What Does the Bible Say About Talk With Someone?

James 1:19 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

James 3:5-6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.

Colossians 4:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.

Colossians 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Philippians 2:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.

Galatians 6:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.

Matthew 18:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.

Ecclesiastes 3:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

A time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

Proverbs 25:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.

Proverbs 18:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame.

Proverbs 18:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.

Proverbs 16:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.

14 Bible Verses about Talk With Someone

James 1:19 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

James 3:5-6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Colossians 4:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Colossians 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Philippians 2:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Galatians 6:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 18:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 3:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 25:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 16:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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14 Bible Verses about Talk With Someone

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James 1:19 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

James 3:5-6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Colossians 4:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Colossians 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Philippians 2:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Galatians 6:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 18:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 3:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 25:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 16:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes