'Words' in the Bible

And you, son of man, neither fear them nor fear their words, though thistles and thorns are with you and you sit on scorpions; neither fear their words nor be dismayed at their presence, for they are a rebellious house.

But you shall speak My words to them whether they listen or not, for they are rebellious.

Then He said to me, “Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with My words to them.

nor to many peoples of unintelligible speech or difficult language, whose words you cannot understand. But I have sent you to them who should listen to you;

Moreover, He said to me, “Son of man, take into your heart all My words which I will speak to you and listen closely.

Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “None of My words will be delayed any longer. Whatever word I speak will be performed,”’” declares the Lord God.

They come to you as people come, and sit before you as My people and hear your words, but they do not do them, for they do the lustful desires expressed by their mouth, and their heart goes after their gain.

Behold, you are to them like a sensual song by one who has a beautiful voice and plays well on an instrument; for they hear your words but they do not practice them.

And you have spoken arrogantly against Me and have multiplied your words against Me; I have heard it.”

that if you do not make the dream known to me, there is only one decree for you. For you have agreed together to speak lying and corrupt words before me until the situation is changed; therefore tell me the dream, that I may know that you can declare to me its interpretation.”

The queen entered the banquet hall because of the words of the king and his nobles; the queen spoke and said, “O king, live forever! Do not let your thoughts alarm you or your face be pale.

Then I kept looking because of the sound of the boastful words which the horn was speaking; I kept looking until the beast was slain, and its body was destroyed and given to the burning fire.

Thus He has confirmed His words which He had spoken against us and against our rulers who ruled us, to bring on us great calamity; for under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what was done to Jerusalem.

His body also was like beryl, his face had the appearance of lightning, his eyes were like flaming torches, his arms and feet like the gleam of polished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a tumult.

But I heard the sound of his words; and as soon as I heard the sound of his words, I fell into a deep sleep on my face, with my face to the ground.

He said to me, “O Daniel, man of high esteem, understand the words that I am about to tell you and stand upright, for I have now been sent to you.” And when he had spoken this word to me, I stood up trembling.

Then he said to me, “Do not be afraid, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart on understanding this and on humbling yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to your words.

When he had spoken to me according to these words, I turned my face toward the ground and became speechless.

By smooth words he will turn to godlessness those who act wickedly toward the covenant, but the people who know their God will display strength and take action.

But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time; many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase.”

He said, “Go your way, Daniel, for these words are concealed and sealed up until the end time.

Therefore I have hewn them in pieces by the prophets;I have slain them by the words of My mouth;And the judgments on you are like the light that goes forth.

They speak mere words,With worthless oaths they make covenants;And judgment sprouts like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.

Take words with you and return to the Lord.Say to Him, “Take away all iniquityAnd receive us graciously,That we may present the fruit of our lips.

The words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders from Tekoa, which he envisioned in visions concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is unable to endure all his words.

“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord God,“When I will send a famine on the land,Not a famine for bread or a thirst for water,But rather for hearing the words of the Lord.

“Is it being said, O house of Jacob:‘Is the Spirit of the Lord impatient?Are these His doings?’Do not My words do goodTo the one walking uprightly?

Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the Lord their God and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the Lord their God had sent him. And the people showed reverence for the Lord.

But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? Then they repented and said, ‘As the Lord of hosts purposed to do to us in accordance with our ways and our deeds, so He has dealt with us.’”’”

The Lord answered the angel who was speaking with me with gracious words, comforting words.

Are not these the words which the Lord proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and prosperous along with its cities around it, and the Negev and the foothills were inhabited?’”

They made their hearts like flint so that they could not hear the law and the words which the Lord of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets; therefore great wrath came from the Lord of hosts.

“Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘Let your hands be strong, you who are listening in these days to these words from the mouth of the prophets, those who spoke in the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid, to the end that the temple might be built.

You have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you say, “How have we wearied Him?” In that you say, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and He delights in them,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”

“Your words have been arrogant against Me,” says the Lord. “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against You?’

“And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words.

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.

Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

When Jesus had finished these words, the crowds were amazed at His teaching;

Whoever does not receive you, nor heed your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet.

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

When Jesus had finished these words, He departed from Galilee and came into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan;

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

When Jesus had finished all these words, He said to His disciples,

For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”

But at these words he was saddened, and he went away grieving, for he was one who owned much property.

The disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus *answered again and *said to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

Again He went away and prayed, saying the same words.

And behold, you shall be silent and unable to speak until the day when these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time.”

as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet,“The voice of one crying in the wilderness,‘Make ready the way of the Lord,Make His paths straight.

And all were speaking well of Him, and wondering at the gracious words which were falling from His lips; and they were saying, “Is this not Joseph’s son?”

Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them, I will show you whom he is like:

For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory, and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.

“Let these words sink into your ears; for the Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men.”

He *said to him, ‘By your own words I will judge you, you worthless slave. Did you know that I am an exacting man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow?

and they could not find anything that they might do, for all the people were hanging on to every word He said.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

And they remembered His words,

But these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they would not believe them.

And He said to them, “What are these words that you are exchanging with one another as you are walking?” And they stood still, looking sad.

Now He said to them, “These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”

For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for He gives the Spirit without measure.

But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”

It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life.

Some of the people therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, “This certainly is the Prophet.”

These words He spoke in the treasury, as He taught in the temple; and no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.

He who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God.”

A division occurred again among the Jews because of these words.

Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works.

He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me.

If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

for the words which You gave Me I have given to them; and they received them and truly understood that I came forth from You, and they believed that You sent Me.

When Jesus had spoken these words, He went forth with His disciples over the ravine of the Kidron, where there was a garden, in which He entered with His disciples.

Therefore when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha.

But Peter, taking his stand with the eleven, raised his voice and declared to them: “Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and give heed to my words.

“Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know—

And with many other words he solemnly testified and kept on exhorting them, saying, “Be saved from this perverse generation!”

And as he heard these words, Ananias fell down and breathed his last; and great fear came over all who heard of it.

Now when the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard these words, they were greatly perplexed about them as to what would come of this.

Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.”

Moses was educated in all the learning of the Egyptians, and he was a man of power in words and deeds.

While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who were listening to the message.

and he will speak words to you by which you will be saved, you and all your household.’

With this the words of the Prophets agree, just as it is written,

“Since we have heard that some of our number to whom we gave no instruction have disturbed you with their words, unsettling your souls,

And the jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The chief magistrates have sent to release you. Therefore come out now and go in peace.”

The policemen reported these words to the chief magistrates. They were afraid when they heard that they were Romans,

but if there are questions about words and names and your own law, look after it yourselves; I am unwilling to be a judge of these matters.”

In everything I showed you that by working hard in this manner you must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

But Paul *said, “I am not out of my mind, most excellent Festus, but I utter words of sober truth.

[When he had spoken these words, the Jews departed, having a great dispute among themselves.]

May it never be! Rather, let God be found true, though every man be found a liar, as it is written,“That You may be justified in Your words,And prevail when You are judged.”

In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words;

But I say, surely they have never heard, have they? Indeed they have;“Their voice has gone out into all the earth,And their words to the ends of the world.”

and my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words.

But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I shall find out, not the words of those who are arrogant but their power.