Bible Verses about 'Words'
| Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. | Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. |
| The words of a wise man win favor, but a fool’s tongue is his undoing. | The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips. |
| Pleasing words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and affording health to the body. | Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. |
| Acquire wisdom and gain understanding; never forget or turn aside from my words. | Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth. |
| The explanation of your words gives light and imparts understanding to the simple. | The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple. |
| Where many words are spoken, sin is not absent, but whoever restrains his tongue is prudent. | In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely. |
| If you abide in me and my words abide in you, you may ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. | If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you. |
| I have not strayed from the commandments of his lips; I have treasured in my heart the words of his mouth. | I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. |
| Let the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart find favor in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. | Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, Yahweh, my rock, and my redeemer. |
| The whispers of a gossiper are tasty morsels that corrode one’s inner being. | The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts. |
| My son, concentrate attentively on my words; pay heed to the instructions I pass on to you. Do not let them slip from your mind; keep them forever in your heart. | My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings. Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the center of your heart. |
| If you would seriously consider my reproof, I would pour out my thoughts to you and make my precepts known to you. | Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you. |
| Therefore say to them, “Thus says the Lord God: The fulfillment of my words will not be delayed any longer. What I have said will be done now. This is the word of the Lord God.” | Therefore tell them, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “None of my words will be deferred any more, but the word which I speak will be performed,” says the Lord Yahweh.’ |
| When you pray do not go on babbling endlessly as the pagans do, for they believe that they are more likely to be heard because of their many words. | In praying, don’t use vain repetitions as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking. |
| Moses remained with the Lord for forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. And he wrote the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments, on the tablets. | He was there with Yahweh forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread, nor drank water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. |
| Fine words are not becoming to a fool, and much less are false words to a noble. | Excellent speech isn’t fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince. |
| Everyone who hears these words of mine and acts in accordance with them will be like a wise man who constructed his house on a rock foundation. | Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on a rock. |
| Listen, my son, and take my words to heart, and the years of your life will be multiplied. | Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many. |
| Prepare in advance what you want to say, and return to the Lord. Say to him, “Take away all guilt and give us what is good, so that we may present as offerings the bullocks from our stalls.” | Take words with you, and return to Yahweh. Tell him, “Forgive all our sins, and accept that which is good; so we offer bulls as we vowed of our lips.” |
| Every word you utter is true, and all your righteous judgments are everlasting. | All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever. |
| The lips of the righteous utter words of kindness, but the mouth of the wicked knows only how to pervert. | The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse. |
| In the same way, even the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with sighs that cannot be put into words. | In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can’t be uttered. |
| Let my teaching fall down like rain, and my words descend like the dew. Like rain upon the sprouts, and like showers upon the grass. | My doctrine will drop as the rain. My speech will condense as the dew, as the misty rain on the tender grass, as the showers on the herb. |
| Let no foul word ever pass your lips. Say only what is useful for edification, so that your words may benefit your listeners. | Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear. |
| You shall keep these things that I command you today in your heart. Teach them to your children. You shall talk of them when you are sitting in your home, and when you are walking along the way, and when you lie down and when you rise up. | These words, which I command you today, shall be on your heart; and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up. |
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