kind words
What does the Bible say about kind words? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
10 passages · most helpful first
24Careful words are a honeycomb: sweet to the soul and healthful to the bones.
1A mild response shatters anger. But a harsh word stirs up fury.
29Let no evil words proceed from your mouth, but only what is good, toward the edification of faith, so as to bestow grace upon those who listen.
11Because of this, console one another and build up one another, just as you are doing.
6Let your speech be ever graceful, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to respond to each person.
4Your words have reassured the wavering, and you have fortified the trembling knees.
11Whoever speaks a word at an opportune time is like apples of gold on beds of silver.
23A man rejoices in the verdict of his own mouth. And a word at the right time is best.
15And the eloquence of my mouth will be so as to please, along with the meditation of my heart, in your sight, forever, O Lord, my helper and my redeemer.
18He who makes promises is also jabbed, as if with a sword, in conscience. But the tongue of the wise is reasonable.