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Isaiah 50:4
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Isaiah 50:4
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The Servant’s Humiliation and Vindication
4 The Lord God has given me
a trained tongue,[a]
that I may know how to sustain
the weary with a word.
Morning by morning he wakens,
wakens my ear
to listen as those who are taught.(A)
Footnotes
- 50.4 Cn: Heb of those who are taught
Isaiah 50:4
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Isaiah 50:4
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4 The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
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Luke 21:15
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Luke 21:15
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15 for I will give you words[a] and a wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to withstand or contradict.(A)
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- 21.15 Gk a mouth
Luke 21:15
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Luke 21:15
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15 For I will give you(A) words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
Luke 21:15
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Luke 21:15
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15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
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Jeremiah 1:9
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Jeremiah 1:9
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9 Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me,
“Now I have put my words in your mouth.(A)
Jeremiah 1:9
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Jeremiah 1:9
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9 Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched(A) my mouth and said to me, “I have put my words in your mouth.(B)
Jeremiah 1:9
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Jeremiah 1:9
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9 Then the Lord put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
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John 7:15-17
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John 7:15-17
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15 The Jews were astonished at it, saying, “How does this man have such learning, when he has never been taught?”(A) 16 Then Jesus answered them, “My teaching is not mine but his who sent me.(B) 17 Anyone who resolves to do the will of God will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own.(C)
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John 7:15-17
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John 7:15-17
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15 The Jews(A) there were amazed and asked, “How did this man get such learning(B) without having been taught?”(C)
16 Jesus answered, “My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me.(D) 17 Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out(E) whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.
John 7:15-17
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John 7:15-17
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15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
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Proverbs 25:11
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Proverbs 25:11
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11 A word fitly spoken
is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.(A)
Proverbs 25:11
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Proverbs 25:11
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- Proverbs 25:11 Or possibly apricots
Proverbs 25:11
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Proverbs 25:11
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11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
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Exodus 4:11-12
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Exodus 4:11-12
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11 Then the Lord said to him, “Who gives speech to mortals? Who makes them mute or deaf, seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?(A) 12 Now go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you are to speak.”(B)
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Exodus 4:11-12
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Exodus 4:11-12
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11 The Lord said to him, “Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute?(A) Who gives them sight or makes them blind?(B) Is it not I, the Lord? 12 Now go;(C) I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.”(D)
Exodus 4:11-12
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Exodus 4:11-12
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11 And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord?
12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
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Proverbs 15:23
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Proverbs 15:23
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23 To make an apt answer is a joy to anyone,
and a word in season, how good it is!(A)
Proverbs 15:23
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Proverbs 15:23
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Proverbs 15:23
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Proverbs 15:23
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23 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
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Psalm 119:147
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Psalm 119:147
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147 I rise before dawn and cry for help;
I put my hope in your words.(A)
Psalm 119:147
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Psalm 119:147
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147 I rise before dawn(A) and cry for help;
I have put my hope in your word.
Psalm 119:147
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Psalm 119:147
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147 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
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Luke 4:22
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Luke 4:22
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22 All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth. They said, “Is this not Joseph’s son?”(A)
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Luke 4:22
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Luke 4:22
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22 All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his lips. “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?” they asked.(A)
Luke 4:22
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Luke 4:22
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22 And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?
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