Power Of Words

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

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

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

Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.

If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

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

He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes; for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

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

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

In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

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

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, — read the full passage →

You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are saved it is the power of God.

but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.

But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

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

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

It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!

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

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

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

Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →

For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.

He humbled you, and allowed you to be hungry, and fed you with manna, which you didn’t know, neither did your fathers know; that he might teach you that man does not live by bread only, but man lives by every word that proceeds out of Yahweh’s mouth.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.

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

He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”

Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth.

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

having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.

Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

Your words were found, and I ate them; and your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by your name, Yahweh, God of Armies.

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

A man’s stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.

so shall my word be that goes out of my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing I sent it to do.

The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God stands forever.”

For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse.

Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment. — read the full passage →

The word of God increased and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem exceedingly. A great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves.

Now the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can’t know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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

Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don’t curse.

One who despises his neighbor is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding holds his peace.

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

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

He who gives answer before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

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

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.

He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.

But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”

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

His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Jesus therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, “If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples. — read the full passage →

You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

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

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

Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment. — read the full passage →

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

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

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →

The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.

The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.

“Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

But Jesus answered them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.

Beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,

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

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.

He who is of God hears the words of God. For this cause you don’t hear, because you are not of God.”

as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow,

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things. — read the full passage →