'Mouth' in the Bible

From the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have established strengthBecause of Your adversaries,To make the enemy and the revengeful cease.

His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression;Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness.

You have tried my heart;You have visited me by night;You have tested me and You find nothing;I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.

They have closed their unfeeling heart,With their mouth they speak proudly.

Smoke went up out of His nostrils,And fire from His mouth devoured;Coals were kindled by it.

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heartBe acceptable in Your sight,O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer.

They open wide their mouth at me,As a ravening and a roaring lion.

Save me from the lion’s mouth;From the horns of the wild oxen You answer me.

By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,And by the breath of His mouth all their host.

A Psalm of David when he feigned madness before Abimelech, who drove him away and he departed.I will bless the Lord at all times;His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

They opened their mouth wide against me;They said, “Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it!”

The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit;He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom,And his tongue speaks justice.

But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;And I am like a mute man who does not open his mouth.

Yes, I am like a man who does not hear,And in whose mouth are no arguments.

For the choir director, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.I said, “I will guard my waysThat I may not sin with my tongue;I will guard my mouth as with a muzzleWhile the wicked are in my presence.”

“I have become mute, I do not open my mouth,Because it is You who have done it.

He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God;Many will see and fearAnd will trust in the Lord.

My mouth will speak wisdom,And the meditation of my heart will be understanding.

But to the wicked God says,“What right have you to tell of My statutesAnd to take My covenant in your mouth?

“You let your mouth loose in evilAnd your tongue frames deceit.

O Lord, open my lips,That my mouth may declare Your praise.

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

O God, shatter their teeth in their mouth;Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord.

Behold, they belch forth with their mouth;Swords are in their lips,For, they say, “Who hears?”

On account of the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips,Let them even be caught in their pride,And on account of curses and lies which they utter.

They have counseled only to thrust him down from his high position;They delight in falsehood;They bless with their mouth,But inwardly they curse. Selah.

My soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness,And my mouth offers praises with joyful lips.

Which my lips utteredAnd my mouth spoke when I was in distress.

I cried to Him with my mouth,And He was extolled with my tongue.

May the flood of water not overflow meNor the deep swallow me up,Nor the pit shut its mouth on me.

My mouth is filled with Your praiseAnd with Your glory all day long.

My mouth shall tell of Your righteousnessAnd of Your salvation all day long;For I do not know the sum of them.

They have set their mouth against the heavens,And their tongue parades through the earth.

A Maskil of Asaph.Listen, O my people, to my instruction;Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

I will open my mouth in a parable;I will utter dark sayings of old,

But they deceived Him with their mouthAnd lied to Him with their tongue.

“I, the Lord, am your God,Who brought you up from the land of Egypt;Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.

A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.I will sing of the lovingkindness of the Lord forever;To all generations I will make known Your faithfulness with my mouth.

Remember His wonders which He has done,His marvels and the judgments uttered by His mouth,

The upright see it and are glad;But all unrighteousness shuts its mouth.

For they have opened the wicked and deceitful mouth against me;They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to the Lord;And in the midst of many I will praise Him.

With my lips I have told ofAll the ordinances of Your mouth.

And do not take the word of truth utterly out of my mouth,For I wait for Your ordinances.

The law of Your mouth is better to meThan thousands of gold and silver pieces.

Revive me according to Your lovingkindness,So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth.

How sweet are Your words to my taste!Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

O accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord,And teach me Your ordinances.

I opened my mouth wide and panted,For I longed for Your commandments.

Then our mouth was filled with laughterAnd our tongue with joyful shouting;Then they said among the nations,“The Lord has done great things for them.”

May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouthIf I do not remember you,If I do not exalt JerusalemAbove my chief joy.

All the kings of the earth will give thanks to You, O Lord,When they have heard the words of Your mouth.

Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;Keep watch over the door of my lips.

As when one plows and breaks open the earth,Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

Rescue me and deliver me out of the hand of aliens,Whose mouth speaks deceitAnd whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord,And all flesh will bless His holy name forever and ever.

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