100 Bible Verses about Power Of Gods Word

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 123 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.

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 105 helpful votes

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Matthew 4:4 ESV / 92 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.’”

John 1:1 ESV / 87 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 15:3 ESV / 85 helpful votes

Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.

Matthew 24:35 ESV / 80 helpful votes

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

James 1:22 ESV / 79 helpful votes

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 77 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

Isaiah 55:11 ESV / 77 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.

Colossians 3:16 ESV / 72 helpful votes

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

James 1:21 ESV / 71 helpful votes

Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

Romans 1:16 ESV / 70 helpful votes

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 68 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Isaiah 40:8 ESV / 67 helpful votes

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.

1 Corinthians 1:18 ESV / 64 helpful votes

For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

Psalm 119:11 ESV / 62 helpful votes

I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

1 Thessalonians 2:13 ESV / 61 helpful votes

And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.

Romans 10:17 ESV / 61 helpful votes

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

1 Peter 2:2 ESV / 60 helpful votes

Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—

John 7:38 ESV / 59 helpful votes

Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’”

Proverbs 30:5 ESV / 58 helpful votes

Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

Hebrews 1:3 ESV / 57 helpful votes

He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

1 Peter 1:23 ESV / 54 helpful votes

Since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 54 helpful votes

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

John 17:17 ESV / 54 helpful votes

Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

Deuteronomy 8:3 ESV / 54 helpful votes

And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

Proverbs 18:21 ESV / 52 helpful votes

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.

Romans 1:20 ESV / 51 helpful votes

For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.

Ephesians 3:20 ESV / 50 helpful votes

Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us,

Luke 11:28 ESV / 49 helpful votes

But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 47 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.

John 6:63 ESV / 47 helpful votes

It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

Ephesians 6:10 ESV / 46 helpful votes

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.

2 Peter 1:3 ESV / 45 helpful votes

His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence,

John 8:31-32 ESV / 44 helpful votes

So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

Proverbs 21:23 ESV / 44 helpful votes

Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.

Colossians 4:6 ESV / 43 helpful votes

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.

John 1:14 ESV / 43 helpful votes

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Jeremiah 15:16 ESV / 43 helpful votes

Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O Lord, God of hosts.

Proverbs 16:24 ESV / 42 helpful votes

Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.

Proverbs 12:18 ESV / 42 helpful votes

There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

1 Corinthians 2:14 ESV / 41 helpful votes

The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

Psalm 119:130 ESV / 41 helpful votes

The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.

Psalm 107:20 ESV / 41 helpful votes

He sent out his word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction.

Psalm 33:4 ESV / 41 helpful votes

For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness.

Psalm 19:7 ESV / 41 helpful votes

The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple;

Romans 15:13 ESV / 39 helpful votes

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

Acts 20:32 ESV / 39 helpful votes

And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

Matthew 22:29 ESV / 39 helpful votes

But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.

Matthew 12:36 ESV / 39 helpful votes

I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak,

Proverbs 15:4 ESV / 39 helpful votes

A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.

James 1:26 ESV / 38 helpful votes

If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.

Acts 6:7 ESV / 36 helpful votes

And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.

Acts 1:8 ESV / 36 helpful votes

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Psalm 119:9 ESV / 36 helpful votes

How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word.

Romans 15:4 ESV / 34 helpful votes

For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 31 helpful votes

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

1 Corinthians 4:20 ESV / 31 helpful votes

For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power.

James 3:5 ESV / 29 helpful votes

So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 28 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

Luke 1:35 ESV / 28 helpful votes

And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God.

John 16:13 ESV / 27 helpful votes

When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

Matthew 19:26 ESV / 27 helpful votes

But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Psalm 119:2 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart,

Job 23:12 ESV / 26 helpful votes

I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.

Philippians 2:14-16 ESV / 25 helpful votes

Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.

Matthew 7:24 ESV / 25 helpful votes

“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

James 1:21-22 ESV / 24 helpful votes

Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

1 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 24 helpful votes

Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.

Proverbs 18:4 ESV / 24 helpful votes

The words of a man's mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.

Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 24 helpful votes

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 2:6 ESV / 24 helpful votes

For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;

Psalm 56:4 ESV / 24 helpful votes

In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

Psalm 18:35-36 ESV / 24 helpful votes

You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand supported me, and your gentleness made me great. You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip.

Psalm 18:30 ESV / 24 helpful votes

This God—his way is perfect; the word of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

Psalm 19:14 ESV / 23 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.

John 3:16 ESV / 22 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

John 1:1-51 ESV / 22 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. ...

Revelation 11:1-19 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months. And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. And if anyone would harm them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them, this is how he is doomed to be killed. ...

Hebrews 11:3 ESV / 21 helpful votes

By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.

Romans 10:9 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 21 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. ...

2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV / 20 helpful votes

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Genesis 1:3 ESV / 20 helpful votes

And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 19 helpful votes

Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!

2 Peter 3:16 ESV / 18 helpful votes

As he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures.

1 Thessalonians 5:24 ESV / 18 helpful votes

He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 18 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Ephesians 6:17 ESV / 18 helpful votes

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,

2 Corinthians 13:4 ESV / 18 helpful votes

For he was crucified in weakness, but lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but in dealing with you we will live with him by the power of God.

Acts 2:41 ESV / 18 helpful votes

So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.

Proverbs 4:20-21 ESV / 18 helpful votes

My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart.

Psalm 119:114 ESV / 18 helpful votes

You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in your word.

Psalm 62:11 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Once God has spoken; twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God,

Luke 24:45 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,

Revelation 11:17 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Saying, “We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, who is and who was, for you have taken your great power and begun to reign.

1 Peter 2:1-25 ESV / 16 helpful votes

So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. ...

1 Timothy 2:11 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness.

Philippians 3:10 ESV / 16 helpful votes

That I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,

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