43 Bible Verses about The Power Of Words

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

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

For the kingdom of God is demonstrated not in idle talk but with power.

My conversation and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

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

And we speak about these things, not with words taught us by human wisdom, but with those taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things to spiritual people.

Speaking recklessly is like the thrusts of a sword, but the words of the wise bring healing.

Whoever speaks, let it be with God's words. Whoever serves, do so with the strength that God supplies, so that in everything God will be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

Surely the king's authority is absolute; no one can say to him, "What are you doing?"

so that your faith would not be based on human wisdom but on the power of God.

Do not withhold good from those who need it, when you have the ability to help.

For I will give you the words along with the wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.

For it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

When words abound, transgression is inevitable, but the one who restrains his words is wise.

The more one argues with words, the less he accomplishes. How does that benefit him?

So Moses was trained in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his words and deeds.

There is no actual speech or word, nor is its voice literally heard.

Because of that, the Lord, the God who rules over all, said to me, "Because these people have spoken like this, I will make the words that I put in your mouth like fire. And I will make this people like wood which the fiery judgments you speak will burn up."

They say, "We speak persuasively; we know how to flatter and boast. Who is our master?"

in that our gospel did not come to you merely in words, but in power and in the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction (surely you recall the character we displayed when we came among you to help you).

The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his life.

Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, "I will most assuredly give you the words you are to speak for me.

by truthful teaching, by the power of God, with weapons of righteousness both for the right hand and for the left,

Jesus answered them, "You are deceived, because you don't know the scriptures or the power of God.

For we are not like so many others, hucksters who peddle the word of God for profit, but we are speaking in Christ before God as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God.

Whenever they hand you over for trial, do not worry about how to speak or what to say, for what you should say will be given to you at that time.

The Spirit is the one who gives life; human nature is of no help! The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

The sovereign Lord has given me the capacity to be his spokesman, so that I know how to help the weary. He wakes me up every morning; he makes me alert so I can listen attentively as disciples do.

From the fruit of his speech a person eats good things, but the faithless desire the fruit of violence.

A wise warrior is strong, and a man of knowledge makes his strength stronger;

And the tongue is a fire! The tongue represents the world of wrongdoing among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the entire body and sets fire to the course of human existence -- and is set on fire by hell.

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

The one who belongs to God listens and responds to God's words. You don't listen and respond, because you don't belong to God."

Be careful not to say, "My own ability and skill have gotten me this wealth."

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

"As for me, this is my promise to them," says the Lord. "My spirit, who is upon you, and my words, which I have placed in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and descendants from this time forward," says the Lord.

Jesus said to them, "Aren't you deceived for this reason, because you don't know the scriptures or the power of God?

if you have been ensnared by the words you have uttered, and have been caught by the words you have spoken,

A person has joy in giving an appropriate answer, and a word at the right time -- how good it is!

By the Lord's decree the heavens were made; by a mere word from his mouth all the stars in the sky were created.

The Lord's spirit spoke through me; his word was on my tongue.

Every word of God is purified; he is like a shield for those who take refuge in him.

The words of a person's mouth are like deep waters, and the fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.