Topic

Mouth

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Ephesians 4:29

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Psalms 141:3

Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.

Matthew 12:36–37

I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 13:3

He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

James 1:19

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

Proverbs 10:19

In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

Matthew 15:11

That which enters into the mouth doesn’t defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”

Proverbs 30:32–33

“If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand over your mouth. — read the full passage →

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Jeremiah 1:9

Then Yahweh stretched out his hand, and touched my mouth; and Yahweh said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.

Proverbs 12:18

There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

Proverbs 21:23

Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

Psalms 19:14

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, Yahweh, my rock, and my redeemer.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.

Hebrews 4:12

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

2 Timothy 3:16

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

Proverbs 10:31

The mouth of the righteous produces wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.

John 16:13

However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.

1 John 4:18

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

Colossians 4:6

Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

Ephesians 6:18

with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:

Proverbs 15:4

A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.

Proverbs 4:24

Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.

James 1:26

If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

Matthew 15:18

But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Colossians 3:8

but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.

Romans 10:9

that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

James 3:10

Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

James 2:19

You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.

Proverbs 15:1

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Psalms 34:13

Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.

Luke 6:45

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.

Proverbs 31:9

Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy.”

Job 23:12

I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

Matthew 12:34

You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

Joshua 1:8

This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

Matthew 4:4

But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’”

Ecclesiastes 10:12

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

Proverbs 18:6

A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.

Deuteronomy 8:3

He humbled you, and allowed you to be hungry, and fed you with manna, which you didn’t know, neither did your fathers know; that he might teach you that man does not live by bread only, but man lives by every word that proceeds out of Yahweh’s mouth.

1 Peter 3:10

For, “He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.

Isaiah 55:11

so shall my word be that goes out of my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing I sent it to do.

Proverbs 17:28

Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.

Proverbs 10:32

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.

2 Peter 1:21

For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

Romans 10:10

For with the heart, one believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Matthew 12:36

I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.

1 John 4:1

Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

1 John 2:27

As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don’t need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.

Jeremiah 1:5

“Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. Before you came out of the womb, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

Proverbs 18:20

A man’s stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.

Proverbs 18:13

He who gives answer before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

Psalms 103:2–4

Praise Yahweh, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits; — read the full passage →

Deuteronomy 4:2

You shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall you take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of Yahweh your God which I command you.

James 3:8

But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

Proverbs 15:23

Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!

Psalms 34:1

I will bless Yahweh at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth.

James 3:10–12

Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. — read the full passage →

Matthew 7:21–23

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

Isaiah 1:1–31

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Psalms 71:8

My mouth shall be filled with your praise, with your honor all the day.

Deuteronomy 18:18

I will raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you. I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.

Revelation 16:13

I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, something like frogs;

James 4:11

Don’t speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and 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.

James 3:8–10

But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. — read the full passage →

James 3:2

For in many things we all stumble. If anyone doesn’t stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.

Philippians 2:14–15

Do all things without murmurings and disputes, — read the full passage →

Ephesians 5:4

nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate; but rather giving of thanks.

Matthew 18:15–17

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother. — read the full passage →

Daniel 10:3

I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, until three whole weeks were fulfilled.

Proverbs 17:27

He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.

Proverbs 17:9

He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.

Psalms 40:3

He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in Yahweh.

Psalms 33:6

By Yahweh’s word, the heavens were made; all their army by the breath of his mouth.

Hebrews 1:14

Aren’t they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

Ephesians 4:31–32

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice. — read the full passage →

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Jeremiah 1:9–10

Then Yahweh stretched out his hand, and touched my mouth; and Yahweh said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth. — read the full passage →

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary: he wakens morning by morning, he wakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

Proverbs 16:23

The heart of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.

Proverbs 12:6

The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

Proverbs 11:9

With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge.

Proverbs 4:23

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

Proverbs 4:5

Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth.

Psalms 66:17

I cried to him with my mouth. He was extolled with my tongue.

Revelation 21:2

I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.

Revelation 1:1

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Proverbs 31:8

Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate.

Proverbs 10:6

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

Proverbs 2:6

For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

Psalms 4:4

Stand in awe, and don’t sin. Search your own heart on your bed, and be still. Selah.

1 John 3:18

My little children, let’s not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.

Zechariah 13:9

I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’”

Ezekiel 13:18

and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Woe to the women who sew pillows on all elbows, and make kerchiefs for the head of persons of every stature to hunt souls! Will you hunt the souls of my people, and save souls alive for yourselves?

Deuteronomy 18:9–12

When you have come into the land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not learn to imitate the abominations of those nations. — read the full passage →

Luke 19:10

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”

Matthew 6:24

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

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