Bible Verses about “kind words”

“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.”

“¶ A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.”

“¶ Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.”

“Let your speech [be] alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.”

“¶ There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.”

“¶ Pleasant words [are as] an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.”

“Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.”

“¶ A word fitly spoken [is like] apples of gold in pictures of silver.”

“¶ A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word [spoken] in due season, how good [is it]!”

“Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.”