My mouth is filled with your praises as I relate your glory all day long. | Let my mouth be filled with Your praise And with Your glory all the day. |
For the Lord himself is the one who bestows wisdom; from his mouth come forth knowledge and understanding. | For the Lord gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding. |
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Out of the same mouth flow blessings and curses. This should not be so, my brethren. | Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so. |
The lips of a fool cause strife, and his mouth provokes a flogging. | A fool’s lips enter into contention, And his mouth calls for blows. |
The lips of the righteous utter words of kindness, but the mouth of the wicked knows only how to pervert. | The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, But the mouth of the wicked what is perverse. |
The heavens were made by the word of the Lord, and all their host by the breath of his mouth. | By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth. |
Let the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart find favor in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. | Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer. |
Turn away from the mouth that deceives and keep your distance from lips that mislead. | Put away from you a deceitful mouth, And put perverse lips far from you. |
Jesus answered, “As it is written: ‘Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.’ ” | But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ” |
For one believes in the heart and so is justified, and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved. | For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. |
I have not strayed from the commandments of his lips; I have treasured in my heart the words of his mouth. | I have not departed from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth More than my necessary food. |
He who guards his mouth makes his life secure, but one who talks excessively ensures his own downfall. | He who guards his mouth preserves his life, But he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction. |
With his mouth the godless man seeks to ruin his neighbor, but knowledge enables the righteous to be delivered. | The hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbor, But through knowledge the righteous will be delivered. |
So shall my word be that issues forth from my mouth. It will not return to me unfulfilled, but it will accomplish my purpose and achieve what I sent it forth to do. | So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. |
I lifted up my voice in prayer to him; his praise was on my tongue. | I cried to Him with my mouth, And He was extolled with my tongue. |
Blessings are showered on the head of the righteous, but sorrow will cover the face of the wicked. | Blessings are on the head of the righteous, But violence covers the mouth of the wicked. |
A good man produces good from the store of goodness in his heart, whereas an evil man produces evil from the store of evil within him. For the mouth speaks from the abundance of the heart. | 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. |
I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise will be continually on my lips. | I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. |
Acquire wisdom and gain understanding; never forget or turn aside from my words. | Get wisdom! Get understanding! Do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth. |
He brought you low, allowing you to suffer from hunger. He then fed you with manna, something with which your fathers were not familiar, so that you might come to know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes forth from the mouth of the Lord. | So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord. |
The words of a wise man win favor, but a fool’s tongue is his undoing. | The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, But the lips of a fool shall swallow him up. |
Do not let this book of the law be absent from your mouth; meditate upon it day and night, so that you might carefully observe everything that is written in it. Then you will prosper and be successful. | This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. |
Speak out and pronounce righteous judgments; defend the rights of the wretched and the poor. | Open your mouth, judge righteously, And plead the cause of the poor and needy. |
Speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves, and defend the rights of the destitute. | Open your mouth for the speechless, In the cause of all who are appointed to die. |
I refrained from eating any choice food, abstaining from consuming meat or wine, and I did not anoint myself until those three weeks had passed. | I ate no pleasant food, no meat or wine came into my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled. |