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Top 25 Bible Verses About Kind Words (ESV)

This is a hand-curated and ranked list of 25 of the most relevant Bible verses about Kind Words (ESV). Verses are ranked by number of votes.

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Proverbs 16:24

#1
136 votes

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

Proverbs 15:1

#2
102 votes

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

Ephesians 4:29

#3
95 votes

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.

1 Thessalonians 5:11

#4
61 votes

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

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Colossians 4:6

#6
57 votes

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

Job 4:4

#7
51 votes

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

Proverbs 25:11

#8
45 votes

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

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Proverbs 15:23

#10
37 votes

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

Psalm 19:14

#11
33 votes

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.

Colossians 3:12

#12
24 votes

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

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Proverbs 15:4

#14
20 votes

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

Proverbs 12:18

#15
20 votes

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

1 Corinthians 13:4

#16
19 votes

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

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Ephesians 4:32

#18
18 votes

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

Galatians 5:22-23

#19
17 votes

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.

Proverbs 18:21

#20
17 votes

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

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Matthew 12:36

#22
16 votes

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

Luke 6:35

#23
16 votes

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.

1 Peter 3:15

#24
15 votes

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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Proverbs 31:26

#26
15 votes

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

Galatians 5:22

#27
15 votes

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

Proverbs 12:25

#28
14 votes

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

Acts 28:2

#29
13 votes

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.

1 John 3:18

#30
12 votes

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

Proverbs 29:20

#31
10 votes

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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