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Matthew 12:34
You nest of poisonous snakes! How can you who are evil say anything good? Your mouths say everything that is in your hearts.
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Acts 18:9-10
One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision.“ Don’t be afraid,” he said.“ Keep on speaking. Don’t be silent.I am with you. No one will attack you and harm you. I have many people in this city.”
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Song of Solomon 4 11
Your lips are as sweet as honey, my bride. Milk and honey are under your tongue. Your clothes smell like the cedar trees in Lebanon.
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Psalms 71:15-18
I will tell other people about all the good things you have done. All day long I will talk about how you have saved your people. But there’s no way I could say how many times you’ve done this.Lord and King, I will come and announce your mighty acts. I will announce all the good things that you alone do.God, ever since I was young you have taught me. To this very day I tell about your wonderful acts.God, don’t leave me even when I’m old and have gray hair. Let me live to tell my children about your power. Let me tell all of them about your mighty acts.
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Psalms 45:2
You are the most excellent of men. Your lips have been given the ability to speak gracious words. God has blessed you forever.
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Psalms 51:13-15
Then I will teach your ways to those who commit lawless acts. And sinners will turn back to you.You are the God who saves me. I have committed murder. God, take away my guilt. Then my tongue will sing about how right you are no matter what you do.Lord, open my lips so that I can speak. Then my mouth will praise you.
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Proverbs 10:20-21
The tongues of those who do right are like fine silver. But the hearts of those who do wrong aren’t worth very much.The words of those who do right benefit many people. But those who are foolish die because they have no sense.
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Ecclesiastes 12:9-10
The Teacher was wise. He gave knowledge to people. He tried out many proverbs. He thought about them carefully. Then he wrote them down in order.He did his best to find just the right words. And what he wrote was honest and true.
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2 Timothy 2 2
You have heard me teach in front of many witnesses. Pass on to people you can trust the things you’ve heard me say. Then they will be able to teach others also.
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Psalms 37:30
The mouths of those who do what is right speak words of wisdom. They say what is honest.
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Psalms 119:13
With my lips I talk about all the decisions you have made.
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Matthew 28:18-20
Then Jesus came to them. He said,“ All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.So you must go and make disciples of all nations. Baptize them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.Teach them to obey everything I have commanded you. And you can be sure that I am always with you, to the very end.”
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Psalms 78:2-6
I will open my mouth and tell a story. I will speak about things that were hidden. They happened a long time ago.We have heard about them and we know them. Our people who lived before us have told us about them.We won’t hide them from our children. We will tell them to those who live after us. We will tell them what the Lord has done that is worthy of praise. We will talk about his power and the wonderful things he has done.He gave laws to the people of Jacob. He gave Israel their law. He commanded our people who lived before us to teach his laws to their children.Then those born later would know his laws. Even their children yet to come would know them. And they in turn would tell their children.
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Matthew 10:27
What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight. What is whispered in your ear, shout from the rooftops.
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Ephesians 4:29
Don’t let any evil talk come out of your mouths. Say only what will help to build others up and meet their needs. Then what you say will help those who listen.
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Romans 10:14-17
How can they call on him unless they believe in him? How can they believe in him unless they hear about him? How can they hear about him unless someone preaches to them?And how can anyone preach without being sent? It is written,“ How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”( Isaiah 52:7)But not all the people of Israel accepted the good news. Isaiah says,“ Lord, who has believed our message?”( Isaiah 53:1)So faith comes from hearing the message. And the message that is heard is the message about Christ.
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James 3:6
The tongue is also a fire. The tongue is the most evil part of the body. It makes the whole body impure. It sets a person’s whole way of life on fire. And the tongue itself is set on fire by hell.
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Mark 16:15
He said to them,“ Go into all the world. Preach the good news to everyone.
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Romans 15:18-21
I will speak about what Christ has done through me. I won’t try to speak about anything else. He has been leading the Gentiles to obey God. He has been doing this by what I have said and done.He has given me power to do signs and wonders. I can do these things by the power of the Spirit of God. From Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum I have finished preaching. In those places, I preached the good news about Christ.I have always wanted to preach the good news where Christ was not known. I don’t want to build on what someone else has started.It is written,“ Those who were not told about him will understand. Those who have not heard will know what it all means.”( Isaiah 52:15)
