Spoken words

How important

“WORD HE SPEAKS, AND ALL THINGS ARE DONE. Thou callest us then to understand the Word, God, with Thee God, Which is spoken eternally, and by It are all things spoken eternally. For what was spoken…” The Confessions of St. Augustine, Aug., Conf. 11.7 (9 times)

Exodus 19:8 “Then all the people answered together and said, “All that the Lord has spoken we will do!” And Moses brought back the words of the people to the Lord.”

Deuteronomy 9:10 “The Lord gave me the two tablets of stone written by the finger of God; and on them were all the words which the Lord had spoken with you at the mountain from the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly.”

Proverbs 25:11 “Like apples of gold in settings of silver, Is a word spoken at the proper time.”

Jeremiah 5:14 “Therefore, this is what the Lord, the God of armies says: “Because you have spoken this word, Behold, I am making My words fire in your mouth, And this people wood, and it will consume them.”

John 6:63 “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh provides no benefit; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit, and are life.”

Proverbs 18:21 “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.”