Therefore I make known to you that no man speaking by God's Spirit says, "Jesus is accursed." No one can say, "Jesus is Lord," but by the Holy Spirit.
But now, brothers, if I come to you speaking with other languages, what would I profit you, unless I speak to you either by way of revelation, or of knowledge, or of prophesying, or of teaching?
So also you, unless you uttered by the tongue words easy to understand, how would it be known what is spoken? For you would be speaking into the air.
Therefore, brothers, desire earnestly to prophesy, and don't forbid speaking with other languages.
Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,
For, "He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.
Don't count your handmaid for a wicked woman; for I have been speaking out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation."
It happened, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
It came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words to Saul, that Saul said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.
and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God; he didn't humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet [speaking] from the mouth of the LORD.
But these, as unreasoning creatures, born natural animals to be taken and destroyed, speaking evil in matters about which they are ignorant, will in their destroying surely be destroyed,
as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things. In those, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do to the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
It happened, as soon as he had finished speaking, that behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice, and wept. The king also and all his servants wept bitterly.
The woman said, "Why then have you devised such a thing against the people of God? For in speaking this word the king is as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring home again his banished one.
To these he also showed himself alive after he suffered, by many proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days, and speaking about God's Kingdom.
When this sound was heard, the multitude came together, and were bewildered, because everyone heard them speaking in his own language.
Cretans and Arabians: we hear them speaking in our languages the mighty works of God!"
and set up false witnesses who said, "This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.
While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the word.
For they heard them speaking in other languages and magnifying God. Then Peter answered,
They therefore who were scattered abroad by the oppression that arose about Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews only.
Now when the synagogue broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.
Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who testified to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
He was listening to Paul speaking, who, fastening eyes on him, and seeing that he had faith to be made whole,
But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.
Men will arise from among your own selves, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.
but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.
I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots: and behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.
Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy one said to that certain one who spoke, How long shall be the vision [concerning] the continual [burnt offering], and the disobedience that makes desolate, to give both the sanctuary and the army to be trodden under foot?
Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face toward the ground; but he touched me, and set me upright.
While I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God;
yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening offering.
Did ever a people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and live?
For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?
It shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking to the people, that they shall appoint captains of armies at the head of the people.
Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel;
but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;
speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing, and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
for he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language, that every man should rule his own house, speaking in the language of his own people.
And as she was speaking, she fell down out of faintness.
For Mordecai the Jew was next to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted by the multitude of his brothers, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his descendants.
for he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language, that every man should rule his own house, speaking in the language of his own people.
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