09/07/2025
You can call me a blab it grab it; confess it possess it preacher all you want! The truth is there is power in the words we speak. If you speak failure and defeat all the time then that's what you will have in your life. If you are always saying how sick you are and how you will never get any better that's what you will have. Why not speak what God's Word says and watch things begin to change in your life. The words we speak either bring life or death, victory or defeat, blessing or cursing! Start saying what the Word says about you!!!! The following scriptures show us just how powerful the words we speak really are!
1. Psalm 19:14 NASB
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer.
2. Psalm 34:13 NLT
Then keep your tongue from speaking evil and your lips from telling lies!
3. Psalm 141:3 NKJV
Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;
Keep watch over the door of my lips.
4. Proverbs10:19 NLT
Too much talk leads to sin. Be sensible and keep your mouth shut.
5. Proverbs 10:31
The mouth of the godly person gives wise advice, but the tongue that deceives will be cut off.
6. Proverbs 12:14 NLT
Wise words bring many benefits.
7. Proverbs 12:18 NLT
Some people make cutting remarks,
but the words of the wise bring healing.
8. Proverbs 13:3 NASB
The one who guards his mouth preserves his life; the one who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
9. Proverbs 15:1 NASB
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
10. Proverbs 15:2 ESV
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.
11. Proverbs 15:4 ESV
A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.
12. Proverbs 15:28 NLT
The heart of the godly thinks carefully before speaking.
13. Proverbs 16:24 NKJV
Pleasant words are like a honeycomb,
Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones.
14. Proverbs 17:27 NASB
He who restrains his words has knowledge,
And he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
15. Proverbs 18:21 NKJV
Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
And those who love it will eat its fruit.
16. Proverbs 21:23 NLT
Watch your tongue and keep your mouth shut, and you will stay out of trouble.
17. Proverbs 25:11 NASB
Like apples of gold in settings of silver is a word spoken in right circumstances.
18. Proverbs 25:25 NKJV
As cold water to a weary soul,
So is good news from a far country.
19. Proverbs 29:20 NASB
Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
20. Proverbs 31:26 NLT
When she speaks, her words are wise, and she gives instructions with kindness.
21. Matthew 12:36 NASB
But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment.
22. Matthew 12:37 NLT
The words you say will either acquit you or condemn you.
23. Matthew 15:11 NLT
It’s not what goes into your mouth that defiles you; you are defiled by the words that come out of your mouth.
24. Matthew 15:18 NASB
But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man.
25. Mark 11:23 NKJV
For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, “Be removed and be cast into the sea,” and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.
26. Romans 10:10 NKJV
For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
27. Ephesians 4:29 NKJV
Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.
28. James 1:26 NLT
If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless.
29. James 3:3-6 NLT
The tongue is a small thing that makes grand speeches. But a tiny spark can set a great forest on fire. And among all the parts of the body, the tongue is a flame of fire. It is a whole world of wickedness, corrupting your entire body. It can set your whole life on fire, for it is set on fire by hell itself.
30. James 3:10 NLT
And so blessing and cursing come pouring out of the same mouth. Surely, my brothers and sisters, this is not right!
31. 1 Peter 3:10 NLT
If you want to enjoy life and see many happy days, keep your tongue from speaking evil and your lips from telling lies.
