Jos 1:8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
Job 27:4 my lips will not speak falsehood,
and my tongue will not utter deceit.
and my tongue will not utter deceit.
Psa 1:2 but his delight is in the law of the Lord,
and on his law he meditates day and night.
and on his law he meditates day and night.
Psa 2:1 Why do the nations rage
and the peoples plot in vain?
and the peoples plot in vain?
Psa 35:28 Then my tongue shall tell of your righteousness
and of your praise all the day long.
and of your praise all the day long.
Psa 37:30 The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom,
and his tongue speaks justice.
and his tongue speaks justice.
Psa 38:12 Those who seek my life lay their snares;
those who seek my hurt speak of ruin
and meditate treachery all day long.
those who seek my hurt speak of ruin
and meditate treachery all day long.
Psa 63:6 when I remember you upon my bed,
and meditate on you in the watches of the night;
and meditate on you in the watches of the night;
Psa 71:24 And my tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long,
for they have been put to shame and disappointed
who sought to do me hurt.
for they have been put to shame and disappointed
who sought to do me hurt.
Psa 77:12 I will ponder all your work,
and meditate on your mighty deeds.
and meditate on your mighty deeds.
Psa 115:7 They have hands, but do not feel;
feet, but do not walk;
and they do not make a sound in their throat.
feet, but do not walk;
and they do not make a sound in their throat.
Psa 143:5 I remember the days of old;
I meditate on all that you have done;
I ponder the work of your hands.
I meditate on all that you have done;
I ponder the work of your hands.
Pro 8:7 for my mouth will utter truth;
wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
Pro 15:28 The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer,
but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
Pro 24:2 for their hearts devise violence,
and their lips talk of trouble.
and their lips talk of trouble.
Isa 8:19 And when they say to you, “Inquire of the mediums and the necromancers who chirp and mutter,” should not a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living?
Isa 16:7 Therefore let Moab wail for Moab,
let everyone wail.
Mourn, utterly stricken,
for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth.
let everyone wail.
Mourn, utterly stricken,
for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth.
Isa 31:4 For thus the Lord said to me,
“As a lion or a young lion growls over his prey,
and when a band of shepherds is called out against him
he is not terrified by their shouting
or daunted at their noise,
so the Lord of hosts will come down
to fight on Mount Zion and on its hill.
“As a lion or a young lion growls over his prey,
and when a band of shepherds is called out against him
he is not terrified by their shouting
or daunted at their noise,
so the Lord of hosts will come down
to fight on Mount Zion and on its hill.
Isa 33:18 Your heart will muse on the terror:
“Where is he who counted, where is he who weighed the tribute?
Where is he who counted the towers?”
“Where is he who counted, where is he who weighed the tribute?
Where is he who counted the towers?”
Isa 38:14 Like a swallow or a crane I chirp;
I moan like a dove.
My eyes are weary with looking upward.
O Lord, I am oppressed; be my pledge of safety!
I moan like a dove.
My eyes are weary with looking upward.
O Lord, I am oppressed; be my pledge of safety!
Isa 59:3 For your hands are defiled with blood
and your fingers with iniquity;
your lips have spoken lies;
your tongue mutters wickedness.
and your fingers with iniquity;
your lips have spoken lies;
your tongue mutters wickedness.
Isa 59:11 We all growl like bears;
we moan and moan like doves;
we hope for justice, but there is none;
for salvation, but it is far from us.
we moan and moan like doves;
we hope for justice, but there is none;
for salvation, but it is far from us.
Isa 59:13 transgressing, and denying the Lord,
and turning back from following our God,
speaking oppression and revolt,
conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words.
and turning back from following our God,
speaking oppression and revolt,
conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words.
Jer 48:31 Therefore I wail for Moab;
I cry out for all Moab;
for the men of Kir-hareseth I mourn.
I cry out for all Moab;
for the men of Kir-hareseth I mourn.
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