There are a variety of ways to speak positive words into existence. Some people create mantras, some write it on paper or hang it on their walls and some have certain words that they surround themselves with. However you do it, it’s important to know that the words and thoughts you put into the world will come back around.
The Bible contains a lot of encouragement for speaking things into existence. God’s people have been declaring the promises of God for thousands of years, and we’ve seen that it works! Here is a collection (and more) of Bible verses that show how to speak and believe God’s promises.
There are tons of Bible verses about speaking things into existence. While most people know about the famous verse, “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” (Matt. 7:7), there are so many more where that came from.
Bible Verses About Speaking Things Into Existence
Romans 4:17 ESV / 3,791 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.
Proverbs 18:21 ESV / 3,702 helpful votes
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
Isaiah 55:11 ESV / 2,318 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.
Mark 11:22-24 ESV / 2,304 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.
Matthew 21:22 ESV / 2,230 helpful votes
And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”
Mark 11:23 ESV / 1,877 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.
Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 1,844 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. …
1 Corinthians 1:28 ESV / 1,670 helpful votes
God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are,
2 Corinthians 4:13 ESV / 1,643 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,
Romans 10:17 ESV / 1,570 helpful votes
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
Genesis 1:3 ESV / 1,555 helpful votes
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
Hebrews 11:3 ESV / 1,521 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.
2 Corinthians 4:18 ESV / 1,385 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.
Matthew 12:34-36 ESV / 1,313 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 / 1,223 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. …
Ezekiel 12:25 ESV / 1,205 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.”
Ezekiel 37:1-10 ESV / 1,195 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. …
Matthew 12:36 ESV / 1,189 helpful votes
I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak,
John 1:1 ESV / 1,134 helpful votes
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Mark 11:24 ESV / 1,097 helpful votes
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
Genesis 1:1 ESV / 1,075 helpful votes
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 1,070 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.
Psalm 33:9 ESV / 1,001 helpful votes
For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.
Proverbs 15:4 ESV / 966 helpful votes
A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.
John 1:14 ESV / 950 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.
Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 933 helpful votes
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
John 1:1-51 ESV / 926 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. …
Mark 11:22 ESV / 913 helpful votes
And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God.
Philippians 4:8 ESV / 892 helpful votes
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
Joshua 1:8 ESV / 880 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.
John 1:3 ESV / 869 helpful votes
All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Romans 4:18 ESV / 838 helpful votes
In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”
Romans 10:9 ESV / 834 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.
Matthew 6:7 ESV / 819 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.
2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 778 helpful votes
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
Matthew 7:7 ESV / 724 helpful votes
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
Revelation 1:1 ESV / 708 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 4:16 ESV / 706 helpful votes
That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
1 Peter 3:10 ESV / 691 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;
Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 683 helpful votes
And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
Proverbs 13:3 ESV / 664 helpful votes
Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 658 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, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood …
James 1:19 ESV / 644 helpful votes
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;
Psalm 82:6 ESV / 644 helpful votes
I said, “You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you;
John 14:6 ESV / 637 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.
1 Timothy 4:2 ESV / 630 helpful votes
Through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared,
Ephesians 4:15 ESV / 627 helpful votes
Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,
Hebrews 11:2 ESV / 622 helpful votes
For by it the people of old received their commendation.
1 Peter 4:11 ESV / 621 helpful votes
Whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Genesis 17:5 ESV / 617 helpful votes
No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
Matthew 12:34 ESV / 608 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.
Matthew 4:4 ESV / 595 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.’”
Hebrews 11:4 ESV / 585 helpful votes
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.
1 Peter 3:15 ESV / 581 helpful votes
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,
Genesis 1:26 ESV / 578 helpful votes
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
Isaiah 42:9 ESV / 572 helpful votes
Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.”
Isaiah 26:3-4 ESV / 569 helpful votes
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.
Colossians 4:6 ESV / 563 helpful votes
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
Luke 8:48 ESV / 523 helpful votes
And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace.”
2 Corinthians 4:17 ESV / 522 helpful votes
For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,
John 14:1-31 ESV / 520 helpful votes
“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. And you know the way to where I am going.” Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” …
John 14:1 ESV / 515 helpful votes
“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.
Colossians 2:1-23 ESV / 513 helpful votes
For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God’s mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ. …
Genesis 1:27 ESV / 511 helpful votes
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
Psalm 34:13 ESV / 509 helpful votes
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.
Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 487 helpful votes
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
Matthew 12:35 ESV / 468 helpful votes
The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.
John 14:7 ESV / 465 helpful votes
If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”
John 1:18 ESV / 459 helpful votes
No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.
Proverbs 10:19 ESV / 453 helpful votes
When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.
Ephesians 4:25 ESV / 447 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.
Matthew 6:10 ESV / 425 helpful votes
Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Genesis 1:19 ESV / 418 helpful votes
And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.
Romans 4:2 ESV / 405 helpful votes
For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.
Romans 1:16 ESV / 405 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.
Psalm 14:1 ESV / 404 helpful votes
To the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who does good.
Genesis 3:15 ESV / 403 helpful votes
I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”
Luke 6:45 ESV / 388 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 1:2 ESV / 340 helpful votes
He was in the beginning with God.
John 3:16-17 ESV / 335 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.
Psalm 141:3 ESV / 318 helpful votes
Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!
John 3:16 ESV / 313 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 4:1-25 ESV / 305 helpful votes
What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh? For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, …
James 3:2 ESV / 297 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.
Romans 1:25 ESV / 279 helpful votes
Because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.
Genesis 2:7 ESV / 277 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.
Matthew 17:20 ESV / 267 helpful votes
He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”
Acts 2:1-47 ESV / 264 helpful votes
When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 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. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. …
Jeremiah 9:23-24 ESV / 231 helpful votes
Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.”
Revelation 4:11 ESV / 226 helpful votes
“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.”
1 John 5:14 ESV / 225 helpful votes
And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.
John 6:63 ESV / 219 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.
Romans 10:8-10 ESV / 217 helpful votes
But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); 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. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.
John 11:26 ESV / 215 helpful votes
And everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”
Matthew 6:1-34 ESV / 214 helpful votes
“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. “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. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. …
2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 213 helpful votes
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
Romans 5:1 ESV / 213 helpful votes
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 3:8 ESV / 212 helpful votes
But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
1 John 5:19 ESV / 205 helpful votes
We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
1 Corinthians 6:19 ESV / 194 helpful votes
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,
Scriptures about negative speech
Luke 6:43-45
For there is no good tree which produces bad fruit, nor, on the other hand, a bad tree which produces good fruit. For each tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a briar bush. The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; for his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart.
Micah 6:12-13
“For the rich men of the city are full of violence,
Her residents speak lies,
And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
“So also I will make you sick, striking you down,
Desolating you because of your sins.
Isaiah 6:5
Verse Concepts
Then I said,
“Woe is me, for I am ruined!
Because I am a man of unclean lips,
And I live among a people of unclean lips;
For my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.”
Isaiah 59:1-4
Behold, the Lord’s hand is not so short
That it cannot save;
Nor is His ear so dull
That it cannot hear.
But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God,
And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear.
For your hands are defiled with blood
And your fingers with iniquity;
Your lips have spoken falsehood,
Your tongue mutters wickedness.
read more.
Romans 1:29-32
being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful;read more.
2 Timothy 3:1-5
But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good,read more.
Proverbs 12:22
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Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord,
But those who deal faithfully are His delight.
Proverbs 6:16-19
There are six things which the Lord hates,
Yes, seven which are an abomination to Him:
Haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
And hands that shed innocent blood,
A heart that devises wicked plans,
Feet that run rapidly to evil,
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Exodus 20:7
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“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain.
Deuteronomy 5:11
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‘You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain.
Exodus 22:28
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“You shall not curse God, nor curse a ruler of your people.
Leviticus 19:12
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You shall not swear falsely by My name, so as to profane the name of your God; I am the Lord.
Psalm 139:19-20
O that You would slay the wicked, O God;
Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.
For they speak against You wickedly,
And Your enemies take Your name in vain.
Psalm 5:9
Verse Concepts
There is nothing reliable in what they say;
Their inward part is destruction itself.
Their throat is an open grave;
They flatter with their tongue.
Psalm 36:3
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The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit;
He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
Psalm 52:1-4
For the choir director. A Maskil of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said to him, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”
Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man?
The lovingkindness of God endures all day long.
Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit.
You love evil more than good,
Falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah.
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Psalm 62:4
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They have counseled only to thrust him down from his high position;
They delight in falsehood;
They bless with their mouth,
But inwardly they curse. Selah.
Proverbs 14:5
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A trustworthy witness will not lie,
But a false witness utters lies.
Proverbs 15:4
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A soothing tongue is a tree of life,
But perversion in it crushes the spirit.
Proverbs 17:20
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He who has a crooked mind finds no good,
And he who is perverted in his language falls into evil.
Psalm 94:4
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They pour forth words, they speak arrogantly;
All who do wickedness vaunt themselves.
Psalm 10:2-6
In pride the wicked hotly pursue the afflicted;
Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.
For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire,
And the greedy man curses and spurns the Lord.
The wicked, in the haughtiness of his countenance, does not seek Him.
All his thoughts are, “There is no God.”
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Psalm 12:3-4
May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,
The tongue that speaks great things;
Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail;
Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?”
Isaiah 10:12-14
So it will be that when the Lord has completed all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the pomp of his haughtiness.” For he has said,
“By the power of my hand and by my wisdom I did this,
For I have understanding;
And I removed the boundaries of the peoples
And plundered their treasures,
And like a mighty man I brought down their inhabitants,
And my hand reached to the riches of the peoples like a nest,
And as one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth;
And there was not one that flapped its wing or opened its beak or chirped.”
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4
Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.
James 4:13-16
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.” Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that.”read more.
2 Peter 2:17-18
These are springs without water and mists driven by a storm, for whom the black darkness has been reserved. For speaking out arrogant words of vanity they entice by fleshly desires, by sensuality, those who barely escape from the ones who live in error,
Proverbs 11:12
Verse Concepts
He who despises his neighbor lacks sense,
But a man of understanding keeps silent.
1 Samuel 17:41-44
Then the Philistine came on and approached David, with the shield-bearer in front of him. When the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, with a handsome appearance. The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.read more.
2 Kings 2:23-24
Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!” When he looked behind him and saw them, he cursed them in the name of the Lord. Then two female bears came out of the woods and tore up forty-two lads of their number.
Nehemiah 2:19
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But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard it, they mocked us and despised us and said, “What is this thing you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
Proverbs 9:7
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He who corrects a scoffer gets dishonor for himself,
And he who reproves a wicked man gets insults for himself.
Lamentations 2:15-16
All who pass along the way
Clap their hands in derision at you;
They hiss and shake their heads
At the daughter of Jerusalem,
“Is this the city of which they said,
‘The perfection of beauty,
A joy to all the earth’?”
All your enemies
Have opened their mouths wide against you;
They hiss and gnash their teeth.
They say, “We have swallowed her up!
Surely this is the day for which we waited;
We have reached it, we have seen it.”
Matthew 5:22
Verse Concepts
But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever says to his brother, ‘You good-for-nothing,’ shall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell.
Matthew 27:39-44
And those passing by were hurling abuse at Him, wagging their heads and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.” In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking Him and saying,read more.
Mark 15:29-32
Those passing by were hurling abuse at Him, wagging their heads, and saying, “Ha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself, and come down from the cross!” In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes, were mocking Him among themselves and saying, “He saved others; He cannot save Himself.read more.
Luke 23:35-39
And the people stood by, looking on. And even the rulers were sneering at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if this is the Christ of God, His Chosen One.” The soldiers also mocked Him, coming up to Him, offering Him sour wine, and saying, “If You are the King of the Jews, save Yourself!”read more.
John 9:28-29
They reviled him and said, “You are His disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where He is from.”
1 Samuel 17:28
Verse Concepts
Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger burned against David and he said, “Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your insolence and the wickedness of your heart; for you have come down in order to see the battle.”
Proverbs 19:13
Verse Concepts
A foolish son is destruction to his father,
And the contentions of a wife are a constant dripping.
Proverbs 21:9
Verse Concepts
It is better to live in a corner of a roof
Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
Proverbs 25:24
Verse Concepts
It is better to live in a corner of the roof
Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
Acts 11:2-3
And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those who were circumcised took issue with him, saying, “You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.”
Philippians 2:14-15
Do all things without grumbling or disputing; so that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world,
Leviticus 19:16
Verse Concepts
You shall not go about as a slanderer among your people, and you are not to act against the life of your neighbor; I am the Lord.
Proverbs 10:18
Verse Concepts
He who conceals hatred has lying lips,
And he who spreads slander is a fool.
James 4:11
Verse Concepts
Do not speak against one another, brethren. He who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it.
Exodus 21:17
Verse Concepts
“He who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
2 Samuel 16:5-8
When King David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out from there a man of the family of the house of Saul whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera; he came out cursing continually as he came. He threw stones at David and at all the servants of King David; and all the people and all the mighty men were at his right hand and at his left. Thus Shimei said when he cursed, “Get out, get out, you man of bloodshed, and worthless fellow!read more.
Proverbs 20:20
Verse Concepts
He who curses his father or his mother,
His lamp will go out in time of darkness.
James 3:9-10
With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the likeness of God; from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way.
