Words

I call on You, O God, for You will answer me. Incline Your ear to me; hear my words.

…their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens He has pitched a tent for the sun.

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?

The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.

For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.

Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth.

His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.

All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.

See what they spew from their mouths—sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”

By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.

…who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,

A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; listen to the words of my mouth.

They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.

He sent darkness, and it became dark—yet they defied His words.

…because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.

They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.

The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.

How sweet are Your words to my taste—sweeter than honey in my mouth!

The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.

My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words.

All the kings of the earth will give You thanks, O LORD, when they hear the words of Your mouth.

When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.

Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures through all generations. The LORD is faithful in all His words and kind in all His actions.

…for gaining wisdom and discipline, for comprehending words of insight,

If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you.

My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,

It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words

…he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live.

Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.

Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many.

My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.

So now, my sons, listen to me, and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.

…if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,

…if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,

My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.

…that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.

Now, my sons, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.

All the words of my mouth are righteous; none are crooked or perverse.

When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.

The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the words of the pure are pleasant to Him.

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!

A man of knowledge restrains his words, and a man of understanding maintains a calm spirit.

The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

If you cease to hear instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.

Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise—apply your mind to my knowledge—

…to show you true and reliable words, that you may soundly answer those who sent you?

You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.

Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

A servant cannot be corrected by words alone; though he understands, he will not respond.

These are the words of Agur son of Jakeh—the burden that this man declared to Ithiel: “I am weary, O God, and worn out.

Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you and prove you a liar.

Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.

These are the words of King Lemuel—the burden that his mother taught him:

These are the words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:

Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.

As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.

Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?

For as many dreams bring futility, so do many words. Therefore, fear God.

For the more words, the more futility—and how does that profit anyone?

And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”

The calm words of the wise are heeded over the shouts of a ruler among fools.

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.

Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?

Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich even in your bedroom, for a bird of the air may carry your words, and a winged creature may report your speech.

The Teacher searched to find delightful sayings and to record accurate words of truth.

The words of the wise are like goads, and the anthologies of the masters are like firmly embedded nails driven by a single Shepherd.

You will be brought low, you will speak from the ground, and out of the dust your words will be muffled. Your voice will be like a spirit from the ground; your speech will whisper out of the dust.

And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”

On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.

They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.

Yet He too is wise and brings disaster; He does not call back His words. He will rise up against the house of the wicked and against the allies of evildoers.

You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?

But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”

Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out loudly in Hebrew: “Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!

Then Hilkiah’s son Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph’s son Joah the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they relayed to him the words of the Rabshakeh.

Perhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”

Perhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”

…who replied, “Tell your master that this is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.

Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.

Who has declared this from the beginning, so that we may know, and from times past, so that we may say: ‘He was right’? No one announced it, no one foretold it, no one heard your words.

I have put My words in your mouth, and covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”

If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,

“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchildren, from now on and forevermore,” says the LORD.

These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests in Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.

Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.

Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts says: “Because you have spoken this word, I will make My words a fire in your mouth and this people the wood it consumes.

Do not trust in deceptive words, saying: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’

But look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.

“Listen to the words of this covenant and tell them to the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.

You must tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant,

Then the LORD said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: Hear the words of this covenant and carry them out.

Then the LORD said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: Hear the words of this covenant and carry them out.

They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.