Proverbs 4:5
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5 (A)Get wisdom! Get understanding!
Do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 5:7
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7 Therefore hear me now, my children,
And do not depart from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 7:24
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24 Now therefore, listen to me, my children;
Pay attention to the words of my mouth:
Matthew 4:4
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4 But He answered and said, “It is written, (A)‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ”
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Proverbs 2:6
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6 (A)For the Lord gives wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding;
Proverbs 8:6
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6 Listen, for I will speak of (A)excellent things,
And from the opening of my lips will come right things;
Proverbs 8:8
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8 All the words of my mouth are with righteousness;
Nothing crooked or perverse is in them.
Isaiah 45:23
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23 (A)I have sworn by Myself;
The word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness,
And shall not return,
That to Me every (B)knee shall bow,
(C)Every tongue shall take an oath.
Jeremiah 9:20
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20 Yet hear the word of the Lord, O women,
And let your ear receive the word of His mouth;
Teach your daughters wailing,
And everyone her neighbor a lamentation.
Isaiah 55:11
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11 (A)So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me [a]void,
But it shall accomplish what I please,
And it shall (B)prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 55:11 empty, without fruit
Ezekiel 3:17
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17 (A)“Son of man, I have made you (B)a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore hear a word from My mouth, and give them (C)warning from Me:
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Ezekiel 33:7
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7 (A)“So you, son of man: I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear a word from My mouth and warn them for Me.
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Psalm 78:1
New King James Version
God’s Kindness to Rebellious Israel
A (A)Contemplation[a] of Asaph.
78 Give ear, O my people, to my law;
Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
Footnotes
- Psalm 78:1 Heb. Maschil
Psalm 89:34
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34 My covenant I will not break,
Nor (A)alter the word that has gone out of My lips.
Psalm 17:4
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4 Concerning the works of men,
By the word of Your lips,
I have kept away from the paths of the destroyer.
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