Bible Verses About Power of the Word
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for power of the word, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 58,514 votes, led by Hebrews 4:12. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Power of the Word
Hebrews 4:121,413 votes
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.
Romans 1:161,285 votes
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Proverbs 18:211,271 votes
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
John 15:31,102 votes
Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
2 Timothy 3:16-171,022 votes
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Romans 10:171,001 votes
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
James 1:22978 votes
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
1 Corinthians 1:18932 votes
For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
2 Timothy 3:16929 votes
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Proverbs 12:18883 votes
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Psalms 119:105868 votes
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Matthew 4:4859 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.
Ephesians 4:29857 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.
Matthew 12:36833 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 21:23832 votes
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
Proverbs 15:4822 votes
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Proverbs 16:24817 votes
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
1 Peter 1:23802 votes
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
Revelation 1:1799 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:
1 Thessalonians 2:13796 votes
For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
2 Timothy 1:7775 votes
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Isaiah 55:11767 votes
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
James 1:26765 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.
Ephesians 6:10745 votes
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Acts 20:32728 votes
And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
What does the Bible say about power of the word?
Readers most often cite Hebrews 4:12 on the subject of power of the word. Across 58,514 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Romans 1:16, Proverbs 18:21, John 15:3. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.