Bible Verses About Words
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for words, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 4,068 votes, led by Ephesians 4:29. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Words
Ephesians 4:29216 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.
Psalms 19:14197 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.
Matthew 12:37178 votes
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Matthew 12:36155 votes
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Colossians 3:17139 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.
Proverbs 16:24131 votes
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Proverbs 25:11113 votes
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
1 Corinthians 10:31104 votes
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Colossians 3:8104 votes
But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Proverbs 18:21103 votes
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Ephesians 5:3-585 votes
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
Proverbs 29:2078 votes
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Exodus 20:775 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.
Colossians 4:675 votes
Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
Hebrews 4:1272 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.
Proverbs 10:1971 votes
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
Proverbs 12:1865 votes
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Isaiah 55:1160 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.
Proverbs 13:359 votes
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Proverbs 15:159 votes
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Psalms 119:10551 votes
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Matthew 6:951 votes
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Proverbs 15:449 votes
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
John 1:146 votes
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Ecclesiastes 10:1245 votes
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
What does the Bible say about words?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 4:29 on the subject of words. Across 4,068 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 19:14, Matthew 12:37, Matthew 12:36. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.