Bible Verses About Preaching

“Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”

And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?

Now go! I will help you as you speak, and I will teach you what to say.”

From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.

These are the words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:

I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

When Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain and sat down. His disciples came to Him,

At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.

Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.

After the arrest of John, Jesus went into Galilee and proclaimed the gospel of God.

“The time is fulfilled,” He said, “and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe in the gospel!”

they gathered in such large numbers that there was no more room, not even outside the door, as Jesus spoke the word to them.

Then He rolled up the scroll, returned it to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on Him,

Jesus got into the boat belonging to Simon and asked him to put out a little from shore. And sitting down, He taught the people from the boat.

Soon afterward, Jesus traveled from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with Him,

At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.

explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ,” he declared.

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with words of wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.

but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,

But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,

so that no one may boast in His presence.

When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.