Bible Verses about “power of words”

“Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.”

“A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”

“For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”

“I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.”

“Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.”

“There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.”

“Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.”

“Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.”

“A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.”