'Mouth' in the Bible

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have laid up the words of his mouth more than the purpose of my own heart.

Princes refrained from talking, and laid the hand on their mouth;

And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

And my heart have been secretly enticed, so that my mouth kissed my hand:

(Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse;)

And Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of the three men, and his anger was kindled.

Behold now, I have opened my mouth, my tongue speaketh in my palate,

For Job hath opened his mouth in vanity, and made words abundant without knowledge.

Hear attentively the roar of his voice, and the murmur going forth from his mouth.

Behold, I am nought: what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.

Lo, the river overfloweth he startleth not: he is confident though a Jordan break forth against his mouth.

Out of his mouth go forth flames; sparks of fire leap out:

His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.

For there is no certainty in their mouth; their inward part is perversion, their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established praise because of thine adversaries, to still the enemy and the avenger.

His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

They are enclosed in their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly.

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals burned forth from it.

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer.

They gape upon me with their mouth, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

Save me from the lion's mouth. Yea, from the horns of the buffaloes hast thou answered me.

By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

{A Psalm of David; when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed.} I will bless Jehovah at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

And they opened their mouth wide against me; they said, Aha! aha! our eye hath seen it.

The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, to do good.

The mouth of the righteous proffereth wisdom, and his tongue speaketh judgment;

But I, as a deaf man, hear not; and am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

{To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.} I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a muzzle, while the wicked is before me.

I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; for thou hast done it.

And he hath put a new song in my mouth, praise unto our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall confide in Jehovah.

My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding:

But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant into thy mouth,

Thou lettest thy mouth loose to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit;

Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall declare thy praise.

O God, hear my prayer; give ear to the words of my mouth.

Smooth were the milky words of his mouth, but his heart was war; his words were softer than oil, yet are they drawn swords.

O God, break their teeth in their mouth; break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.

Behold, they belch out with their mouth; swords are in their lips: for who say they doth hear?

Because of the sin of their mouth, the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and because of cursing and lying which they speak.

They only consult to thrust him down from his excellency; they delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, but in their inward part they curse. Selah.

My soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips.

But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: for the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

I called unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.

Let not the flood of waters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

My mouth shall be filled with thy praise, with thy glory, all the day.

My mouth shall declare thy righteousness, and thy salvation all the day: for I know not the numbers thereof.

They set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

{An instruction. Of Asaph.} Give ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter riddles from of old,

But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied unto him with their tongue;

I am Jehovah thy God, that brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

{An instruction. Of Ethan the Ezrahite.} I will sing of the loving-kindness of Jehovah for ever; with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness from generation to generation.

Remember his wondrous works which he hath done, his miracles and the judgments of his mouth:

The upright shall see it, and rejoice; and all unrighteousness shall stop its mouth.

For the mouth of the wicked man and the mouth of deceit are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue,

I will greatly celebrate Jehovah with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.

They have a mouth, and they speak not; eyes have they, and they see not;

With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.

And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; because I have hoped in thy judgments.

The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.

Quicken me according to thy loving-kindness, and I will keep the testimony of thy mouth.

How sweet are thy words unto my taste! more than honey to my mouth!

Accept, I beseech thee, Jehovah, the voluntary-offerings of my mouth, and teach me thy judgments.

I opened my mouth wide and panted; for I longed for thy commandments.

Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with rejoicing: then said they among the nations, Jehovah hath done great things for them.

They have a mouth, and they speak not; eyes have they, and they see not;

They have ears, and they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouth.

All the kings of the earth shall celebrate thee, Jehovah, when they have heard the words of thy mouth;

Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.

Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Rescue me, and deliver me from the hand of aliens, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

My mouth shall speak the praise of Jehovah; and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.

Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand:

For Jehovah giveth wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

Get wisdom, get intelligence: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

Put away from thee perverseness of mouth, and corrupt lips put far from thee.

For the lips of the strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;

And now, children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

A man of Belial, a wicked person, is he that goeth about with a perverse mouth;

And now, ye sons, hearken unto me, and attend to the words of my mouth.

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing tortuous or perverse in them.

The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth do I hate.

Blessings are upon the head of a righteous man; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.

The mouth of a righteous man is a fountain of life; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.

The wise lay up knowledge; but the mouth of the fool is near destruction.

The mouth of a righteous man putteth forth wisdom; but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

The lips of a righteous man know what is acceptable; but the mouth of the wicked is frowardness.

With his mouth a hypocrite destroyeth his neighbour; but through knowledge are the righteous delivered.

By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted; but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

The words of the wicked are a lying-in-wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

A man is satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth; and the recompense of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.

A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; but the soul of the treacherous, violence.

He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his soul; destruction shall be to him that openeth wide his lips.

In the fool's mouth is a rod of pride; but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright; but the mouth of the foolish poureth out folly.

The heart of an intelligent man seeketh knowledge; but the mouth of the foolish feedeth on folly.