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100 Bible Verses about Power Of Words

Proverbs 18:21 ESV / 13,972 helpful votes

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 13,014 helpful votes

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Proverbs 12:18 ESV / 11,851 helpful votes

There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Matthew 12:36 ESV / 10,582 helpful votes

I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak,

Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 10,052 helpful votes

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 21:23 ESV / 9,859 helpful votes

Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.

Proverbs 16:24 ESV / 9,832 helpful votes

Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 9,409 helpful votes

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Proverbs 15:4 ESV / 8,110 helpful votes

A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.

James 1:26 ESV / 7,716 helpful votes

If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.

Proverbs 13:3 ESV / 7,454 helpful votes

Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

Psalm 19:14 ESV / 7,317 helpful votes

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.

Romans 1:16 ESV / 6,613 helpful votes

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

Colossians 4:6 ESV / 6,454 helpful votes

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.

Matthew 12:37 ESV / 6,430 helpful votes

For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 6,237 helpful votes

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Proverbs 10:19 ESV / 6,159 helpful votes

When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 5,851 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Matthew 4:4 ESV / 5,694 helpful votes

But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

Colossians 3:8 ESV / 5,660 helpful votes

But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.

James 1:22 ESV / 5,560 helpful votes

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

Matthew 15:18 ESV / 5,277 helpful votes

But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 5,202 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

John 1:1 ESV / 5,121 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Romans 10:17 ESV / 4,895 helpful votes

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

John 1:1-51 ESV / 4,856 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. ...

John 15:3 ESV / 4,853 helpful votes

Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.

1 Corinthians 1:18 ESV / 4,730 helpful votes

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

John 6:63 ESV / 4,613 helpful votes

It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

James 3:5 ESV / 4,571 helpful votes

So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!

Luke 6:45 ESV / 4,531 helpful votes

The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

Matthew 24:35 ESV / 4,389 helpful votes

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

John 17:17 ESV / 4,387 helpful votes

Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

Ephesians 6:10 ESV / 4,329 helpful votes

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 4,316 helpful votes

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Proverbs 18:20 ESV / 4,306 helpful votes

From the fruit of a man's mouth his stomach is satisfied; he is satisfied by the yield of his lips.

Psalm 141:3 ESV / 4,301 helpful votes

Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!

James 1:21 ESV / 4,266 helpful votes

Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

John 1:14 ESV / 4,088 helpful votes

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Romans 12:14 ESV / 4,044 helpful votes

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.

1 Thessalonians 2:13 ESV / 4,039 helpful votes

And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.

Psalm 119:11 ESV / 3,998 helpful votes

I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

Proverbs 11:12 ESV / 3,968 helpful votes

Whoever belittles his neighbor lacks sense, but a man of understanding remains silent.

Acts 1:8 ESV / 3,887 helpful votes

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Proverbs 25:11 ESV / 3,884 helpful votes

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.

Romans 10:9 ESV / 3,876 helpful votes

Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

John 7:38 ESV / 3,842 helpful votes

Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’”

Deuteronomy 8:3 ESV / 3,837 helpful votes

And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

Proverbs 18:13 ESV / 3,816 helpful votes

If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame.

Isaiah 55:11 ESV / 3,800 helpful votes

So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

Isaiah 40:8 ESV / 3,795 helpful votes

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.

Colossians 3:16 ESV / 3,768 helpful votes

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

James 3:1-12 ESV / 3,744 helpful votes

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! ...

Jeremiah 15:16 ESV / 3,711 helpful votes

Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O Lord, God of hosts.

Acts 20:32 ESV / 3,700 helpful votes

And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 3,601 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

1 Peter 1:23 ESV / 3,562 helpful votes

Since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;

Proverbs 17:9 ESV / 3,560 helpful votes

Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.

Romans 12:2 ESV / 3,435 helpful votes

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

John 3:16 ESV / 3,412 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Acts 6:7 ESV / 3,399 helpful votes

And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.

Hebrews 11:3 ESV / 3,372 helpful votes

By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.

Psalm 107:20 ESV / 3,280 helpful votes

He sent out his word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction.

Romans 1:20 ESV / 3,275 helpful votes

For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.

Matthew 12:34 ESV / 3,157 helpful votes

You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

1 Corinthians 2:14 ESV / 3,155 helpful votes

The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

Genesis 1:3 ESV / 3,093 helpful votes

And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

Proverbs 29:20 ESV / 3,078 helpful votes

Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 3,022 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 3,018 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. ...

1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 2,994 helpful votes

Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 2,976 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

John 8:32 ESV / 2,842 helpful votes

And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

Proverbs 15:2 ESV / 2,802 helpful votes

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.

John 8:31-32 ESV / 2,799 helpful votes

So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

Hebrews 1:3 ESV / 2,776 helpful votes

He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

John 6:68 ESV / 2,771 helpful votes

Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life,

James 3:1-18 ESV / 2,735 helpful votes

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! ...

Luke 24:27 ESV / 2,722 helpful votes

And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

Ephesians 5:26 ESV / 2,688 helpful votes

That he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,

Matthew 19:26 ESV / 2,630 helpful votes

But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Ephesians 4:25 ESV / 2,537 helpful votes

Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.

Proverbs 30:5 ESV / 2,516 helpful votes

Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

Luke 11:28 ESV / 2,456 helpful votes

But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”

Proverbs 27:2 ESV / 2,265 helpful votes

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

2 Corinthians 13:4 ESV / 2,219 helpful votes

For he was crucified in weakness, but lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but in dealing with you we will live with him by the power of God.

Proverbs 18:8 ESV / 2,194 helpful votes

The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.

John 1:1-3 ESV / 2,175 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

Acts 17:10-11 ESV / 2,155 helpful votes

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue. Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

John 8:47 ESV / 2,142 helpful votes

Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.”

Ephesians 3:20 ESV / 2,127 helpful votes

Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us,

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 2,094 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

2 Peter 1:3 ESV / 2,079 helpful votes

His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence,

Matthew 22:29 ESV / 2,011 helpful votes

But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.

Proverbs 18:4 ESV / 1,868 helpful votes

The words of a man's mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 1,838 helpful votes

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 1,827 helpful votes

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Matthew 12:35-37 ESV / 1,732 helpful votes

The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

John 6:1-71 ESV / 1,708 helpful votes

After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick. Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples. Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand. Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?” ...

Acts 4:12 ESV / 1,650 helpful votes

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

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