14 Bible Verses about Kind Words

Pleasant words are like a honeycomb,
Sweet and delightful to the soul and healing to the body.

So now, do not be afraid; I will provide for you and support you and your little ones.” So he comforted them [giving them encouragement and hope] and spoke [with kindness] to their hearts.

They answered him, saying, “If you are kind to these people and please them and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”

“Your words have helped the one who was stumbling to stand,
And you have strengthened feeble knees.

A soft and gentle and thoughtful answer turns away wrath,
But harsh and painful and careless words stir up anger.

By patience and a calm spirit a ruler may be persuaded,
And a soft and gentle tongue breaks the bone [of resistance].

She opens her mouth in [skillful and godly] wisdom,
And the teaching of kindness is on her tongue [giving counsel and instruction].

The Lord God has given Me [His Servant] the tongue of disciples [as One who is taught],
That I may know how to sustain the weary with a word.
He awakens Me morning by morning,
He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple [as One who is taught].

He spoke kindly to him and gave him a throne above the thrones of the kings who were [captives] with him in Babylon.

And [as He continued on] they all were speaking well of Him, and were in awe and were wondering about the words of grace which were coming from His lips; and they were saying, “Is this not Joseph’s son?”

The lips of the righteous feed and guide many,
But fools [who reject God and His wisdom] die for lack of understanding.

Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down,
But a good (encouraging) word makes it glad.

A man has joy in giving an appropriate answer,
And how good and delightful is a word spoken at the right moment—how good it is!

A soothing tongue [speaking words that build up and encourage] is a tree of life,
But a perversive tongue [speaking words that overwhelm and depress] crushes the spirit.