25 Bible Verses About Kind Words (ESV)

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This is a hand-curated and ranked list of the most relevant Bible verses about Kind Words (ESV). Verses are ranked by number of votes.

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Bible Verses About Kind Words

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Proverbs 16:24

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

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Proverbs 15:1

15:1   A soft answer turns away wrath,
    but a harsh word stirs up anger.

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92

Ephesians 4:29

29 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.

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61

1 Thessalonians 5:11

11 Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.

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57

Colossians 4:6

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

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51

Job 4:4

  Your words have upheld him who was stumbling,
    and you have made firm the feeble knees.

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45

Proverbs 25:11

11   A word fitly spoken
    is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.

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37

Proverbs 15:23

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

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33

Psalm 19:14

14   Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
    be acceptable in your sight,
    O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.

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24

Colossians 3:12

12 Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,

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20

Proverbs 15:4

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

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20

Proverbs 12:18

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

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19

1 Corinthians 13:4

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant

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18

Ephesians 4:32

32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

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17

Galatians 5:22-23

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

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17

Proverbs 18:21

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

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16

Matthew 12:36

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

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16

Luke 6:35

35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.

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15

1 Peter 3:15

15 but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,

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15

Proverbs 31:26

26   She opens her mouth with wisdom,
    and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.

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15

Galatians 5:22

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

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14

Proverbs 12:25

25   Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down,
    but a good word makes him glad.

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13

Acts 28:2

The native people showed us unusual kindness, for they kindled a fire and welcomed us all, because it had begun to rain and was cold.

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12

1 John 3:18

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

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10

Proverbs 29:20

20   Do you see a man who is hasty in his words?
    There is more hope for a fool than for him.

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