50 Bible Verses about Words

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him, and without Him nothing was made, that has been made.

The Word was made flesh, and tented among us (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten with the Father), full of grace and truth.

On many occasions and in many ways in the olden time, God having spoken to the fathers through the prophets, at the last of these days has spoken to us through his Son, whom he put forth the heir of all things, and through whom he created the ages;

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have beheld, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of the life; and the life was made manifest, and we have seen, and we testify, and we proclaim to you the life which is eternal, which was with the Father, and has been made manifest unto us;

and being clothed with a garment sprinkled with blood: and his name has been called, The Word of God.

And immediately many were assembled together, so that there was no room, even at the door; and He was speaking the word to them.

Then every one who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock. And the rain came down, and the rivers came, and the winds blew, and fell against that house; and it did not fall; for it was founded upon the rock. And every one hearing these words of mine, and doing them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand.read more.
And the rain came down, and the rivers came, and the winds blew, and beat against that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. And it came to pass when Jesus finished these discourses, the multitudes were astonished at His teaching: for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

Every one coming to me, and hearing my words, and doing the same, I will show you to whom he is like. He is like unto a man building a house, who dug and went down deep, and laid the foundation upon the rock: and there being a flood, the river broke against that house, and it was not able to shake it; for it was founded on the rock. But the one hearing and not doing, is like unto a man building his house upon the ground without a foundation; against which the river broke, and it fell immediately, and great was the fall of that house.

But the one sown upon the rocks, is he who heareth the word, and immediately with joy receives it; but it has no root in him, but is temporary; and tribulation or persecution arising on account of the word, immediately he is offended. But the one sown among the thorns, is he who heareth the word; and the care of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke out the word, and he becomes unfruitful.read more.
And the one having been sown on good ground, is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; who truly bears fruit, and produces, some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty.

And He says to them, Do you not understand this parable? and how will you know all parables? The sower sows the word. And those who are by the way-side, where the word is sown; and when they hear it, immediately Satan comes, and takes away the word which was sown in their hearts.read more.
And those who are sowed upon the rocks are likewise, those who, when they may hear the word, immediately with joy receive it. And they have no root in themselves, but are temporary; then tribulation or persecution arising on account of the word, they are immediately offended: and others are those who are sown among the thorns; they are those hearing the word, and the cares of the age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and desires concerning other things coming into them, choke out the word, and it becomes unfruitful. And these are they who are sown on good ground; whosoever hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirty, some sixty, and some a hundred.

And this is the parable: The seed is the word of God. And there are those who hear by the wayside; then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, lest they believing may be saved. And those on the stones are they who, when they may hear, receive the word with joy; and they have no root in them, who believe for a time, and in time of temptation they fall away.read more.
And that which falleth among thorns, there are those who hear, and going forward, by the cares and riches and pleasures are choked out, and bring forth no fruit to perfection. And that which is in the good ground, are those whosoever hearing the word in a beautiful and good heart, retain it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

And He said, Truly blessed are those hearing the word of God, and keeping it.

For whom God sent speaketh the words of God: for He does not give His spirit by measure.

Truly, truly, I say unto you, that every one hearing my word, and believing on Him that sent me hath eternal life, and doth not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.

The Spirit is the One who creates life; the flesh profits nothing; the words which I have spoken unto you are spirit and life. But there are certain ones of you who do not believe. For Jesus knew from the beginning that there are certain ones not believing, and there is one going to betray Him. And He said, Therefore I have said unto you, that no one is able to come unto me, unless it may have been given unto him of the Father.read more.
Moreover from this many of His disciples went back, and walked with Him no more. Then Jesus said to the twelve, Do you also wish to go away? Simon Peter responded to Him, Lord, to whom shall we go away? thou hast the words of eternal life;

Then Jesus said to the Jews, who believed on Him, If you may abide in my word, you are truly my disciples; and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

And if any one may hear my words, and not keep them, I do not judge him: for I came not that I may judge the world, but that I may save the world. He that rejects me, and receiving not my words, has one judging him: the word which I have spoken, it will judge him in the last day. Because I have not spoken of Myself; but the Father Himself having sent me, gave me commandment, what I shall speak, and what I shall say.read more.
And I know that His commandment is eternal life. Now whatsoever thing I say, as the Father has spoken unto me, so I say.

Dost thou not believe, that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me? The words which I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father who abideth in me doeth His own works. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or if not, believe for the sake of the works themselves. Truly, truly, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, shall also do the works which I am doing; and shall do greater works than these: because I go to the Father:read more.
and whatsoever you may ask in my name, I will do it, in order that the rather may be glorified in the Son. If you may ask anything of me in my name, I will do it. If you love me, keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter, that He may be with you always, the Spirit of truth: which the world is not able to receive, because it does not see Him, nor know Him: you know Him: because He abideth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you orphans: I am coming to you. Vet a little while, and the world sees me no more; but you see me: because I live, you shall live also. In that day you shall know that I am in the Father, you in me, and I in you. The one having my commandments, and keeping them, he is the one loving me with divine love: the one loving me with divine love, shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will manifest myself unto him. Judas. (not Iscariot), says to Him, Lord, and how is it that you are about to manifest yourself to us, and not to the world? Jesus responded and said to him; If any one may love me with divine love, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and will make our mansion with him. The one not loving me with divine love does not keep my words: and the word which you hear is not mine, but that of the Father who sent me.

So ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

I have manifested thy name, to the men whom thou didst give me out of the world. They were thine, and thou didst give them to me; and they have kept thy word: now they know that all things so many as thou hast given to me are with thee: because the words which thou didst give me I have given unto them; and they received them, and they know truly that I came out from thee, and they believed that thou didst send me.

And they praying, the place in which they were assembled was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.

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

And on the following Sabbath almost all the city came together to hear the word of the Lord. And the Jews seeing the multitudes, were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the word spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. And Paul and Barnabas speaking boldly, said, It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you: since you have rejected it, and judge yourselves not worthy of eternal life, behold we now turn to the Gentiles.

And this took place two years; so that all dwelling in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

But I consider my life worthy of no consideration to myself, so as to finish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to bear testimony to the gospel of the grace of God.

But what says it? The word is nigh thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach. That if you may confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and may believe with your heart that God raised him from the dead, you shall be saved: for with the heart it is believed unto righteousness; and with the mouth it is confessed unto salvation.

on account of the hope which awaits you in the heavens, which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,

in order that their hearts may be comforted, being knitted together in divine love, and in all the riches of the full assurance of understanding, unto the perfect knowledge of the mystery of God, of Christ,

because our gospel came not unto you in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as you know what sort we were among you for your sakes.

For we truly have had the gospel preached unto us, as they did also: but the word of hearing did not profit them, not being mixed with faith to those hearing.

And He responding said; It has been written, A man shall not live upon bread alone, but upon every word coming forth through the mouth of God.

Jesus responded and said to him; If any one may love me with divine love, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and will make our mansion with him. The one not loving me with divine love does not keep my words: and the word which you hear is not mine, but that of the Father who sent me.

Sanctify them through the truth: thy word is truth.

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

For the word of God is living, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and a quick discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

For this is the divine love of God, that we may keep his commandments: and his commandments are not heavy:

And I say unto you, that every idle word whatsoever men shall speak, they shall give an account concerning the same in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shah be condemned.

Be ye not many teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive the greater judgment. For we all fail in many things; if any one fails not in word, the same is a perfect man, able even to bridle the whole body. But if we put bridles into the mouths of the horses, that they may obey us; and we manage their whole body;read more.
behold also the ships, being so great, and driven by fierce winds, are managed by the smallest rudder, whithersoever the will of the steersman prefers; so also the tongue is a little member, and it boasts great things. Behold, how great a wood a little fire kindles! The tongue, a fire, the world of iniquity: the tongue sits down in the midst of our members, and corrupting the whole body, and setting on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire from hell. For every nature both of wild beasts, and of birds, and of creeping things, and of oceanic animals, is subdued, and has been subjugated to human nature: but no one of men is able to tame the tongue; an incorrigible evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless the Lord, even the Father; and with it we scold the people, who have been made after the image of God: out of the same mouth come forth blessing and scolding. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. Whether does the fountain out of the same chink send forth sweet water and bitter? My brethren, whether is the fig-tree able to produce olives, or the vine figs? Neither is the bitter fountain able to produce sweet water.