50 Bible Verses about Words
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In the beginning the Word existed; and the Word was face to face with God; yea, the Word was God Himself. He is the One who was face to face with God in the beginning. It was through Him that everything came into existence, and apart from Him not a single thing came into existence.
So the Word became human and lived a little while among us, and we actually saw His glory, the glory of One who is an only Son from His Father, and He was full of spiritual blessing and truth.
It was bit by bit and in many different ways that God in olden times spoke to our forefathers through the prophets, but in these latter days He has spoken to us through a Son, whom He had appointed lawful owner of everything, and through whom He had made the worlds.
It is what existed from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our own eyes, what we have beheld, what our own hands have touched, about the very message of life -- and that life has been unveiled to us, and we have seen it and now testify to it and we now announce it to you, yea, the eternal life that was with the Father and has been unveiled to us.
and so many people gathered there that there was no longer any room even around the door. He was telling them His message.
"So everyone who listens to my words and practices their teaching, will be like a prudent man who built his house on a rocky foundation. And the rain fell, and the rivers rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, but it did not fall, for its pillars had been laid on a rocky foundation. And anyone who listens to my words and does not practice their teaching, will be like an imprudent man who built his house on sand.read more.
And the rain fell, and the rivers rose, and the wind blew and beat against that house, and it collapsed, and the wreck of it was complete." When Jesus had closed this address, the result was that the crowds were dumbfounded at His teaching, for He was teaching them as one who had authority to teach, and not as their scribes did.
Everyone who comes to me and continues to listen to my words and practices their teachings, I will show you whom he is like. He is like a man who was building a house, who dug deep, and laid its foundation upon the rock; and when a flood came, the torrent burst upon that house but it could not shake it, because it was well built. But the man who merely hears them and does not practice them is like a man who built a house upon the ground without a foundation. The torrent burst upon it, and at once it collapsed, and the wreck of that house was complete."
And what was sown upon the thin rocky soil illustrates the man who hears the message and bubbling over with joy at once accepts it, but it takes no real root in him, and he lasts only a little while, and just as soon as suffering and persecution come for the truth's sake, he at once yields and falls. And what was sown among the thorns illustrates the man who hears the message, and the worries of the times and the pleasures of being rich choke the truth out, and he yields no fruit.read more.
And what was sown in rich soil illustrates the man who hears the message and understands it, and yields fruit, one a hundred, one sixty, another thirty-fold."
Then He said to them: "If you do not understand this story, how, indeed, can you understand any of my stories? The message is what the sower sows. The ones along the path are those who have the message sown in their hearts, but as soon as it is sown there, Satan comes and carries off the message that has been sown in their hearts.read more.
In like manner these are the ones sown on rocky ground; as soon as they hear the truth, they accept it with ecstasy, but it does not take real root in them, and so they last only a little while; then when trouble or persecution comes on account of the truth, they at once fall by the way. A different class are those people sown among the thorns. They are people who listen to the message, but the worries of the times, the deceiving pleasures of being rich, and evil desires for other things, creep in and choke the truth out, and it yields nothing. And the people sown in rich soil are the people who listen to the message and welcome it and yield thirty, sixty, even a hundredfold."
This is what the story means: The seed is God's message. Those along the path illustrate those who hear it, but then the devil comes and carries off the message from their hearts, so that they may not believe it and be saved. The portion of them on the rock illustrates those who accept the message, bubbling over with joy when they first hear it, but it takes no real root. They believe for awhile, but in the time of testing they fall away.read more.
And the portion of them falling among the thorns illustrates those who hear it, but as soon as they pass on they are choked out by the worries and wealth and pleasures of life, and thus yield no mature fruit. But the portion in rich soil illustrates those who listen to the message, keep it in good and honest hearts, and in patience yield fruit.
But He said, "Yes, but better still, blessed are those who listen to God's message and practice it!"
For He whom God has sent continues to speak the words of God, for God continues to give Him the Spirit without measure.
"I most solemnly say to you, whoever listens to me and believes Him who has sent me possesses eternal life, and will never come under condemnation, but has already passed out of death into life.
The Spirit is what gives life; the flesh does not help at all. The truths that I have told you are spirit and life. But there are some of you who do not trust in me." For Jesus knew from the start who they were that did not trust in Him, and who it was that was going to betray Him. So He continued, "This is why I told you that no one can come to me, unless it is granted to him by my Father."read more.
As a result of this many of His disciples turned their backs on Him and stopped accompanying Him. So Jesus said to the Twelve, "You too do not want to go back, do you?" Simon Peter answered Him, "To whom can we go, Lord? You have the message that gives eternal life,
So Jesus said to the Jews who believed in Him, "If you live in accordance with what I teach, you are really my disciples, and you will know the truth and the truth will set you free."
If anyone hears my words and fails to keep them, it is not I that judge him, for I have not come to judge but to save the world. Whoever persistently rejects me and refuses to accept my teachings has something to judge him -- the very message I have spoken will judge him on the last day. This is because I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who has sent me has given me orders Himself what to say and what to tell.read more.
And I know that His orders mean eternal life. So whatever I speak I am speaking as the Father has told me."
Do you not believe that I am in union with the Father and that the Father is in union with me? I am not saying these things on my own authority, but the Father who always remains in union with me is doing these things Himself. You must believe me, that I am in union with the Father and that the Father is in union with me, or else you must do so because of the very things that I am doing. I most solemnly say to you, whoever perseveres in believing in me can himself do the things that I am doing; yes, he can do even greater things than I am doing, because I am going to the Father.read more.
And anything you ask for as bearers of my name I will do for you, so that the Father may be glorified through the Son. Yes, I repeat it, anything you ask for as bearers of my name I will do it for you. "If you really love me, you will keep my commands. And I will ask I will ask the Father and He will give you another Helper, to remain with you to the end of the age; even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it does not see Him or recognize Him, because He is going to remain with you, and will be within you. I will not leave you helpless orphans. I am coming back to you. In just a little while the world will not see me any more, but you will be seeing me. Because I am to live on, you too will live on. At that time you will know that I am in union with my Father and you are in union with me and I am in union with you. Whoever continues to hold and keep my commands is the one who really loves me, and whoever really loves me will be loved by my Father; yes, I will love him myself and will make myself real to him." Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said to Him, "Why is it, Lord, that you are going to make yourself real to us and not to the world?" Jesus answered him, "If anyone really loves me, he will observe my teaching, and my Father will love him, and both of us will come in face-to-face fellowship with him; yes, we will make our special dwelling place with him. Whoever does not really love me does not observe my teaching; and yet the teaching which you are listening to is not mine but comes from the Father who has sent me.
"I have made your very self known to the men whom you have given me out of the world. At first they were yours, but now you have given them to me, and they have obeyed your message. Now they have come to know that everything you have given me really comes from you; for I have given them the teachings that you gave me, and they have accepted them, and they have come to know in reality that I did come from you, and so they are convinced that you did send me.
When they had prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and continued courageously to speak God's message.
And now, Lord, give attention to their threats and help your slaves with perfect courage to continue to speak your message,
The next sabbath almost the whole town turned out to hear God's message. But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were completely overcome by their jealousy and began to contradict the statements made by Paul, and even to abuse him. Then Paul and Barnabas courageously spoke out, "God's message had to be spoken to you Jews first, but since you continue to thrust it from you and since you show yourselves unworthy to receive eternal life, now and here we turn to the heathen.
This went on for two years, so that everybody living in the province of Asia, Greeks as well as Jews, heard the Lord's message.
But now I count as nothing the sacrifice of my life, if only I can finish my race and render the service entrusted to me by the Lord Jesus, of faithfully telling the good news of God's favor.
But what does it say? "God's message is close to you, on your very lips and in your heart"; that is, the message about faith which we preach. For if with your lips you acknowledge the fact that Jesus is Lord, and in your hearts you believe that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For in their hearts people exercise the faith that leads to right standing, and with their lips they make the acknowledgment which means salvation.
because of your hope of what is laid up for you in heaven. Long ago you heard of this hope through the message of the good news
that their hearts may be encouraged, by having been knit together in love and by having atoned to the full assurance of understanding, so that they may finally reach the fullest knowledge of the open secret, Christ Himself,
for our preaching of the good news came to you not entirely in words but with power and with the Holy Spirit and with absolute certainty (for you know the kind of men we were among you for your own sakes).
For we have had the good news told to us as well as they, but the message heard did them no good, because they were not by faith made one with those who heeded it.
But he answered, "The Scripture says, 'Not on bread alone can man live, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"
Jesus answered him, "If anyone really loves me, he will observe my teaching, and my Father will love him, and both of us will come in face-to-face fellowship with him; yes, we will make our special dwelling place with him. Whoever does not really love me does not observe my teaching; and yet the teaching which you are listening to is not mine but comes from the Father who has sent me.
Consecrate them by your truth; your message is truth.
take the helmet salvation provides, and take the sword the Spirit wields, which is the word of God.
For God's message is alive and full of power in action, sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the depths of soul and spirit, to the dividing of joints and marrow, and passing judgment on the thoughts and purposes of the heart.
For love to God means this, to practice obedience to His commands, and His commands are not burdensome,
So I tell you, for every worthless word that men utter they will have to give account on the day of judgment; for it is by your words that you will be acquitted and by your words that you will be condemned."
Many of you, my brothers, should avoid becoming teachers, because you know that we teachers are going to be judged with stricter judgment than other people. For we all make many a slip. If anyone never slips in speech, he is a man of maturity; he can control his whole body too. If we put bridles into horses' mouths to make them obey us, we can guide their whole bodies, too.read more.
Look at ships, too; though great and driven by violent winds, they are steered with a tiny rudder wherever the pilot pleases. So the tongue, too, is a little organ but can boast of great achievements. See how a spark, ever so tiny, can set a vast forest on fire! And the tongue is a fire, and takes its place among the parts of our bodies as a world of evil; it soils the whole body and sets on fire the circle of man's nature, and itself is set on fire by hell. For every kind of beasts and birds, of reptiles and sea animals, can be, or have been, tamed by man; but the tongue no human being can tame. It is an evil incapable of being quieted, full of deadly poison. With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men who are made in God's likeness. Out of the same mouth flow blessing and cursing! It ought not to be like this, my brothers. A fountain cannot pour from the same opening fresh and brackish water, can it? A fig tree, my brothers, cannot bear olives, or a grape-vine figs, can it? And a salt spring cannot furnish fresh water.
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God, Holiness of » Exhibited in his » Words
Judgment » Shall be of all » Words
So I tell you, for every worthless word that men utter they will have to give account on the day of judgment; for it is by your words that you will be acquitted and by your words that you will be condemned."
Preciousness of Christ » On account of his » Words
Simon Peter answered Him, "To whom can we go, Lord? You have the message that gives eternal life,
Wise » Words » Appropriate
Wise » Words » Forcible
Wise » Words » Inspiring and unforgettable
Wise » Words » Gracious
Wise » Words » Pleasant
Wise » Words » Comforting
Words » Kept words of Christ » Kind, examples of
Words » Spiritual wise » Appropriate
Words » Christ's, characteristics of » Divine
Whoever does not really love me does not observe my teaching; and yet the teaching which you are listening to is not mine but comes from the Father who has sent me.
If anyone teaches different doctrines and refuses to agree with the wholesome messages of our Lord Jesus Christ, the teaching that is in accordance with true religion,
Words » Spiritual wise » Forcible
Words » Evil » Flattering
Indeed, we never resorted to flattery, as you are well aware, nor to any pretext for making money; God is our witness.
Words » Spiritual wise » Inspiring and unforgettable
Words » Spiritual wise » Gracious
Words » Spoken at the proper moment
Words » Vain, not to be regarded
Stop letting anyone deceive you with groundless arguments about these things, for it is because of these very sins that God's anger comes down upon the disobedient.
Words » Kept words of Christ » Access to God
"I know what you are doing. See! I have put before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have but little strength, and yet you have obeyed my message and you have not disowned my name.
Words » Spiritual wise » Pleasant
Words » Evil » Enticing
I am saying this to keep anyone from misleading you by persuasive arguments.
Words » Evil » Hasty
Words » Kept words of Christ » The abiding comforter
"If you really love me, you will keep my commands. And I will ask I will ask the Father and He will give you another Helper, to remain with you to the end of the age;
Words » Evil » Irritating
Words » Of jesus » Will judge
If anyone hears my words and fails to keep them, it is not I that judge him, for I have not come to judge but to save the world. Whoever persistently rejects me and refuses to accept my teachings has something to judge him -- the very message I have spoken will judge him on the last day.
Words » Evil » Irreverent
Words » Evil » Proud
For by uttering arrogant nonsense, through base desires of the lower nature, they entice into immorality men who are just escaping from those who live in error,
Words » Spiritual wise » Comforting
Words » Evil » Insincere
In their greed they will exploit you with messages manufactured by themselves. From of old their condemnation has not been idle and their destruction has not been slumbering.
Words » Evil » Malicious
So, if I come, I will remind you of what he is doing, how with malicious insinuations he is talking about me. Not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers himself, he interferes with those who want to do so, and tries to put them out of the church.
Words » Idle, an account must be given for on the day of judgment
So I tell you, for every worthless word that men utter they will have to give account on the day of judgment; for it is by your words that you will be acquitted and by your words that you will be condemned."
Words » Of the teacher, should be plain
But in the public congregation I would rather speak five words with my mind in action, in order to instruct the people too, than ten thousand words in ecstasy.
So it is with you; unless in your ecstatic speaking you speak a message that is clearly intelligible, how can the message spoken by you be understood? You might just as well be talking to the air!
Words » Will swallow himself
Words » Christ's, characteristics of » Words of judgment
Whoever persistently rejects me and refuses to accept my teachings has something to judge him -- the very message I have spoken will judge him on the last day.
Words » Christ's, characteristics of » Imperishable
Words » Kept words of Christ » Fellowship, with God
Jesus answered him, "If anyone really loves me, he will observe my teaching, and my Father will love him, and both of us will come in face-to-face fellowship with him; yes, we will make our special dwelling place with him.
Words » Kept words of Christ » Assurance
Words » Christ's, characteristics of » Incomparable
Words » Christ's, characteristics of » Life-giving
Simon Peter answered Him, "To whom can we go, Lord? You have the message that gives eternal life,
Words » Christ's, characteristics of » Spiritual
The Spirit is what gives life; the flesh does not help at all. The truths that I have told you are spirit and life.
Words » Christ's, characteristics of » Gracious
So they all began to speak well of Him and to wonder at the gracious words that fell from His lips, and yet they continued to say, "Is He not Joseph's son?"
Words » Christ's, characteristics of » Mighty
Words » Kept words of Christ » Promises to those who keep
So He went back to Nazareth with them and continued to obey them. But His mother continued to treasure up all these sayings in her heart.
Words » Kept words of Christ » Divine disclosure
"I have made your very self known to the men whom you have given me out of the world. At first they were yours, but now you have given them to me, and they have obeyed your message.
Words » Kept words of Christ » Eternal life
I most solemnly say to you, if anyone follows my teaching, he will never experience death."
Words » Of the wise » As goads, and as well-fastened nails
Words » Of the wise » Gracious
Words » Of jesus » Are spirit and life
The Spirit is what gives life; the flesh does not help at all. The truths that I have told you are spirit and life.
Words » Of jesus » Of eternal life
Simon Peter answered Him, "To whom can we go, Lord? You have the message that gives eternal life,
Words » Evil » Vain
Words » Aptly spoken, like apples of gold in filigree of silver
Words » Unspeakable, heard by paul in paradise
was actually caught up into paradise, and heard things that must not be told, which no man has a right even to mention.
Words » Of the hypocrite, softer than oil
Words » Without knowledge, darken advice
Words » Seditious, deceive the naive
For such men are really not serving our Lord Christ but their own base appetites, and by their fair and flattering talk they are deceiving the hearts of unsuspecting people.
Words » Should be acceptable to God
Words » Unprofitable, to be avoided
Keep on reminding men of these things. Solemnly charge them before God to stop petty debating, which does no good at all but brings destruction on those who hear it.
Words » In a multitude of, is sin
Words » Hasty, folly of
Words » Of jesus » Gracious
So they all began to speak well of Him and to wonder at the gracious words that fell from His lips, and yet they continued to say, "Is He not Joseph's son?"
Words » Of the talebearer, wounds to the soul
Words » Of the complete man, gentle
For we all make many a slip. If anyone never slips in speech, he is a man of maturity; he can control his whole body too.
Words » Like a tempest
Words » Deceitful, are a snare to the one who utters them
Words » Fool known by the multitude of
Topics on Words
Duplicating Words
Luke 10:41The Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and vexed about many things.
Gentle Words
Acts 5:26Then the military commander went with his attendants and brought them back, but without any violence, for they were afraid of being pelted with stones by the people.
Good Words
Romans 7:12So the law itself is holy, and its specific commands are holy, right, and good.
Kind Words
Luke 4:22So they all began to speak well of Him and to wonder at the gracious words that fell from His lips, and yet they continued to say, "Is He not Joseph's son?"
Man's Words Fulfilled
John 18:9He said this that the statement He had just made might be fulfilled, "I have not lost one of those whom you have given me."
The Disciples Words
Matthew 13:10Then His disciples came up to Him and asked, "Why do you speak to them in stories?"
The Power Of Words
1 Corinthians 4:20for the kingdom of God does not consist in talking but in doing.
Useless Words
2 Timothy 2:14Keep on reminding men of these things. Solemnly charge them before God to stop petty debating, which does no good at all but brings destruction on those who hear it.
Useless Words And Thinking
Matthew 12:36So I tell you, for every worthless word that men utter they will have to give account on the day of judgment;