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The saying “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me” is dead wrong. Words do hurt.
As a child I was a victim of verbal abuse. Every ill word said to me by a loved one was like a stone thrown at my heart. It took me years and years as an adult to heal the wounds ill spoken words caused.
Yet, even though I personally know the damage words can do, I am far from perfect in my speech to others. I too have slung words that I wish I could retrieve.
I reread the book of Proverbs just recently and verse upon verse about the power of our words kept jumping off the page.
When I was scrolling through pictures for backgrounds for these 10 bible verses on the power of words I am sharing with you below, I came across the picture I had taken of polished stones at a gift shop and knew immediately the background for these verses on words had to be stones.
Our words are stones. We are nothing but stone throwers with each word we speak.
If our words contain beauty people treasure them.
If our words contain pain people toss them aside, but not until after they have had to deal with the wound they caused.
Like the stones in these pictures are hand selected by buyers, we get to choose our words. Which ones will you choose?
10 Bible Verses On The Power Of Our Words
Proverbs 11:9 “Evil words destroy one’s friends; wise discernment rescues the godly.”
Proverbs 11:12 “It is foolish to belittle a neighbor; a person with good sense remains silent.”
Proverbs 11:17 “Your own soul is nourished when you are kind, but you destroy yourself when you are cruel.”
Proverbs 15: 1 “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but hard words stir up anger.”
Proverbs 15:4 “Gentle words bring life and health; a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit.”
Proverbs 16:24 “Kind words are like honey–sweet to the soul and healthy for the body.”
Proverbs 18:4 “A person’s words can be life-giving water; words of true wisdom are as refreshing as a bubbling brook.”
Proverbs 18:20 “Words satisfy the soul as food satisfies the stomach; the right words on a person’s lips bring satisfaction.”
Proverbs 20:15 “Wise speech is rarer and more valuable than gold and rubies.”
Proverbs 25:18 “Telling lies about others is as harmful as hitting them with an ax, wounding them with a sword, or shooting them with a sharp arrow.”
If you love studying bible verses by topic you may like this book. I keep a copy of it by my bedside and read a section of it each night before bed.
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These are fabulous reminder of the power of our words! May we hide them in our hearts to meditate in times of weakness! Sharing this today!
I love all of these!! I’m going to write them down on index cards to start working on committing to memory.
What a fantastic post! So many great verses here!
Wow – very very timely post for me! I need these scriptures and this post! Thanks for this word!
So true words coming flying out so quickly and can do so much damage! These scriptures spoke to me this morning as I go through my day! Thank You!
Let us not forget that an enemy will cover us with kisses, and sweet words, while a friend will always tell the truth, no matter how hard it may be to hear!
The lord will bless you for the word of God is powerful. this reminds me of how to check my christian daily life status. The book of proverb is about wisdom and knowledge.
God bless
What Bible version did you use for proverbs 11:17. I love it.
My guess is going to be either the Message or the NLT those are the two versions of the bible I read the most.
i know this is many years later, but i would not use those version for quoting and memorizing scripture. they sometimes can help get the big picture of things but not good for quotes.
for example, proverbs 11:9 in the version you used speaks about evil words, where the bible speaks of the words of evil people.
so just in the future know that using these paraphrased translations is not good unless you are reading them only to help undestand somethinf before returning to a more accurate translaton. the way you used them is not good becuase it gives false impression of what the scripture says to those who may not know or may not be christians
Thank you for sharing these scriptures! Working on how I speak over others and even myself is important to God. The power of life and death is in the tongue!
Very encouraging.. Thank you for sharing this thoughts about the power of our words .
Nice bible study
Thank you so much for sharing these scriptures with us, God bless you
We should be mindful of words that we speak, words can build words can break
Awesome scriptures to meditate on!
Powerful scriptures indeed words do create atmospheres and realities by words God created the whole universe.
Words are powerful
I was wondering what version these scriptures come from?
Various different ones.
next time if you could include on the posts becuase some translations are less trusted than others and some translation are formed for accuracy and some are fromed for readability, and some are paraphrases
also i would like to add is ……lost words or words not said …..there deep in you heart these things need to be shared or they cant be forgotten .. there only forgotten by you .I’ve learned if God gives you a word and you don’t share it …. its like you putting your treasure in the ground and then no one can see its beauty .
James 1:26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
James 1:19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Ecclesiasticus 21:26
“The heart of fools is in their mouth: but the mouth of the wise is in their heart.”
Ecclesiastes 10:12 The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
Ecclesiastes 10:14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.