Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.
The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.
Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words:
Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.
My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,
He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, 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.
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.
When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.