Power of Words
Water Crystal experiment
A Japanese
scientist, Masaru Emoto, graphically proved that human thought and emotions affects the
crystalline structure of frozen water.
The study was extensive from using waters
from all over the world and all types, but results were the same. Bottles were labeled
with positive words and others were labeled with negative words. Same experiment was repeated from speaking
the words and just thinking them. Each time the results were the same.
In
another experiment, Emoto tested the power of spoken words. He placed two cups of cooked white rice in two separate mason jars and fixed the lids in place,
labeling one jar “Thank You” and the other, “You Fool.” The jars were left in
an elementary school classroom, and the students were instructed to speak the
words on the labels to the corresponding jars twice a day. After 30 days, the
rice in the jar that was constantly insulted had shriveled into a black,
gelatinous mass. The rice in the jar that was thanked was as white and fluffy
as the day it was made. This dramatic example of the power of words is also
detailed in Emoto’s books. When I done this experiment with my kids when they were in middle school it wasn't quite so dramatic but, the results were basically the same. The positive labeled jar was dried up and devoid of water but relatively still white. The negative label jar had several traces of mold and had a brownish dingy color to it.
*Just think about how much our body is made up of water*
Final word on the WORD:
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
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.
There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person.
I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak,
Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.
But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.
A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. 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. If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! ...
Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
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.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.
Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.
Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
Whoever belittles his neighbor lacks sense, but a man of understanding remains silent.
If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame.
When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.
You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!
Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
The heart of the wise makes his speech judicious and adds persuasiveness to his lips. Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.
From the fruit of a man's mouth his stomach is satisfied; he is satisfied by the yield of his lips.
So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
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);
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
No weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed, and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication from me, declares the Lord.”
And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.
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.
But no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
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.
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing. If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless. ...
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.
“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,
Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.
If you are snared in the words of your mouth, caught in the words of your mouth,
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
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.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”
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. ...
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
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. ...
Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.”
The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.
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.
But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.
A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...
For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,
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.
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.
Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.
And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
“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.
Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’”
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
“But now hear, O Jacob my servant, Israel whom I have chosen! Thus says the Lord who made you, who formed you from the womb and will help you: Fear not, O Jacob my servant, Jeshurun whom I have chosen. For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants. They shall spring up among the grass like willows by flowing streams. This one will say, ‘I am the Lord's,’ another will call on the name of Jacob, and another will write on his hand, ‘The Lord's,’ and name himself by the name of Israel.” ...
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
Since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;
I shall not die, but I shall live, and recount the deeds of the Lord.
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Be not silent, O God of my praise! For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues. They encircle me with words of hate, and attack me without cause. In return for my love they accuse me, but I give myself to prayer. So they reward me evil for good, and hatred for my love. ...
And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.
“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, 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.
Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins. Do not take to heart all the things that people say, lest you hear your servant cursing you. Your heart knows that many times you yourself have cursed others.
To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is!
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down.
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. ...
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.
“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
And God spoke all these words, saying, “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. “You shall have no other gods before me. “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, ...
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.
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.
After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.” But Abram said, “O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” And Abram said, “Behold, you have given me no offspring, and a member of my household will be my heir.” And behold, the word of the Lord came to him: “This man shall not be your heir; your very own son shall be your heir.” And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” ...
The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all who know the truth, because of the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever: Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father's Son, in truth and love. I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as we were commanded by the Father. And now I ask you, dear lady—not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another. ...
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
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.
There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person.
I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak,
Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.
But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.
A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. 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. If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! ...
Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
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.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.
Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.
Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
Whoever belittles his neighbor lacks sense, but a man of understanding remains silent.
If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame.
When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.
You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!
Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
The heart of the wise makes his speech judicious and adds persuasiveness to his lips. Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.
From the fruit of a man's mouth his stomach is satisfied; he is satisfied by the yield of his lips.
So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
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);
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
No weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed, and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication from me, declares the Lord.”
And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.
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.
But no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
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.
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing. If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless. ...
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.
“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,
Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.
If you are snared in the words of your mouth, caught in the words of your mouth,
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
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.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”
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. ...
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
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. ...
Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.”
The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.
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.
But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.
A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...
For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,
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.
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.
Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.
And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
“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.
Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’”
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
“But now hear, O Jacob my servant, Israel whom I have chosen! Thus says the Lord who made you, who formed you from the womb and will help you: Fear not, O Jacob my servant, Jeshurun whom I have chosen. For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants. They shall spring up among the grass like willows by flowing streams. This one will say, ‘I am the Lord's,’ another will call on the name of Jacob, and another will write on his hand, ‘The Lord's,’ and name himself by the name of Israel.” ...
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
Since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;
I shall not die, but I shall live, and recount the deeds of the Lord.
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Be not silent, O God of my praise! For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues. They encircle me with words of hate, and attack me without cause. In return for my love they accuse me, but I give myself to prayer. So they reward me evil for good, and hatred for my love. ...
And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.
“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, 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.
Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins. Do not take to heart all the things that people say, lest you hear your servant cursing you. Your heart knows that many times you yourself have cursed others.
To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is!
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down.
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. ...
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.
“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
And God spoke all these words, saying, “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. “You shall have no other gods before me. “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, ...
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.
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.
After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.” But Abram said, “O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” And Abram said, “Behold, you have given me no offspring, and a member of my household will be my heir.” And behold, the word of the Lord came to him: “This man shall not be your heir; your very own son shall be your heir.” And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” ...
The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all who know the truth, because of the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever: Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father's Son, in truth and love. I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as we were commanded by the Father. And now I ask you, dear lady—not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another. ...
