Bible Verses About Words

“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.

His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.

if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,

When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.

A man takes joy in a fitting reply— and how good is a timely word!

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.

The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.

Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?

The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.

But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.

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

For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.

So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air.

But in the church, I would rather speak five coherent words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.

was caught up to Paradise. The things he heard were too sacred for words, things that man is not permitted to tell.

Remind the believers of these things, charging them before God to avoid quarreling over words, which succeeds only in leading the listeners to ruin.

We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.