- When you pray do not go on babbling endlessly as the pagans do, for they believe that they are more likely to be heard because of their many words.
- Pleasing words are like a honeycomb,
sweet to the soul and affording health to the body. - Give thanks to the Lord, invoke his name;
proclaim his deeds among the peoples. - 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. - A fool takes no pleasure in understanding
but only delights in expressing his own opinions. - Let the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart
find favor in your sight,
O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. - Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips
and from deceitful tongues. - With his mouth the godless man seeks to ruin his neighbor,
but knowledge enables the righteous to be delivered. - The lips of a fool cause strife,
and his mouth provokes a flogging. - Anxiety in the human heart weighs it down,
but a kind word makes it glad. - Diligent labor always yields profit,
but idle conversation only leads to poverty. - If in speaking I use human tongues
and angelic as well,
but do not have love,
I am nothing more than a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. - Then keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from telling lies. - If anyone thinks that he is religious but does not restrain his tongue, he is deceiving himself, and his religion is worthless.
- And whatever you do in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
- The lips of the righteous utter words of kindness,
but the mouth of the wicked knows only how to pervert. - Take no part in the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather seek to expose them.
For it is shameful even to speak of what deeds people do in secret. - When they arrest you and bring you to trial, do not be concerned beforehand about what you are to say. Simply say whatever is given to you when that time comes, for it will not be you who speak but the Holy Spirit.
- It is honorable to avoid strife,
but every fool is quarrelsome. - As for you, teach what is consistent with sound doctrine.
- As long as I remained silent,
my body wasted away
as the result of my groaning throughout the day. - A word is not even on my tongue
and you, O Lord, are completely aware of it. - Turn away from the mouth that deceives
and keep your distance from lips that mislead. - All you need to do is to say ‘Yes’ if you mean ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ if you mean ‘No.’ Anything beyond this comes from the evil one.
- Speak out and pronounce righteous judgments;
defend the rights of the wretched and the poor.
The heavens were made by the word of the Lord,
and all their host by the breath of his mouth.Place your hope in the Lord:
be strong and courageous in your heart,
and place your hope in the Lord. The one who provides seed for sowing and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness.Next verse!With image