Character & Virtues
Bible Verses About power of words
9 key scriptures
What does the Bible say about power of words? Browse 9 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical theme.
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| Translation | Key Verse: Proverbs 18:21 |
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| King James (KJV) | “Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.” |
9 Key Scriptures
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.”
“Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. to: or, to edify profitably”
“There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.”
“But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.”
“Pleasant words are as an honeycomb , sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.”
“A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.”
“Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.”
“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
Hebrews 4:12KJV
“A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. A wholesome: Heb. The healing of the tongue”
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