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What Does the Bible Say About Free Speech?

Here are 9 Bible verses about free speech, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Proverbs 31:8-9

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

    BSBOpen your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed. Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.

  2. #2Ecclesiastes 7:21-22

    Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee: For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.

    BSBDo not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you. For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.

  3. #3Galatians 4:16

    Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

    BSBHave I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?

  4. #4Romans 14:1

    Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.

    BSBAccept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions.

  5. #52 Timothy 2:24-26

    And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

    BSBAnd a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing. He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth. Then they will come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, who has taken them captive to his will.

  6. #6Deuteronomy 1:16-17

    And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.

    BSBAt that time I charged your judges: “Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident. Show no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. And bring to me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.”

  7. #7Psalms 109:28

    Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.

    BSBThough they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.

  8. #81 Peter 4:14

    If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

    BSBIf you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

  9. #9Matthew 12:36

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

    BSBBut I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.

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