Bible Verses About Our Words
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for our words, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,784 votes, led by Psalms 19:14. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Our Words
Psalms 19:14122 votes
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.
Colossians 3:8100 votes
But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Colossians 3:1794 votes
And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
1 Corinthians 10:3188 votes
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Ephesians 5:3-579 votes
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
Exodus 20:778 votes
Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Proverbs 21:2375 votes
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
Matthew 6:975 votes
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Proverbs 18:2173 votes
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Matthew 12:3670 votes
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Proverbs 16:2467 votes
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Revelation 1:166 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Ephesians 4:2962 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.
Ephesians 4:29-3259 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.
Proverbs 12:1858 votes
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Colossians 4:656 votes
Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
James 1:2655 votes
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
Proverbs 15:454 votes
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Luke 1:3752 votes
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
Proverbs 25:1151 votes
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
Matthew 24:3550 votes
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Psalms 119:10548 votes
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Matthew 4:448 votes
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Proverbs 10:1944 votes
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
Proverbs 15:143 votes
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
What does the Bible say about our words?
Readers most often cite Psalms 19:14 on the subject of our words. Across 3,784 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Colossians 3:8, Colossians 3:17, 1 Corinthians 10:31. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.