73 Bible Verses about Mouths

Do not both adversity and good
come from the mouth of the Most High?

so My word that comes from My mouth
will not return to Me empty,
but it will accomplish what I please
and will prosper in what I send it to do.”

He humbled you by letting you go hungry; then He gave you manna to eat, which you and your fathers had not known, so that you might learn that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

The heavens were made by the word of the Lord,
and all the stars, by the breath of His mouth.

But He answered, “It is written:

Man must not live on bread alone
but on every word that comes
from the mouth of God.”

This is why I have used the prophets
to cut them down;
I have killed them with the words of My mouth.
My judgment strikes like lightning.

He will not escape from the darkness;
flames will wither his shoots,
and by the breath of God’s mouth, he will depart.

and then the lawless one will be revealed. The Lord Jesus will destroy him with the breath of His mouth and will bring him to nothing with the brightness of His coming.

Therefore repent! Otherwise, I will come to you quickly and fight against them with the sword of My mouth.

God is not a man who lies,
or a son of man who changes His mind.
Does He speak and not act,
or promise and not fulfill?

He said:

May the Lord God of Israel be praised!
He spoke directly to my father David,
and He has fulfilled the promise by His power.
He said,

He said:

May the Lord God of Israel be praised!
He spoke directly to my father David,
and He has fulfilled the promise
by His power.
He said,

You have kept what You promised
to Your servant, my father David.
You spoke directly to him
and You fulfilled Your promise by Your power
as it is today.

You have kept what You promised
to Your servant, my father David.
You spoke directly to him,
and You fulfilled Your promise by Your power,
as it is today.

Instruction from Your lips is better for me
than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

This book of instruction must not depart from your mouth; you are to recite it day and night so that you may carefully observe everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in whatever you do.

I have not departed from the commands of His lips;
I have treasured the words of His mouth
more than my daily food.

With my lips I proclaim
all the judgments from Your mouth.
I rejoice in the way revealed by Your decrees
as much as in all riches.

I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.

Now go! I will help you speak and I will teach you what to say.”

Balaam said to him, “Look, I have come to you, but can I say anything I want? I must speak only the message God puts in my mouth.”

Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know you are a man of God and the Lord’s word from your mouth is true.”

He made my words like a sharp sword;
He hid me in the shadow of His hand.
He made me like a sharpened arrow;
He hid me in His quiver.

Then the Lord said to me:

Do not say, “I am only a youth,”
for you will go to everyone I send you to
and speak whatever I tell you.

He said to me: “Son of man, eat what you find here. Eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel.” So I opened my mouth, and He fed me the scroll. “Son of man,” He said to me, “eat and fill your stomach with this scroll I am giving you.” So I ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. read more.
Then He said to me: “Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak My words to them.

You said through the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of our father David Your servant:

Why did the Gentiles rage
and the peoples plot futile things?

From the fruit of his mouth a man’s stomach is satisfied;
he is filled with the product of his lips.

So he brought the people down to the water, and the Lord said to Gideon, “Separate everyone who laps water with his tongue like a dog. Do the same with everyone who kneels to drink.” The number of those who lapped with their hands to their mouths was 300 men, and all the rest of the people knelt to drink water.

They ate and were completely satisfied,
for He gave them what they craved.
Before they had satisfied their desire,
while the food was still in their mouths,

The slacker buries his hand in the bowl;
he doesn’t even bring it back to his mouth.

This is the way of an adulteress:
she eats and wipes her mouth
and says, “I’ve done nothing wrong.”

But I said, “Oh, Lord God, I have never been defiled. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything that died naturally or was mauled by wild beasts. And impure meat has never entered my mouth.”

All your fortresses are fig trees
with figs that ripened first;
when shaken, they fall—
right into the mouth of the eater!

“‘No, Lord!’ I said. ‘For nothing common or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth!’

I went after it, struck it down, and rescued the lamb from its mouth. If it reared up against me, I would grab it by its fur, strike it down, and kill it.

Who can open his jaws,
surrounded by those terrifying teeth?

The Lord says:

As the shepherd snatches two legs
or a piece of an ear
from the lion’s mouth,
so the Israelites who live in Samaria
will be rescued
with only the corner of a bed
or the cushion of a couch.

They open their mouths against me—
lions, mauling and roaring.

Save me from the mouth of the lion!
You have rescued me
from the horns of the wild oxen.

But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the proclamation might be fully made through me and all the Gentiles might hear. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth.

My God sent His angel and shut the lions’ mouths. They haven’t hurt me, for I was found innocent before Him. Also, I have not committed a crime against you my king.”

Then the Lord opened the donkey’s mouth, and she asked Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?” Balaam answered the donkey, “You made me look like a fool. If I had a sword in my hand, I’d kill you now!” But the donkey said, “Am I not the donkey you’ve ridden all your life until today? Have I ever treated you this way before?”

“No,” he replied.

who by faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions,

but received a rebuke for his transgression: A donkey that could not talk spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s irrationality.

From his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river flowing after the woman, to sweep her away in a torrent. But the earth helped the woman. The earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river that the dragon had spewed from his mouth.

Then I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming from the dragon’s mouth, from the beast’s mouth, and from the mouth of the false prophet.

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,
but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Instead, I would encourage you with my mouth,
and the consolation from my lips would bring relief.

May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable to You,
Lord, my rock and my Redeemer.

For my mouth tells the truth,
and wickedness is detestable to my lips.

My mouth is full of praise
and honor to You all day long.

Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare Your praise.

You satisfy me as with rich food;
my mouth will praise You with joyful lips.

A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.I will sing about the Lord’s faithful love forever;
I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations
with my mouth.

so that you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ with a united mind and voice.

My mouth will tell about Your righteousness
and Your salvation all day long,
though I cannot sum them up.

Even when I am old and gray,
God, do not abandon me.
Then I will proclaim Your power
to another generation,
Your strength to all who are to come.

One believes with the heart, resulting in righteousness, and one confesses with the mouth, resulting in salvation.

My mouth speaks wisdom;
my heart’s meditation brings understanding.

The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom;
his tongue speaks what is just.

The mouth of the righteous produces wisdom,
but a perverse tongue will be cut out.

True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing wrong was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and fairness and turned many from sin. For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts.

so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled:

I will open My mouth in parables;
I will declare things kept secret
from the foundation of the world.

I will declare wise sayings;
I will speak mysteries from the past—

Cursing, deceit, and violence fill his mouth;
trouble and malice are under his tongue.

Do not boast so proudly,
or let arrogant words come out of your mouth,
for the Lord is a God of knowledge,
and actions are weighed by Him.

Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth
and he conceals it under his tongue,

For there is nothing reliable in what they say;
destruction is within them;
their throat is an open grave;
they flatter with their tongues.

The words of his mouth are malicious and deceptive;
he has stopped acting wisely and doing good.

You unleash your mouth for evil
and harness your tongue for deceit.

Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey
and her words are smoother than oil,