62 Bible Verses about Words

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. This man was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him, and apart from him not even one thing came to be that has come to be.

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

God, who formerly spoke in many portions and in many ways to the fathers by the prophets, spoke to us in these last days by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the ages.

What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we looked upon, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life (and the life was made known, and we have seen, and testify, and declare to you the eternal life that was with the Father, and was made known to us),

and clothed in a garment dipped in blood. And his name is called The Word of God.

And straightaway many were gathered together, so as to accommodate no more, not even near the door. And he spoke the word to them.

Therefore every man, whoever hears these sayings of mine, and does them, I will compare him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock. And the rain descended, and the torrents came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it had been founded upon the rock. And every man who hears these sayings of mine, and does not do them, will be compared to a foolish man who built his house upon the sand.read more.
And the rain descended, and the torrents came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell. And great was the fall of it. And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these sayings, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as having authority, and not as their scholars.

Every man who comes to me, and hears my sayings, and does them, I will show you to whom he is like. He is like a man who builds a house, who dug and excavated, and laid a foundation upon the rock. And when a flood developed, the stream beat upon that house, and could not shake it, for it had been founded upon the rock. But he who heard, and not having done, is like a man who built a house upon the soil without a foundation, on which the stream beat, and straightaway it fell. And the ruin of that house became great.

And that which was sown upon the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and straightaway receiving it with joy, yet he has no root in himself, instead it is temporary. And when tribulation or persecution develops because of the word, straightaway he is caused to stumble. And that which was sown in the thorns, this is he who hears the word, and the care of this age, and the deceitfulness of wealth, choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.read more.
But that which was sown upon the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who indeed bears fruit, and is productive, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

And he says to them, Do ye not know this parable? And how will ye understand all the parables? The man who sows sows the word. And these are those by the path where the word is sown. And whenever they may hear, straightaway Satan comes, and takes away the word that has been sown in their hearts.read more.
And these in like manner are those being sown upon the rocky places, who, whenever they may hear the word, straightaway receive it with joy. And they have no root in themselves, but are temporary. Afterward, when tribulation or persecution develops because of the word, straightaway they are caused to stumble. And these are those being sown in the thorns, who hear the word, and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of wealth, and the cravings about other things entering in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. And these are those that were sown upon the good ground, who hear the word and receive it, and bear fruit, one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred.

Now the parable is this. The seed is the word of God. And those by the way are those who hear, then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, lest having believed, they would be saved. And those on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy. And these have no root, who believe for a time, and withdraw in time of trial.read more.
And that which fell in the thorns, these are those who heard, and as they go they are choked by cares and wealth and pleasures of life, and do not bring to maturity. But those in the good ground, these are those who in an good and right heart, having heard the word, hold it firm, and bring forth fruit in perseverance.

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

For he whom God sent speaks the sayings of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure.

Truly, truly, I say to you, that he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life. And he does not come into condemnation, but has passed from death into life.

It is the spirit that makes alive. The flesh benefits nothing. The sayings that I speak to you are spirit, are life. Nevertheless, there are some of you who do not believe. For Jesus had known from the beginning who they are who do not believe, and who he is who will betray him. And he said, Because of this I have said to you that no man is able to come to me, if it is not given to him from my Father.read more.
From this, many of his disciples went back at these things, and walked no more with him. Jesus said therefore to the twelve, Do ye not also want to go? Simon Peter therefore answered him, Lord, to whom will we go? Thou have sayings of eternal life.

Jesus therefore said to those Jews who believed him, If ye remain in my word, ye are truly my disciples, and ye will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.

And if any man hears my sayings, and will not believe, I do not judge him, for I came not so that I might judge the world, but that I might save the world. He who rejects me and does not receive my sayings, has that which judges him: the word that I spoke, that will judge him in the last day. Because I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.read more.
And I know that his commandment is eternal life. Therefore what things I speak, just as the Father has said to me, so I speak.

Do thou not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The sayings that I speak to you I speak not from myself, but the Father who dwells in me, he does the works. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me. But if not, believe me because of the works themselves. Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in me, the works that I do, that man will also do. And he will do greater than these, because I go to the Father.read more.
And anything whatever ye may ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye will ask me anything in my name, I will do it. If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another helper, so that he may dwell with you into the age, the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot receive, because it does not see nor know it. But ye know it, because it dwells with you, and will be in you. I will not leave you orphaned. I am coming to you. Yet a little while, and the world sees me no more, but ye see me. Because I live, ye will also live. In that day ye will know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. He who has my commandments, and keeps them, that man it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. Judas (not Iscariot) says to him, Lord, and what has happened that thou are going to manifest thyself to us, and not to the world? Jesus answered and said to him, If any man loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make a dwelling with him. He who does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that ye hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

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

I manifested thy name to the men whom thou gave me out of the world. They were thine, and thou gave them to me, and they have kept thy word. Now they know that all things, as many as thou gave me are from thee. Because the sayings that thou gave to me, I gave to them. And they received them, and knew truly that I came forth from thee, and they believed that thou sent me.

And when they prayed, the place in which they were assembled was shaken, and they were all filled with Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.

And now, Lord, look upon their threats, and grant to thy bondmen with all boldness to speak thy word,

And on the coming Sabbath almost all the city was assembled to hear the word of God. But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled of envy, and contradicted the things spoken by Paul, contradicting and slandering. But having spoken boldly, Paul and Barnabas said, It was necessary for the word of God to be spoken first to you, but since ye thrust it away, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

And this happened for two years, so as for all those dwelling in Asia to hear the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.

But I make nothing of the matter, nor do I hold my life precious to myself, so as to fully complete my course with joy, and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to solemnly testify the good-news of the grace of God.

But the word is very near to thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou may do it.

But what does it say? The word is near thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart, that is, the word of faith that we preach: that if thou will confess with thy mouth, Lord Jesus, and will believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou will be saved. For a man believes in the heart for righteousness, and he confesses with the mouth for salvation.

because of the hope being reserved for you in the heavens, which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the good-news

So that their hearts may be encouraged, having been united together in love, and for all wealth of the full assurance of understanding, to knowledge of the mystery of the God and Father of the Christ.

because the good-news from us happened to you not in word only, but also in power, and in Holy Spirit, and in much assurance, as ye know what kind of men we became among you, because of you.

For we also are having good-news preached, just as also those men, but the word of hearing did not benefit those men, not having been mixed together with faith in those who heard.

With what shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to thy word. With my whole heart I have sought thee. O let me not wander from thy commandments. I have laid thy word up in my heart that I might not sin against thee.

For the word of LORD is right, and all his work is [done] in faithfulness. He loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of the loving kindness of LORD.

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

And he humbled thee, and allowed thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knew not, neither did thy fathers know, that he might make thee know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proce

But having answered, he said, It is written, Man will not live on bread alone, but on every word coming out through the mouth of God.

Jesus answered and said to him, If any man loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make a dwelling with him. He who does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that ye hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

Sanctify them in thy truth. Thy word is truth.

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,

For the word of God is living, and potent, and sharper, above every two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division both of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and discernible of the thoughts and intentions of the hear

For this is the love of God, that we may keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.

But I say to you, that every idle word, whatever men may speak, they will render account about it in the day of judgment. For from thy words thou will be justified, and from thy words thou will be condemned.

And the men of Ephraim said to him, Why have thou done thus to us, that thou did not call us when thou went to fight with Midian? And they chided with him sharply. And he said to them, What have I now done in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer? God has delivered into your hand the rulers of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, and what was I able to do in comparison with you? Then their anger was abated toward him when he had said that.

And the king answered them roughly. And king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men, and spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto. My father chastised you with whips, but I with scorpions.

Transgression is not lacking in the multitude of words, but he who refrains his lips does wisely.

There is he who speaks rashly like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise is health.

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

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

By long-suffering a ruler is persuaded, and a soft tongue breaks the bone.

Not many should become teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive greater judgment. For we all stumble in many things. If any man does not stumble in word, this is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body. Behold we put bits into the mouths of horses for them to obey us, and we guide about their whole body.read more.
Behold also the ships, being so great and driven by fierce winds, are guided about by a very small rudder, wherever the impulse of the man who steers determines. So also the tongue is a little body-part, and boasts greatly. Behold a little fire, how much wood it kindles. And the tongue is a fire, the world of unrighteousness. Thus, the tongue is made to lead among our body-parts, defiling the whole body, and setting the cycle of nature on fire, and being set on fire by hell. For every species, both of beasts and of birds, both of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by the human species. But no man is able to tame the tongue of men, an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. By it we bless the God and Father, and by it we curse men, who were made according to a likeness of God. Out of the same mouth proceeds blessing and curse. My brothers, these things ought not to happen this way. Does the spring pour out from the same opening the sweet and the bitter? A fig tree, my brothers, cannot make olives, or a grapevine figs. In the same way, no one spring makes water salty and sweet.