Bible Verses About Words

The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.

Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.

So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.

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

But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.

So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.

Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.

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

And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the Lord hath put in my mouth?

But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.

Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

And God spake all these words, saying,

Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?

But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

Wherefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.

But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.

My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.

A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!

Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts.

Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.