
and serve justice to the poor and needy.
Proverbs 31:9 righteousness giving widows

When they lead you away and deliver you up, don’t be anxious beforehand or premeditate what you will say, but say whatever will be given you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.