Bible Verses about “public speaking”
Found 22 verses (ordered by relevance) about “public speaking” in the KJV version of the Bible
“Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.”
“¶ Fear thou not; for I [am] with thee: be not dismayed; for I [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.”
“Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, [and] I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.”
“Let your speech [be] alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.”
“¶ And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,”
“For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.”
“So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.”
“And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.”
“¶ And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?”
“And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.”
“Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?”
“He said, I [am] the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.”
“¶ Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,”
“And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?”
“But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I [am] a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.”
“Be not afraid of their faces: for I [am] with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.”
“Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.”
“‹For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.›”
“Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I [am] a child.”
“Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.”
“‹And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and› [unto] ‹magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:›”
“See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.”