Exodus 4:12
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12 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak.”
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Exodus 4:12
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12 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and will teach you what you shall say.
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Psalm 81:10
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10 I am Yahweh, your God,
who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Psalm 81:10
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10 I am the Lord your God, Who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.
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Psalm 103:5
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5 who satisfies your desire with good things,
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Psalm 103:5
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5 Who satisfies your mouth [your necessity and desire at your personal age and situation] with good so that your youth, renewed, is like the eagle’s [strong, overcoming, soaring]!(A)
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Isaiah 50:4-5
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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 awakens morning by morning,
he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
5 The Lord Yahweh has opened my ear.
I was not rebellious.
I have not turned back.
Isaiah 50:4-5
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4 [The [a]Servant of God says] The Lord God has given Me the tongue of a disciple and of one who is taught, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him who is weary. He wakens Me morning by morning, He wakens My ear to hear as a disciple [as one who is taught].
5 The Lord God has opened My ear, and I have not been rebellious or turned backward.
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- Isaiah 50:4 See footnote on Isa. 42:1.
Matthew 10:19-20
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19 But when they deliver you up, don’t be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say. 20 For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.
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Matthew 10:19-20
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19 But when they deliver you up, do not be anxious about how or what you are to speak; for what you are to say will be given you in that very hour and [a]moment,
20 For it is not you who are speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
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- Matthew 10:19 James Moulton and George Milligan, The Vocabulary.
Mark 13:11
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11 When they lead you away and deliver you up, don’t be anxious beforehand, or premeditate what you will say, but say whatever will be given you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.
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Mark 13:11
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11 Now when they take you [to court] and put you under arrest, do not be anxious beforehand about what you are to say [a]nor [even] meditate about it; but say whatever is given you in that hour and at [b]the moment, for it is not you who will be speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
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- Mark 13:11 Most manuscripts do not contain this phrase.
- Mark 13:11 James Moulton and George Milligan, The Vocabulary.
Luke 12:11-12
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11 When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, don’t be anxious how or what you will answer, or what you will say; 12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what you must say.”
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Luke 12:11-12
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11 And when they bring you before the synagogues and the magistrates and the authorities, do not be anxious [beforehand] how you shall reply in defense or what you are to say.
12 For the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour and [a]moment what [you] ought to say.
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- Luke 12:12 James Moulton and George Milligan, The Vocabulary.
Colossians 4:6
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6 Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
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Colossians 4:6
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6 Let your speech at all times be gracious (pleasant and winsome), seasoned [as it were] with salt, [so that you may never be at a loss] to know how you ought to answer anyone [who puts a question to you].
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James 3:2
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2 For we all stumble in many things. Anyone who doesn’t stumble in word is a perfect person, able to bridle the whole body also.
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James 3:2
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2 For we all often stumble and fall and offend in many things. And if anyone does not offend in speech [never says the wrong things], he is a fully developed character and a perfect man, able to control his whole body and to curb his entire nature.
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Proverbs 15:23
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23 Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth.
How good is a word at the right time!
Proverbs 15:23
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23 A man has joy in making an apt answer, and a word spoken at the right moment—how good it is!
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Proverbs 25:11
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11 A word fitly spoken
is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
Proverbs 25:11
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11 A word fitly spoken and in due season is like apples of gold in settings of silver.(A)
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