What Does the Bible Say About The Power Of Words?

Proverbs 18:21 ESV / 10 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 / 8 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 13:3 ESV / 7 helpful votes

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

James 3:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.

John 1:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 16:27 ESV / 5 helpful votes

A worthless man plots evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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

Numbers 14:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Say to them, ‘As I live, declares the Lord, what you have said in my hearing I will do to you:

Revelation 18:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And the light of a lamp will shine in you no more, and the voice of bridegroom and bride will be heard in you no more, for your merchants were the great ones of the earth, and all nations were deceived by your sorcery.

James 3:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

James 3:5 ESV / 3 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!

James 3:2-3 ESV / 3 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. If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well.

James 3:1-12 ESV / 3 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! ...

Romans 8:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Matthew 15:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 22:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

To make you know what is right and true, that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?

Proverbs 18:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 12:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 12:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright delivers them.

2 Peter 2:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

Ephesians 2:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,

Matthew 7:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 7:1-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. ...

Proverbs 26:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.

Proverbs 6:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Hosea 12:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

A merchant, in whose hands are false balances, he loves to oppress.

Proverbs 21:28 ESV / 1 helpful vote

A false witness will perish, but the word of a man who hears will endure.

27 Bible Verses about The Power Of Words

Proverbs 18:21 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Proverbs 13:3 ESV / 7 helpful votes

James 3:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes

John 1:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Proverbs 16:27 ESV / 5 helpful votes

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Numbers 14:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Revelation 18:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 3:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 3:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 3:2-3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 3:1-12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 8:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 15:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 12:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 12:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Peter 2:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:1-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 26:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 6:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hosea 12:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Proverbs 21:28 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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27 Bible Verses about The Power Of Words

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Proverbs 18:21 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Proverbs 13:3 ESV / 7 helpful votes

James 3:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes

John 1:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Proverbs 16:27 ESV / 5 helpful votes

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Numbers 14:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Revelation 18:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 3:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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James 3:2-3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 3:1-12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 8:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 15:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 12:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 12:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Peter 2:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:1-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 26:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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