But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.

Receive, please, instruction from His mouth, And lay up His words in your heart.

So that my heart has been secretly enticed, And my mouth has kissed my hand;

You have tested my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me and have found nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

They have closed up their fat hearts; With their mouths they speak proudly.

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.

My mouth shall speak wisdom, And the meditation of my heart shall give understanding.

The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, But war was in his heart; His words were softer than oil, Yet they were drawn swords.

The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, But the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.

The heart of the righteous studies how to answer, But the mouth of the wicked pours forth evil.

The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, And adds learning to his lips.

Do not be rash with your mouth, And let not your heart utter anything hastily before God. For God is in heaven, and you on earth; Therefore let your words be few.

Therefore the Lord said: “Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths And honor Me with their lips, But have removed their hearts far from Me, And their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men,

Their tongue is an arrow shot out; It speaks deceit; One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, But in his heart he lies in wait.

Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They make you worthless; They speak a vision of their own heart, Not from the mouth of the Lord.

So they come to you as people do, they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they do not do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their hearts pursue their own gain.

Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me.

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

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach):

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

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