73 Bible Verses about Mouths

Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that everything comes -- both calamity and blessing?

In the same way, the promise that I make does not return to me, having accomplished nothing. No, it is realized as I desire and is fulfilled as I intend."

So he humbled you by making you hungry and then feeding you with unfamiliar manna. He did this to teach you that humankind cannot live by bread alone, but also by everything that comes from the Lord's mouth.

By the Lord's decree the heavens were made; by a mere word from his mouth all the stars in the sky were created.

But he answered, "It is written, 'Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"

Therefore, I will certainly cut you into pieces at the hands of the prophets; I will certainly kill you in fulfillment of my oracles of judgment; for my judgment will come forth like the light of the dawn.

He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots and he will depart by the breath of God's mouth.

and then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will destroy by the breath of his mouth and wipe out by the manifestation of his arrival.

Therefore, repent! If not, I will come against you quickly and make war against those people with the sword of my mouth.

God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a human being, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it happen?

He said, "The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled what he promised my father David.

He said, "The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled what he promised my father David.

You have kept your word to your servant, my father David; this very day you have fulfilled what you promised.

You have kept your word to your servant, my father David; this very day you have fulfilled what you promised.

The law you have revealed is more important to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.

This law scroll must not leave your lips! You must memorize it day and night so you can carefully obey all that is written in it. Then you will prosper and be successful.

I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my allotted portion.

With my lips I proclaim all the regulations you have revealed. I rejoice in the lifestyle prescribed by your rules as if they were riches of all kinds.

I will raise up a prophet like you for them from among their fellow Israelites. I will put my words in his mouth and he will speak to them whatever I command.

So now go, and I will be with your mouth and will teach you what you must say."

Balaam said to Balak, "Look, I have come to you. Now, am I able to speak just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth."

The woman said to Elijah, "Now I know that you are a prophet and that the Lord really does speak through you."

He made my mouth like a sharp sword, he hid me in the hollow of his hand; he made me like a sharpened arrow, he hid me in his quiver.

The Lord said to me, "Do not say, 'I am too young.' But go to whomever I send you and say whatever I tell you.

He said to me, "Son of man, eat what you see in front of you -- eat this scroll -- and then go and speak to the house of Israel." So I opened my mouth and he fed me the scroll. He said to me, "Son of man, feed your stomach and fill your belly with this scroll I am giving to you." So I ate it, and it was sweet like honey in my mouth.read more.
He said to me, "Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak my words to them.

who said by the Holy Spirit through your servant David our forefather, 'Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot foolish things?

From the fruit of a person's mouth his stomach is satisfied, with the product of his lips is he satisfied.

So he brought the men down to the water. Then the Lord said to Gideon, "Separate those who lap the water as a dog laps from those who kneel to drink." Three hundred men lapped; the rest of the men kneeled to drink water.

They ate until they were stuffed; he gave them what they desired. They were not yet filled up, their food was still in their mouths,

The sluggard plunges his hand in the dish, and he will not even bring it back to his mouth!

This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, "I have not done wrong."

And I said, "Ah, sovereign Lord, I have never been ceremonially defiled before. I have never eaten a carcass or an animal torn by wild beasts; from my youth up, unclean meat has never entered my mouth."

All your fortifications will be like fig trees with first-ripe fruit: If they are shaken, their figs will fall into the mouth of the eater!

But I said, 'Certainly not, Lord, for nothing defiled or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth!'

I would go out after it, strike it down, and rescue the sheep from its mouth. If it rose up against me, I would grab it by its jaw, strike it, and kill it.

Who can open the doors of its mouth? Its teeth all around are fearsome.

This is what the Lord says: "Just as a shepherd salvages from the lion's mouth a couple of leg bones or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites who live in Samaria will be salvaged. They will be left with just a corner of a bed, and a part of a couch."

They open their mouths to devour me like a roaring lion that rips its prey.

Rescue me from the mouth of the lion, and from the horns of the wild oxen! You have answered me!

But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed for all the Gentiles to hear. And so I was delivered from the lion's mouth!

My God sent his angel and closed the lions' mouths so that they have not harmed me, because I was found to be innocent before him. Nor have I done any harm to you, O king."

Then the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, "What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?" And Balaam said to the donkey, "You have made me look stupid; I wish there were a sword in my hand, for I would kill you right now." The donkey said to Balaam, "Am not I your donkey that you have ridden ever since I was yours until this day? Have I ever attempted to treat you this way?" And he said, "No."

Through faith they conquered kingdoms, administered justice, gained what was promised, shut the mouths of lions,

yet was rebuked for his own transgression (a dumb donkey, speaking with a human voice, restrained the prophet's madness).

Then the serpent spouted water like a river out of his mouth after the woman in an attempt to sweep her away by a flood, but the earth came to her rescue; the ground opened up and swallowed the river that the dragon had spewed from his mouth.

Then I saw three unclean spirits that looked like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.

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

But I would strengthen you with my words; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.

May my words and my thoughts be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my sheltering rock and my redeemer.

For my mouth speaks truth, and my lips hate wickedness.

I praise you constantly and speak of your splendor all day long.

O Lord, give me the words! Then my mouth will praise you.

As if with choice meat you satisfy my soul. My mouth joyfully praises you,

A well-written song by Ethan the Ezrachite. I will sing continually about the Lord's faithful deeds; to future generations I will proclaim your faithfulness.

so that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

I will tell about your justice, and all day long proclaim your salvation, though I cannot fathom its full extent.

Even when I am old and gray, O God, do not abandon me, until I tell the next generation about your strength, and those coming after me about your power.

For with the heart one believes and thus has righteousness and with the mouth one confesses and thus has salvation.

I will declare a wise saying; I will share my profound thoughts.

The godly speak wise words and promote justice.

The speech of the righteous bears the fruit of wisdom, but the one who speaks perversion will be destroyed.

He taught what was true; sinful words were not found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and integrity, and he turned many people away from sin. For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge of sacred things, and people should seek instruction from him because he is the messenger of the Lord who rules over all.

This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet: "I will open my mouth in parables, I will announce what has been hidden from the foundation of the world."

I will sing a song that imparts wisdom; I will make insightful observations about the past.

His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; his tongue injures and destroys.

Don't keep speaking so arrogantly, letting proud talk come out of your mouth! For the Lord is a God who knows; he evaluates what people do.

"If evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,

For they do not speak the truth; their stomachs are like the place of destruction, their throats like an open grave, their tongues like a steep slope leading into it.

The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.

You do damage with words, and use your tongue to deceive.

For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her seductive words are smoother than olive oil,