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Words Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 171 helpful votes Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.Psalm 19:14 ESV / 166 helpful votes Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.Matthew 12:37 ESV / 147 helpful votes For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”Matthew 12:36 ESV / 131 helpful votes I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak,Colossians 3:17 ESV / 112 helpful votes And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.Proverbs 16:24 ESV / 106 helpful votes Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.Colossians 3:8 ESV / 92 helpful votes But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV / 91 helpful votes So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.Proverbs 25:11 ESV / 87 helpful votes A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.Ephesians 5:3-5 ESV / 79 helpful votes But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving. For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.Proverbs 18:21 ESV / 79 helpful votes Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.Exodus 20:7 ESV / 70 helpful votes “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 69 helpful votes For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.Proverbs 29:20 ESV / 67 helpful votes Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.Colossians 4:6 ESV / 61 helpful votes Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.Proverbs 10:19 ESV / 61 helpful votes When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.Proverbs 12:18 ESV / 58 helpful votes There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.Isaiah 55:11 ESV / 54 helpful votes So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 51 helpful votes A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.Psalm 119:105 ESV / 49 helpful votes Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.Matthew 6:9 ESV / 48 helpful votes Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.Proverbs 13:3 ESV / 47 helpful votes Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.John 1:1 ESV / 43 helpful votes In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.Proverbs 15:4 ESV / 42 helpful votes A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.Matthew 4:4 ESV / 41 helpful votes But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”Ecclesiastes 10:12 ESV / 41 helpful votes The words of a wise man’s mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.
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