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100 Bible Verses about Our Words

Psalm 19:14 ESV / 120 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.

Colossians 3:8 ESV / 99 helpful votes

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

Colossians 3:17 ESV / 94 helpful votes

And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV / 88 helpful votes

So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

Ephesians 5:3-5 ESV / 79 helpful votes

But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving. For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

Exodus 20:7 ESV / 78 helpful votes

“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

Matthew 6:9 ESV / 75 helpful votes

Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.

Proverbs 21:23 ESV / 73 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 18:21 ESV / 73 helpful votes

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

Matthew 12:36 ESV / 70 helpful votes

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

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 66 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,

Proverbs 16:24 ESV / 66 helpful votes

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

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 62 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.

Ephesians 4:29-32 ESV / 59 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. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Proverbs 12:18 ESV / 58 helpful votes

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

Colossians 4:6 ESV / 56 helpful votes

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

James 1:26 ESV / 55 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 15:4 ESV / 54 helpful votes

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

Luke 1:37 ESV / 52 helpful votes

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Proverbs 25:11 ESV / 51 helpful votes

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

Matthew 24:35 ESV / 50 helpful votes

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

Matthew 4:4 ESV / 48 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.’”

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 48 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 10:19 ESV / 44 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 43 helpful votes

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

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 42 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.

Luke 11:28 ESV / 42 helpful votes

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

Isaiah 55:11 ESV / 42 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.

Colossians 3:16 ESV / 41 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.

Matthew 12:37 ESV / 40 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 13:3 ESV / 39 helpful votes

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

Psalm 141:3 ESV / 39 helpful votes

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

James 1:22 ESV / 38 helpful votes

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

Deuteronomy 8:3 ESV / 38 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.

Psalm 119:11 ESV / 37 helpful votes

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

James 3:5 ESV / 36 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!

John 15:3 ESV / 36 helpful votes

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

John 7:38 ESV / 36 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 29:20 ESV / 36 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 18:4 ESV / 36 helpful votes

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

James 3:2 ESV / 35 helpful votes

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.

Ecclesiastes 10:12 ESV / 35 helpful votes

The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.

1 Corinthians 1:18 ESV / 34 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 6:68 ESV / 34 helpful votes

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

John 6:63 ESV / 34 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.

Luke 6:45 ESV / 32 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.

Revelation 11:1-19 ESV / 31 helpful votes

Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months. And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. And if anyone would harm them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them, this is how he is doomed to be killed. ...

Romans 12:2 ESV / 31 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.

Proverbs 4:23 ESV / 31 helpful votes

Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 30 helpful votes

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

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 28 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 18:20 ESV / 28 helpful votes

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

James 1:21 ESV / 27 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 3:16-17 ESV / 27 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.

Matthew 7:24 ESV / 27 helpful votes

“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

Psalm 34:13 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.

Romans 12:14 ESV / 26 helpful votes

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

John 8:31-32 ESV / 26 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.”

John 1:14 ESV / 26 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.

John 1:1 ESV / 26 helpful votes

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

Matthew 12:36-37 ESV / 26 helpful votes

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.”

Matthew 12:34 ESV / 26 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.

Isaiah 40:8 ESV / 26 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 18:13 ESV / 26 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 17:9 ESV / 26 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 11:12 ESV / 26 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 11:9 ESV / 26 helpful votes

With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.

James 3:1-18 ESV / 25 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! ...

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 25 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 25 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.

Romans 10:9 ESV / 25 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.

Matthew 15:11 ESV / 25 helpful votes

It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.”

Proverbs 25:18 ESV / 25 helpful votes

A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow.

Proverbs 15:2 ESV / 25 helpful votes

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

1 Peter 3:10 ESV / 24 helpful votes

For “Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit;

Hebrews 11:3 ESV / 24 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.

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 24 helpful votes

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

Ephesians 5:6 ESV / 24 helpful votes

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

Ephesians 5:3-4 ESV / 24 helpful votes

But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.

Ephesians 4:25 ESV / 24 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.

1 Corinthians 14:19 ESV / 24 helpful votes

Nevertheless, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.

Romans 10:17 ESV / 24 helpful votes

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

John 17:17 ESV / 24 helpful votes

Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

John 12:47 ESV / 24 helpful votes

If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.

John 1:1-51 ESV / 24 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. ...

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 24 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.

Ecclesiastes 12:11 ESV / 24 helpful votes

The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings; they are given by one Shepherd.

Ecclesiastes 10:12-14 ESV / 24 helpful votes

The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him. The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is evil madness. A fool multiplies words, though no man knows what is to be, and who can tell him what will be after him?

Proverbs 27:2 ESV / 24 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 18:8 ESV / 24 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 15:23 ESV / 24 helpful votes

To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is!

Proverbs 6:2 ESV / 24 helpful votes

If you are snared in the words of your mouth, caught in the words of your mouth,

Job 38:2 ESV / 24 helpful votes

“Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

1 Peter 2:2 ESV / 22 helpful votes

Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—

Romans 12:21 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Proverbs 11:30 ESV / 20 helpful votes

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and whoever captures souls is wise.

Acts 1:8 ESV / 16 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.”

1 John 1:9 ESV / 13 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 Thessalonians 5:11 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.

1 Thessalonians 4:18 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Therefore encourage one another with these words.

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