'Mouths' in the Bible
Take double the money with you; you must take back the money that was returned in the mouths of your sacks -- perhaps it was an oversight.
Look, the money that we found in the mouths of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan. Why then would we steal silver or gold from your master's house?
Now write down for yourselves the following song and teach it to the Israelites. Put it into their very mouths so that this song may serve as my witness against the Israelites!
He replied, 'I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.' The Lord said, 'Deceive and overpower him. Go out and do as you have proposed.'
So now, look, the Lord has placed a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours; but the Lord has decreed disaster for you."
He replied, 'I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.' The Lord said, 'Deceive and overpower him. Go out and do as you have proposed.'
So now, look, the Lord has placed a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours; but the Lord has decreed disaster for you."
You imparted your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold your manna from their mouths; you provided water for their thirst.
People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me.
Look at me and be appalled; put your hands over your mouths.
the chief men refrained from talking and covered their mouths with their hands;
the voices of the nobles fell silent, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.
They waited for me as people wait for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rains.
From the mouths of children and nursing babies you have ordained praise on account of your adversaries, so that you might put an end to the vindictive enemy.
They open their mouths to devour me like a roaring lion that rips its prey.
O God, break the teeth in their mouths! Smash the jawbones of the lions, O Lord!
They spend all their time planning how to bring him down. They love to use deceit; they pronounce blessings with their mouths, but inwardly they utter curses. (Selah)
But the king will rejoice in God; everyone who takes oaths in his name will boast, for the mouths of those who speak lies will be shut up.
They were not yet filled up, their food was still in their mouths,
They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see,
They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see,
"As for me, this is my promise to them," says the Lord. "My spirit, who is upon you, and my words, which I have placed in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and descendants from this time forward," says the Lord.
Their tongues are like deadly arrows. They are always telling lies. Friendly words for their neighbors come from their mouths. But their minds are thinking up ways to trap them.
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."
The prophets will be ashamed; the omen readers will be humiliated. All of them will cover their mouths, for they will receive no divine oracles."
Nations will see this and be disappointed by all their strength, they will put their hands over their mouths, and act as if they were deaf.
"The Lord who rules over all also says, 'Gather strength, you who are listening to these words today from the mouths of the prophets who were there at the founding of the house of the Lord who rules over all, so that the temple might be built.
But this will be the nature of the plague with which the Lord will strike all the nations that have fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will decay while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot away in their sockets, and their tongues will dissolve in their mouths.