97 Bible Verses about Public Speaking

Here are 97 Bible verses about public speaking, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

Jeremiah 1:4-10 KJV

⁴ Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, ⁵ 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. ⁶ Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. ⁷ But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I …

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Colossians 4:6 KJV

⁶ Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

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Exodus 4:12 KJV

¹² Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.

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Luke 12:11-12 KJV

¹¹ 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: ¹² For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.

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1 Corinthians 14:9 KJV

⁹ 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.

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Exodus 4:11 KJV

¹¹ 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?

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Jeremiah 1:8 KJV

⁸ Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.

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Ephesians 6:19-20 KJV

¹⁹ 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, ²⁰ For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

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John 1:19-23 KJV

¹⁹ And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? ²⁰ And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. ²¹ And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No. ²² Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an …

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Ephesians 4:29 KJV

²⁹ 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.

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Isaiah 41:10 KJV

¹⁰ 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.

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Proverbs 13:3 KJV

³ He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

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Isaiah 12:4 KJV

⁴ And in that day shall ye say, Praise the Lord, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.

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Psalm 141:3 KJV

³ Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

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Psalm 19:14 KJV

¹⁴ Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.

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2 Timothy 1:7 KJV

⁷ For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

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1 Corinthians 2:4-5 KJV

⁴ And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: ⁵ That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

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Jeremiah 1:10 KJV

¹⁰ 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.

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1 Chronicles 16:8 KJV

⁸ Give thanks unto the Lord, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.

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Psalm 105:1 KJV

¹ O give thanks unto the Lord; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.

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James 1:19 KJV

¹⁹ Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

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Matthew 5:16 KJV

¹⁶ Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

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Ecclesiastes 10:12 KJV

¹² The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

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Joshua 1:9 KJV

⁹ Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

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Ecclesiastes 3:7 KJV

⁷ A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

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James 3:2 KJV

² For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.

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Ephesians 4:31 KJV

³¹ Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

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Proverbs 15:4 KJV

⁴ A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

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1 Peter 3:9 KJV

⁹ Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

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1 Peter 2:12 KJV

¹² Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

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John 14:27 KJV

²⁷ Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

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Proverbs 15:23 KJV

²³ A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!

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Titus 3:2 KJV

² To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.

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Galatians 2:20 KJV

²⁰ I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

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2 Corinthians 11:6 KJV

⁶ But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.

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2 Corinthians 10:10 KJV

¹⁰ For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

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James 1:26 KJV

²⁶ If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

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Ephesians 5:4 KJV

⁴ Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

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Acts 5:42 KJV

⁴² And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.

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Matthew 12:36 KJV

³⁶ But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

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Proverbs 18:21 KJV

²¹ Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

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Psalm 23:4 KJV

⁴ Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

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Matthew 18:15 KJV

¹⁵ Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

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Matthew 6:7 KJV

⁷ But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

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Zechariah 8:16 KJV

¹⁶ These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:

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Jeremiah 29:11 KJV

¹¹ For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

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Proverbs 15:26 KJV

²⁶ The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

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Psalm 34:4 KJV

⁴ I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

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Exodus 6:12 KJV

¹² And Moses spake before the Lord, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?

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Exodus 4:10 KJV

¹⁰ And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

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1 John 1:9 KJV

⁹ If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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1 Peter 2:1 KJV

¹ Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

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Acts 2:1-47 KJV

¹ And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. ² And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. ³ And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. ⁴ And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and …

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Proverbs 17:28 KJV

²⁸ Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

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Proverbs 15:1 KJV

¹ A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

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Revelation 1:1 KJV

¹ The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

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1 Peter 4:4 KJV

⁴ Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

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Hebrews 4:16 KJV

¹⁶ Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

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Romans 8:26 KJV

²⁶ Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

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John 1:21 KJV

²¹ And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.

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Matthew 22:39 KJV

³⁹ And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

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Proverbs 20:19 KJV

¹⁹ He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

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Proverbs 18:13 KJV

¹³ He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

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Psalm 100:1 KJV

¹ Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.

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1 Peter 3:1 KJV

¹ Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;

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Philippians 4:13 KJV

¹³ I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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Philippians 4:6 KJV

⁶ Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

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Ephesians 5:19 KJV

¹⁹ Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

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1 Corinthians 15:11 KJV

¹¹ Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.

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Romans 10:9-10 KJV

⁹ That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. ¹⁰ For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

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Acts 18:9 KJV

⁹ Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:

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Luke 5:1-39 KJV

¹ And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, ² And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. ³ And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon’s, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out …

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Mark 4:1 KJV

¹ And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.

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Matthew 5:11 KJV

¹¹ Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

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Proverbs 10:19 KJV

¹⁹ In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

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Exodus 13:17-22 KJV

¹⁷ And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt: ¹⁸ But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt. …

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James 4:6 KJV

⁶ But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

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Hebrews 11:6 KJV

⁶ But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

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Ephesians 6:17 KJV

¹⁷ And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

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1 Corinthians 11:3 KJV

³ But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

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1 Corinthians 1:1-31 KJV

¹ Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, ² Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both their’s and our’s: ³ Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. …

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Romans 8:31 KJV

³¹ What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

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Romans 1:16 KJV

¹⁶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

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John 3:16 KJV

¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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Luke 1:37 KJV

³⁷ For with God nothing shall be impossible.

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Proverbs 29:11 KJV

¹¹ A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

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Proverbs 21:23 KJV

²³ Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

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Proverbs 15:28 KJV

²⁸ The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

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Proverbs 15:1-33 KJV

¹ A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. ² The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. ³ The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. ⁴ A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. …

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Exodus 6:10-13 KJV

¹⁰ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, ¹¹ Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. ¹² And Moses spake before the Lord, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips? ¹³ And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a …

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James 3:5 KJV

⁵ Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

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Colossians 4:1-18 KJV

¹ Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. ² Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; ³ Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds: ⁴ That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. …

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Colossians 3:17 KJV

¹⁷ And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

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Acts 2:38 KJV

³⁸ Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

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John 3:16-17 KJV

¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ¹⁷ For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

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Jeremiah 1:6 KJV

⁶ Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

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Proverbs 16:24 KJV

²⁴ Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

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