Bible Verses About Public Speaking

“Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.”

“Now go! I will help you as you speak, and I will teach you what to say.”

“When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say. For at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.”

“So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air.”

“And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?”

“Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.”

“Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will boldly make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it fearlessly, as I should.”

“And this was John’s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?” He did not refuse to confess, but openly declared, “I am not the Christ.” “Then who are you?” they inquired. “Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.” So they said to him, “Who are you? We need an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?” John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”

“He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.”

“May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.”

“Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.”

“See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”

“My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith would not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.”

“Give thanks to the LORD; call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.”

“The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.”

“A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.”

“We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.”

“A man takes joy in a fitting reply — and how good is a timely word!”

“Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”

“But in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, then why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I am unskilled in speech?”

“Even a fool is considered wise if he keeps silent, and discerning when he holds his tongue.”

“Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.”

“Although I am not a polished speaker, I am certainly not lacking in knowledge. We have made this clear to you in every way possible.”

“Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.”

“I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.”

“For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”

“The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the words of the pure are pleasant to Him.”

“Every day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.”