100 Bible Verses about Power Of The Word

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 1,462 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.

Romans 1:16 ESV / 1,318 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.

Proverbs 18:21 ESV / 1,289 helpful votes

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

John 15:3 ESV / 1,112 helpful votes

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

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 1,043 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.

Romans 10:17 ESV / 1,010 helpful votes

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

James 1:22 ESV / 983 helpful votes

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

1 Corinthians 1:18 ESV / 938 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.

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 935 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 12:18 ESV / 884 helpful votes

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

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 872 helpful votes

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

Matthew 4:4 ESV / 864 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.’”

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 858 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.

Proverbs 21:23 ESV / 832 helpful votes

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

Matthew 12:36 ESV / 831 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 15:4 ESV / 822 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 16:24 ESV / 818 helpful votes

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

1 Peter 1:23 ESV / 801 helpful votes

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

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 799 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,

1 Thessalonians 2:13 ESV / 796 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.

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 775 helpful votes

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

Isaiah 55:11 ESV / 770 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.

James 1:26 ESV / 767 helpful votes

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

Ephesians 6:10 ESV / 745 helpful votes

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

Acts 20:32 ESV / 731 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.

Acts 1:8 ESV / 727 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.”

Jeremiah 15:16 ESV / 707 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.

Psalm 107:20 ESV / 701 helpful votes

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

Matthew 24:35 ESV / 685 helpful votes

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

Romans 1:20 ESV / 663 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.

2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV / 658 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.

Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 643 helpful votes

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

2 Peter 1:3 ESV / 642 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,

Acts 6:7 ESV / 624 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.

1 Corinthians 2:14 ESV / 609 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.

John 8:31-32 ESV / 600 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.”

Romans 15:13 ESV / 588 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.

Proverbs 13:3 ESV / 587 helpful votes

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

Psalm 19:14 ESV / 587 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.

Hebrews 1:3 ESV / 581 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,

Luke 1:35 ESV / 578 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.

Ephesians 3:20 ESV / 572 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,

Psalm 119:11 ESV / 558 helpful votes

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

John 6:63 ESV / 554 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.

John 17:17 ESV / 553 helpful votes

Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

Matthew 12:37 ESV / 536 helpful votes

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

Colossians 3:16 ESV / 525 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.

Matthew 15:18 ESV / 506 helpful votes

But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person.

John 1:1 ESV / 502 helpful votes

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

Matthew 22:29 ESV / 498 helpful votes

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

James 1:21 ESV / 497 helpful votes

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

Colossians 4:6 ESV / 494 helpful votes

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

Philippians 3:10 ESV / 486 helpful votes

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

Isaiah 40:8 ESV / 474 helpful votes

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

2 Corinthians 13:4 ESV / 463 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.

Psalm 119:2 ESV / 456 helpful votes

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

James 3:5 ESV / 454 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!

Deuteronomy 8:3 ESV / 454 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.

John 7:38 ESV / 450 helpful votes

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

Luke 11:28 ESV / 446 helpful votes

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

John 3:16-17 ESV / 437 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.

James 1:21-22 ESV / 420 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.

Isaiah 40:29 ESV / 413 helpful votes

He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.

Colossians 3:8 ESV / 405 helpful votes

But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.

Proverbs 30:5 ESV / 404 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 18:4 ESV / 396 helpful votes

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

Revelation 11:1-19 ESV / 383 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. ...

1 Peter 2:2 ESV / 381 helpful votes

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

Psalm 19:7 ESV / 364 helpful votes

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

James 3:1-12 ESV / 361 helpful votes

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. 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. If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. 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! ...

Proverbs 10:19 ESV / 359 helpful votes

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

Psalm 34:13 ESV / 332 helpful votes

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

Psalm 141:3 ESV / 330 helpful votes

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

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 304 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

1 Corinthians 4:20 ESV / 295 helpful votes

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

Ephesians 1:19 ESV / 282 helpful votes

And what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might

1 Corinthians 2:5 ESV / 269 helpful votes

So that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.

1 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 252 helpful votes

And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power.

Romans 10:10 ESV / 252 helpful votes

For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.

Mark 11:23 ESV / 248 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.

1 Thessalonians 1:5 ESV / 237 helpful votes

Because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.

Genesis 1:3 ESV / 234 helpful votes

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

Colossians 1:11 ESV / 230 helpful votes

Being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy;

Isaiah 40:29-31 ESV / 228 helpful votes

He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

John 1:1-51 ESV / 219 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. ...

Luke 24:49 ESV / 214 helpful votes

And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”

John 1:14 ESV / 206 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.

John 3:16 ESV / 191 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.

Romans 12:2 ESV / 188 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.

Hebrews 11:3 ESV / 154 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.

Psalm 119:9 ESV / 147 helpful votes

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

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 145 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. ...

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 137 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.

John 1:1-3 ESV / 132 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.

Romans 10:9 ESV / 127 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.

Joshua 1:8 ESV / 123 helpful votes

This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

Luke 6:45 ESV / 120 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.

John 8:32 ESV / 115 helpful votes

And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

Luke 24:27 ESV / 114 helpful votes

And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

John 1:2 ESV / 110 helpful votes

He was in the beginning with God.

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