100 Bible Verses about Speaking Up (KJV)

Here are 100 Bible verses about speaking up, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

Ephesians 5:11 KJV

¹¹And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

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1 Peter 3:15-16 KJV

¹⁵But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: ¹⁶Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

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Proverbs 31:9 KJV

⁹Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

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Romans 1:16 KJV

¹⁶For 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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Proverbs 31:8 KJV

⁸Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

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Romans 10:9 KJV

⁹That 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.

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Acts 18:9-10 KJV

⁹Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: ¹⁰For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.

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Ephesians 4:29 KJV

²⁹Let 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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2 Corinthians 10:5 KJV

⁵Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

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Colossians 3:16 KJV

¹⁶Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

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Ephesians 4:15 KJV

¹⁵But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:

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Colossians 4:6 KJV

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

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James 1:19 KJV

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

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Galatians 6:1 KJV

¹Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

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Proverbs 15:4 KJV

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

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Proverbs 10:19 KJV

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

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Proverbs 15:1 KJV

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

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Proverbs 31:8-9 KJV

⁸Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. ⁹Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

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Isaiah 1:17 KJV

¹⁷Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

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Ephesians 5:19 KJV

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

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Psalm 141:3 KJV

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

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2 Timothy 3:16 KJV

¹⁶All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

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Proverbs 17:28 KJV

²⁸Even 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 13:3 KJV

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

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Psalm 94:16 KJV

¹⁶Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

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Acts 5:1-42 KJV

¹But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, ²And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet. ³But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? ⁴Whiles it remained, …

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Matthew 18:15 KJV

¹⁵Moreover 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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Hebrews 13:15 KJV

¹⁵By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

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Luke 6:45 KJV

⁴⁵A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

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Proverbs 18:21 KJV

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

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James 5:13 KJV

¹³Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

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Acts 4:18-20 KJV

¹⁸And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. ¹⁹But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. ²⁰For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

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Ephesians 5:1 KJV

¹Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

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Luke 18:35-43 KJV

³⁵And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging: ³⁶And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant. ³⁷And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by. ³⁸And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me. ³⁹And they which went before …

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Acts 19:1-41 KJV

¹And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples, ²He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. ³And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John’s …

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1 Peter 3:9 KJV

⁹Not 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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James 3:2 KJV

²For 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 4:25 KJV

²⁵Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

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Proverbs 11:9 KJV

⁹An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

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Zechariah 8:16 KJV

¹⁶These 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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Ezekiel 3:18-19 KJV

¹⁸When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. ¹⁹Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

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Matthew 12:36 KJV

³⁶But 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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Psalm 19:14 KJV

¹⁴Let 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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James 5:20 KJV

²⁰Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

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Matthew 7:21-23 KJV

²¹Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. ²²Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? ²³And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work …

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Proverbs 29:7 KJV

⁷The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.

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Proverbs 21:23 KJV

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

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Proverbs 16:24 KJV

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

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Colossians 3:8 KJV

⁸But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

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Acts 2:1-47 KJV

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

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Matthew 6:7 KJV

⁷But 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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1 Samuel 19:4 KJV

⁴And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good:

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James 1:26 KJV

²⁶If 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 5:11-12 KJV

¹¹And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. ¹²For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.

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1 Peter 3:15 KJV

¹⁵But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

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Galatians 2:11-14 KJV

¹¹But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. ¹²For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision. ¹³And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation. …

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1 Corinthians 14:1-40 KJV

¹Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. ²For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries. ³But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort. ⁴He that speaketh in an unknown …

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Ecclesiastes 10:12 KJV

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

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Ecclesiastes 3:7 KJV

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

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Proverbs 31:7 KJV

⁷Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

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Proverbs 18:13 KJV

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

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Proverbs 11:12 KJV

¹²He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.

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1 Samuel 20:32 KJV

³²And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?

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Matthew 18:15-17 KJV

¹⁵Moreover 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. ¹⁶But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. ¹⁷And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear …

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Psalm 71:8 KJV

⁸Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.

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1 John 3:18 KJV

¹⁸My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

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James 3:5 KJV

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

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Proverbs 15:23 KJV

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

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Proverbs 15:22 KJV

²²Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

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Proverbs 11:13 KJV

¹³A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.

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Philippians 4:13 KJV

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

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John 14:27 KJV

²⁷Peace 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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Luke 12:3 KJV

³Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

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Hosea 4:6 KJV

⁶My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

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1 Peter 3:10 KJV

¹⁰For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

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Luke 1:37 KJV

³⁷For with God nothing shall be impossible.

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Proverbs 27:6 KJV

⁶Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

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Proverbs 25:11 KJV

¹¹A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

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Psalm 105:1 KJV

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

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Romans 8:26 KJV

²⁶Likewise 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 3:20 KJV

²⁰For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

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Proverbs 17:9 KJV

⁹He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

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Proverbs 29:20 KJV

²⁰Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

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1 Timothy 3:1-16 KJV

¹This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. ²A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; ³Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; ⁴One that ruleth well his own house, …

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Matthew 18:1-35 KJV

¹At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? ²And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, ³And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. ⁴Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as …

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Psalm 34:13 KJV

¹³Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

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Ephesians 6:12 KJV

¹²For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

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Luke 17:3 KJV

³Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

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Job 29:12 KJV

¹²Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

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Titus 3:1-2 KJV

¹Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, ²To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.

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Luke 11:28 KJV

²⁸But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

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Matthew 6:24 KJV

²⁴No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

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Proverbs 26:20 KJV

²⁰Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.

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Revelation 1:1-20 KJV

¹The 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: ²Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. ³Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things …

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1 John 5:1-21 KJV

¹Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. ²By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. ³For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. ⁴For whatsoever is born …

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Colossians 3:17 KJV

¹⁷And 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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Ephesians 4:26 KJV

²⁶Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

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Revelation 1:2 KJV

²Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.

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Acts 5:27-42 KJV

²⁷And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them, ²⁸Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us. ²⁹Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. …

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John 6:67-71 KJV

⁶⁷Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? ⁶⁸Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. ⁶⁹And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God. ⁷⁰Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil? ⁷¹He spake …

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