Job 33:3
“My words will express the uprightness of my heart,
And my lips will speak what they know with utter sincerity.
Job 27:4
My lips will not speak unjustly,
Nor will my tongue utter deceit.
Job 6:28
“Now please look at me,
And see if I lie to your face [for you know that I would not].
Job 15:2
“Should a wise man [such as you] utter such windy and vain knowledge [as we have just heard]
And fill himself with the east wind [of withering, parching, and violent accusations]?
Job 36:3-4
“I will bring my knowledge from afar,
And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
Job 38:2
“Who is this that darkens counsel [questioning my authority and wisdom]
By words without knowledge?
Psalm 37:30-31
The mouth of the righteous proclaims wisdom,
And his tongue speaks justice and truth.
Proverbs 8:7-8
“For my mouth will utter truth,
And wickedness is repulsive and loathsome to my lips.
Proverbs 15:2
The tongue of the wise speaks knowledge that is pleasing and acceptable,
But the [babbling] mouth of fools spouts folly.
Proverbs 15:7
The lips of the wise spread knowledge [sifting it as chaff from the grain];
But the hearts of [shortsighted] fools are not so.
Proverbs 20:15
There is gold, and an abundance of pearls,
But the lips of knowledge are a vessel of preciousness [the most precious of all].
1 Thessalonians 2:3-4
For our appeal does not come from delusion or impure motives, nor [is it motivated] by deceit [our message is complete, accurate, and based on the truth—it does not change].
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My lips will not speak unjustly,
Nor will my tongue utter deceit.
“For my mouth will utter truth,
And wickedness is repulsive and loathsome to my lips.
My lips
“Should a wise man [such as you] utter such windy and vain knowledge [as we have just heard]
And fill himself with the east wind [of withering, parching, and violent accusations]?
“I will bring my knowledge from afar,
And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
“Who is this that darkens counsel [questioning my authority and wisdom]
By words without knowledge?
The mouth of the righteous proclaims wisdom,
And his tongue speaks justice and truth.
The tongue of the wise speaks knowledge that is pleasing and acceptable,
But the [babbling] mouth of fools spouts folly.
There is gold, and an abundance of pearls,
But the lips of knowledge are a vessel of preciousness [the most precious of all].
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“Please hear my argument
And listen to the pleadings of my lips.