Bible Verses About Speaking Up
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for speaking up, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 4,162 votes, led by Ephesians 5:11. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Speaking Up
Ephesians 5:11225 votes
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
1 Peter 3:15-16194 votes
But 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:
Proverbs 31:9162 votes
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Romans 1:16128 votes
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.
Proverbs 31:8117 votes
Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
Romans 10:9116 votes
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.
Acts 18:9-10110 votes
Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:
Ephesians 4:2997 votes
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.
2 Corinthians 10:583 votes
Casting 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;
Colossians 3:1679 votes
Let 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.
Ephesians 4:1574 votes
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
Colossians 4:671 votes
Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
James 1:1969 votes
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Galatians 6:165 votes
Brethren, 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.
Proverbs 15:464 votes
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Proverbs 10:1957 votes
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
Proverbs 15:157 votes
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Proverbs 31:8-955 votes
Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
Psalms 141:353 votes
Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Isaiah 1:1751 votes
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Ephesians 5:1951 votes
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
2 Timothy 3:1650 votes
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Proverbs 13:349 votes
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Proverbs 17:2849 votes
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
Psalms 94:1647 votes
Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
What does the Bible say about speaking up?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 5:11 on the subject of speaking up. Across 4,162 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Peter 3:15-16, Proverbs 31:9, Romans 1:16. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.