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100 Bible Verses about Speak Life

Proverbs 18:21 ESV / 2,786 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 13:3 ESV / 2,660 helpful votes

Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 2,263 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.

James 1:19 ESV / 2,232 helpful votes

Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;

Matthew 12:36 ESV / 2,068 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 1,978 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 15:4 ESV / 1,930 helpful votes

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

Isaiah 55:11 ESV / 1,899 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 10:19 ESV / 1,896 helpful votes

When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.

Luke 6:45 ESV / 1,815 helpful votes

The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

James 3:2 ESV / 1,754 helpful votes

For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.

1 Peter 3:9 ESV / 1,611 helpful votes

Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.

John 14:6 ESV / 1,544 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Colossians 3:2 ESV / 1,508 helpful votes

Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.

Romans 10:9 ESV / 1,478 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.

Proverbs 10:1-19:29 ESV / 1,463 helpful votes

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother. Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death. The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked. A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich. He who gathers in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who brings shame. ...

Matthew 12:37 ESV / 1,393 helpful votes

For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

James 1:2 ESV / 1,382 helpful votes

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds,

Psalm 34:13 ESV / 1,382 helpful votes

Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.

Proverbs 10:32 ESV / 1,359 helpful votes

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse.

Psalm 141:3 ESV / 1,341 helpful votes

Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!

John 8:12 ESV / 1,340 helpful votes

Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

James 1:26 ESV / 1,326 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 10:2 ESV / 1,324 helpful votes

Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.

Psalm 19:14 ESV / 1,309 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.

Ecclesiastes 10:12 ESV / 1,296 helpful votes

The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.

Proverbs 17:28 ESV / 1,292 helpful votes

Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.

Proverbs 15:23 ESV / 1,292 helpful votes

To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is!

Matthew 18:15 ESV / 1,286 helpful votes

“If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.

Romans 10:2 ESV / 1,282 helpful votes

For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

Matthew 6:7 ESV / 1,247 helpful votes

“And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.

Colossians 4:6 ESV / 1,242 helpful votes

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

1 Peter 3:10 ESV / 1,241 helpful votes

For “Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit;

Romans 8:26 ESV / 1,205 helpful votes

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.

Proverbs 31:8 ESV / 1,189 helpful votes

Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute.

Proverbs 31:9 ESV / 1,183 helpful votes

Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.

Proverbs 11:9 ESV / 1,182 helpful votes

With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.

Acts 2:3-4 ESV / 1,179 helpful votes

And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Ephesians 5:11-12 ESV / 1,178 helpful votes

Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret.

Acts 4:31 ESV / 1,178 helpful votes

And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.

John 15:3 ESV / 1,170 helpful votes

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

James 3:13 ESV / 1,168 helpful votes

Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.

Proverbs 15:2 ESV / 1,149 helpful votes

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.

Proverbs 21:23 ESV / 1,148 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 12:18 ESV / 1,148 helpful votes

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

Ephesians 5:4 ESV / 1,136 helpful votes

Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.

Proverbs 15:28 ESV / 1,133 helpful votes

The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

Colossians 3:17 ESV / 1,127 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.

James 5:12 ESV / 1,115 helpful votes

But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your “yes” be yes and your “no” be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation.

James 3:10 ESV / 1,106 helpful votes

From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

Proverbs 15:22 ESV / 1,103 helpful votes

Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed.

Proverbs 11:13 ESV / 1,096 helpful votes

Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing covered.

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 1,076 helpful votes

Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

John 3:16 ESV / 1,073 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.

1 Peter 3:10-11 ESV / 1,050 helpful votes

For “Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit; let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it.

John 6:35 ESV / 1,041 helpful votes

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.

Proverbs 27:19 ESV / 1,040 helpful votes

As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man.

Psalm 19:2 ESV / 1,019 helpful votes

Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge.

1 John 3:18 ESV / 1,016 helpful votes

Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.

1 Corinthians 13:1-2 ESV / 1,016 helpful votes

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

Romans 12:2 ESV / 1,004 helpful votes

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Romans 10:17 ESV / 996 helpful votes

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

Romans 8:6 ESV / 996 helpful votes

For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

1 Timothy 6:12 ESV / 978 helpful votes

Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

John 11:25-26 ESV / 971 helpful votes

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

John 10:10 ESV / 968 helpful votes

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

Colossians 3:23-24 ESV / 966 helpful votes

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.

Romans 6:23 ESV / 961 helpful votes

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 John 5:20 ESV / 959 helpful votes

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

Romans 5:10 ESV / 955 helpful votes

For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.

Ephesians 5:15-16 ESV / 945 helpful votes

Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 927 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Proverbs 21:21 ESV / 905 helpful votes

Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life, righteousness, and honor.

Proverbs 16:24 ESV / 897 helpful votes

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

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 892 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.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 892 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. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Matthew 21:22 ESV / 888 helpful votes

And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”

Mark 11:23 ESV / 882 helpful votes

Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.

James 3:5 ESV / 876 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!

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 869 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. ...

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 857 helpful votes

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Romans 4:17 ESV / 852 helpful votes

As it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.

Ephesians 4:25 ESV / 843 helpful votes

Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.

John 1:1 ESV / 839 helpful votes

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

Ephesians 4:2 ESV / 838 helpful votes

With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

Mark 11:22-24 ESV / 836 helpful votes

And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Proverbs 17:27 ESV / 831 helpful votes

Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

2 Corinthians 4:13 ESV / 826 helpful votes

Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, “I believed, and so I spoke,” we also believe, and so we also speak,

2 Corinthians 4:18 ESV / 825 helpful votes

As we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.

Ezekiel 37:1-10 ESV / 825 helpful votes

The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones. And he led me around among them, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley, and behold, they were very dry. And he said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” And I answered, “O Lord God, you know.” Then he said to me, “Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live. ...

Ezekiel 12:25 ESV / 823 helpful votes

For I am the Lord; I will speak the word that I will speak, and it will be performed. It will no longer be delayed, but in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak the word and perform it, declares the Lord God.”

Matthew 12:34-36 ESV / 821 helpful votes

You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak,

Hebrews 11:1-10 ESV / 817 helpful votes

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation. 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. By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks. By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God. ...

Matthew 6:2 ESV / 808 helpful votes

“Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

John 6:63 ESV / 793 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.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 784 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,

Romans 8:2 ESV / 760 helpful votes

For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

John 8:2 ESV / 747 helpful votes

Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them.

1 Peter 3:2 ESV / 741 helpful votes

When they see your respectful and pure conduct.

Proverbs 18:2 ESV / 728 helpful votes

A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.

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