But as you excel ¹  in everything – in faith, in speech, in knowledge, and in all eagerness and in the love from us that is in you ²  – make sure that you excel ³  in this act of kindness ⁴  too.

But Moses said before the Lord, “Since I speak with difficulty, ¹  why should Pharaoh listen to me?”

Will ¹  there be an end to your ²  windy words? ³  Or what provokes ⁴  you that you answer? ⁵ 

The lips of the righteous know ¹  what is pleasing, ²  but the speech ³  of the wicked is perverse.

In ¹  the speech ²  of a fool is a rod for his back, ³  but the words ⁴  of the wise protect them.

Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue but in deed and truth. ¹ 

Then Job continued ²  his speech:

It is the same for you. If you do not speak clearly with your tongue, how will anyone know what is being said? For you will be speaking into the air.

Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah! Listen to me! You wives of Lamech, hear my words! I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man ¹  for hurting me.

How painful ¹  are honest words! But ²  what does your reproof ³  prove? ⁴ 

“They are dismayed ²  and cannot answer any more; they have nothing left to say. ³ 

Then make sure you don’t speak evil words ¹  or use deceptive speech! ² 

Blessings ¹  are on the head of the righteous, but the speech ²  of the wicked conceals ³  violence. ⁴ 

Pleasant words are like ¹  a honeycomb, ²  sweet to the soul and healing ³  to the bones.

There is gold, and an abundance of rubies, but ¹  words of knowledge ²  are like ³  a precious jewel.

But Moses replied to ¹  the Lord, “If the Israelites did not listen to me, then ²  how will Pharaoh listen to me, since ³  I speak with difficulty?” ⁴ 

With him I will speak face to face, ¹  openly, ²  and not in riddles; and he will see the form ³  of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”

Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod (or the language of one of the other peoples mentioned ¹ ) and were unable to speak the language of Judah.

His mouth is very sweet; ¹  he is totally desirable. ²  This is my beloved! This is my companion, O maidens of Jerusalem!

After ¹  a little while, those standing there came up to Peter and said, “You really are one of them too – even your accent ²  gives you away!”