62 Bible Verses about Words

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was like God (God-like). The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him and without him not one thing was made.

The Word [Jesus] became flesh (a human being) and lived with us. We saw the glory of the only begotten son from the Father. He was full of loving-kindness and truth.

Long ago on many occasions and in many ways God spoke to our fathers through the prophets. He has in these last days spoken to us by his Son, whom he has appointed heir of all things, through whom he made the ages (Greek: aion: ages of time, perpetuity, worlds, generations, human entities).

We have heard that which was from the beginning. We have also seen it with our own eyes. We looked at it and touched it with our hands. It is the Word of life. The life was made known and we have seen and testify about it. We declare the life to you. It is the eternal life, which was with the Father and was shown to us.

He was clothed with a garment dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.

So many people gathered that there was no room left even by the door. Jesus was speaking God's word to them.

Everyone who hears my words, and does them is like a wise man that builds his house on a rock. The rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house; and it did not fall. It was built on a solid rock foundation. Every one who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand.read more.
The rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and battered the house and it fell with a great crash. When Jesus had finished these words, the crowds were astonished at what he taught. He taught them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.

Every one who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you to whom he is like. He is like a man building a house. He dug and laid a deep foundation upon the rock. A flood sent a stream of water against the house and could not shake it because it was well built. He who hears but does not do is like a man who built a house upon the earth without a foundation. A flood will send a stream of water and immediately it will fall. The ruin of that house will be great.

Anyone sown among the rocky places hears the word and immediately with joy receives it. There is no root in him. He endures for a while. When he has tribulation or persecution because of the word, he falls away. He that was sown among thorns hears the word. The cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.read more.
He that was sown upon the good ground hears the word, and understands it. He bears fruit, producing sometimes a hundredfold, sometimes sixty, and sometimes thirty.

Then he asked: Do you not understand this illustration? How will you understand any of the illustrations? The sower sows the word. These are they by the wayside where the word is sown. When they have heard; Satan comes and takes away the word that has been sown in them.read more.
The same is so of the word sown upon the rocky places. When they have heard the word and receive it with joy, they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while. They stumble when tribulation or persecution arise. There is the word sown among the thorns. These have heard the word, but the cares of the world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts for other things enter in and choke the word. So it becomes unfruitful. Those who represent that sown upon the good soil hear the word and accept it. They bear fruit, thirty fold, and sixty fold, and a hundred fold.

Now the illustration is this: The seed is the word of God. Those by the side of the road are they who have heard. Then the devil comes and takes the word from their hearts that they may not believe and be saved. Those on the rock are those who receive the word with joy. These have no root. They believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away.read more.
The seeds that fell among the thorns are people who hear the word and go their own way. They are choked with the cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and do not produce fruit. The good ground represents the honest and good-hearted people. They hear the word, hold fast to it and produce forth fruit with patience.

He replied: More blessed are those who hear the word of God and obey it.

For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God. God does not give the spirit by measure.

Truly, Truly I say to you, he who hears my word, and believes him that sent me, has everlasting life. He will not receive judgment for he has passed out of death into life.

It is the spirit that gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I spoke to you are spirit and life. There are some of you who do not believe. Jesus knew from the beginning whom they were who did not believe and who would betray him. He stated: For this reason listen to what I say. No man can come to me, except it be given to him from the Father.read more.
After this many of his disciples returned to their old ways. They did not walk with him anymore. Jesus asked the twelve: Will you also go away? Simon Peter answered him: Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of everlasting life!

Jesus told the Jews who believed him: If you dwell in my word you truly are my disciples. You will know the truth and the truth will make you free!

If any man hears my sayings and does not obey them I will not judge him. I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. He that rejects me and does not accept my message has one that judges him. The word (divine expression) (God's Word) that I spoke shall judge him now and in the last day. (Deuteronomy 18:19) I spoke not from myself but from the Father who sent me. He has given me a commandment concerning what I should say when I speak.read more.
I know that his commandment means everlasting life. Therefore I say the things the Father tells me to say.

Do you not believe that I am with the Father and that the Father is with me? The words I say to you are not from me, but the Father dwells with me and does his works. Believe me that I am with the Father and the Father is with me, or else believe me because of the works. Truly I tell you, he who exerts active faith in me will do the works that I do. In fact he will do greater works than these. I go to the Father.read more.
Whatever you ask in my name, I will do. That way the Father may be glorified because of the Son. If you ask anything in my name, I will do it. If you love me, you will keep (obey) my commandments! I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another helper, that he [the Father] may be with you forever. It is the Spirit of the truth. The world cannot receive it. The world does not see or know it. You know it because it lives with you and will be with you. I will not leave you desolate. I will come to you. A little while and the world will not see me anymore, but you will. I live and you will also live. In that day you will know that I am with my Father, and you with me, and I with you. He that has my commandments, and obeys them loves me. My Father will love the person who loves me. I will love him and disclose myself to him. Judas (not Iscariot) asked him: Lord, what will happen that you will disclose yourself to us, and not to the world? Jesus answered: If a man loves me, he will obey my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and dwell with him. He who does not love me does not obey my words. The word you hear is not mine, but comes from the Father who sent me.

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

I taught your name to the men whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours and you gave them to me. They have lived by your word. Now they know that all things you gave me are from you. I gave them the words that you gave me. They understood them and knew I came from you. They believed you sent me.

When they prayed, the place where they assembled together was shaken. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.

Now Jehovah behold their threats and grant that your servants keep speaking your word with boldness.

Nearly the entire city gathered the next Sabbath day to hear the word of God. When the Jews saw the crowds they were filled with envy. They spoke against those things Paul spoke. They contradicted and blasphemed him. Paul and Barnabas became very bold, and said: It was necessary that the Word of God should first be spoken to you. But seeing you reject it you judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life! Therefore we turn to the people of the nations.

This continued for two years so that all who lived in this part of Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

I do not consider my life of any account. It is not dear to me so that I may finish the race, and I may accomplish the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus, to preach the good news of the grace of God.

No, these words are very near you. They are in your mouth and in your heart so that you will obey them.

But what does it say? The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart. It is the word of faith, which we preach. (Deuteronomy 30:8-20) If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and have active faith in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes for righteousness. And with the mouth one declares for salvation.

This is because of the hope reserved for you in heaven. You heard about this hope from the word of truth, the good news.

I do this that they may be filled with courage and be united (knit) together in love. I have the full assurance that only true understanding brings. In this way they will accurately know God's secret, which is Christ himself.

We preached the good news to you, not in words only but with power from Holy Spirit and with conviction of its truth. You know how we lived when we were with you. It was for your own good.

Indeed, we have had good news presented to us. They also had it. But the word that was heard did not benefit them because they were not united in faith by what was heard.

How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping it according to your word. With all my heart I have sought you. Do not let me wander from your commandments. Your word I have treasured in my heart that I may not sin against you.

The word of Jehovah is upright. All his works are true (trustworthy). He loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of Jehovah's loving-kindness.

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

He humbled you (allowed you to suffer) with hunger and then fed you with manna. Neither you nor your fathers had seen this before. He did this to teach you that a person cannot live on bread alone but must live on all (everything) (every word) that proceeds from the mouth of Jehovah.

In reply Jesus answered: It is written; man shall not live on bread alone, but on all (everything) (every word) (every utterance) (every declaration) that proceeds from the mouth of Jehovah. (Deuteronomy 8:3)

Jesus answered: If a man loves me, he will obey my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and dwell with him. He who does not love me does not obey my words. The word you hear is not mine, but comes from the Father who sent me.

Sanctify them by your truth. Your word is truth.

Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

The Word of God is alive and active and sharper than any two-edged sword. (Ephesians 6:17) It separates the physical person from the spiritual person, of both joints and marrow. And it can discern (judge) the thoughts and intentions of the heart. (John 12:48)

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

I tell you there will be an account in the Judgment Day for every careless word that men say. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.

Then the people of Ephraim said to Gideon: Why did you not call us when you went to fight the Midianites? Why did you treat us like this? They complained bitterly about it. He said: What have I accomplished compared to you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abi-ezer? God delivered the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, to you. What was I able to do in comparison to you? Then their anger toward him subsided at what he said.

The king answered them harshly. He ignored the elder's advice. He spoke to them as the young men advised. He said: If my father made your burden heavy, I will add to it. If my father punished you with whips, I will use scorpions.

Sin does not hide from a multitude of words. The wise controls his lips.

There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword. The tongue of the wise brings a cure.

A mild answer turns away anger. Harsh words stir up anger.

Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweetness to life, and health to the bones.

A ruler is persuaded by patience, and a soft tongue breaks the bone.

Many of you should not be teachers, my brothers. You know that we will receive a heavier (stricter) judgment. We all stumble in many things. If any do not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able to restrain (control) the whole body. We put bits in horses' mouths that they may obey us. We guide their whole bodies.read more.
Look at ships. They are large and are driven by rough winds. Yet a very small rudder can control them, wherever the captain wills. The tongue also is a little member. It boasts great things. Consider how great a forest fire a small fire kindles! The tongue is like fire, the place of iniquity among our members. It defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of our life. It is set ablaze like the ever-burning fires in the Valley of Hinnom (Greek: Gehenna: symbolic of total destruction). Every kind of beast and bird, of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind. But no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil. It is full of deadly poison. We bless Jehovah, the Father, with it. (Psalm 34:1) Then we curse men, who are made after the likeness of God. Blessing and cursing come out of the same mouth! My brothers, these things should not be. Does the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet water and bitter? Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine produce figs? Neither can salt water yield sweet.