Bible Verses About Faith and Words
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for faith and words, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,822 votes, led by Hebrews 11:1. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Faith and Words
Hebrews 11:1187 votes
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
James 2:14-26159 votes
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
Proverbs 18:21152 votes
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Matthew 12:36-37145 votes
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
2 Corinthians 4:13138 votes
We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;
Ephesians 4:29136 votes
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.
Romans 10:17135 votes
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Matthew 17:20123 votes
And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
Mark 11:22-24110 votes
And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
Proverbs 15:4108 votes
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
James 1:22-2586 votes
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Matthew 21:21-2254 votes
Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.
2 Corinthians 5:754 votes
(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
James 3:1-1253 votes
My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
Luke 6:4542 votes
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Romans 10:9-1041 votes
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Luke 1:3740 votes
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
James 3:2-1239 votes
For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
Matthew 21:2136 votes
Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.
Proverbs 12:1832 votes
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
1 Peter 1:8-930 votes
Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
Hebrews 13:825 votes
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
1 Timothy 4:1624 votes
Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
Hebrews 11:624 votes
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
1 John 3:1824 votes
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
What does the Bible say about faith and words?
Readers most often cite Hebrews 11:1 on the subject of faith and words. Across 2,822 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including James 2:14-26, Proverbs 18:21, Matthew 12:36-37. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.