282 verses

Gen 10:5

(NIV)
(From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.)

(ESV)
From these the coastland peoples spread in their lands, each with his own language, by their clans, in their nations.

Gen 10:20

(NIV)
These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.

(ESV)
These are the sons of Ham, by their clans, their languages, their lands, and their nations.

Gen 10:31

(NIV)
These are the sons of Shem by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.

(ESV)
These are the sons of Shem, by their clans, their languages, their lands, and their nations.

Exod 4:10

(NIV)
Moses said to the Lord, ‘Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.’

(ESV)
But Moses said to the Lord, “Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of tongue.”

Exod 6:12

(NIV)
But Moses said to the Lord, ‘If the Israelites will not listen to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips?’

(ESV)
But Moses said to the Lord, “Behold, the people of Israel have not listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, for I am of uncircumcised lips?”

Exod 6:30

(NIV)
But Moses said to the Lord, ‘Since I speak with faltering lips, why would Pharaoh listen to me?’

(ESV)
But Moses said to the Lord, “Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips. How will Pharaoh listen to me?”

Exod 11:7

(NIV)
But among the Israelites not a dog will bark at any person or animal.” Then you will know that the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.
(ESV)
But not a dog shall growl against any of the people of Israel, either man or beast, that you may know that the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.’

Lev 5:4

(NIV)
or if anyone thoughtlessly takes an oath to do anything, whether good or evil (in any matter one might carelessly swear about) even though they are unaware of it, but then they learn of it and realise their guilt –
(ESV)
or if anyone utters with his lips a rash oath to do evil or to do good, any sort of rash oath that people swear, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it, and he realizes his guilt in any of these;

Num 13:30

(NIV)
Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, ‘We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.’

(ESV)
But Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “Let us go up at once and occupy it, for we are well able to overcome it.”

Num 30:6

(NIV)
‘If she marries after she makes a vow or after her lips utter a rash promise by which she binds herself
(ESV)
If she marries a husband, while under her vows or any thoughtless utterance of her lips by which she has bound herself,

Num 30:8

(NIV)
But if her husband forbids her when he hears about it, he nullifies the vow that binds her or the rash promise by which she binds herself, and the Lord will release her.

(ESV)
But if, on the day that her husband comes to hear of it, he opposes her, then he makes void her vow that was on her, and the thoughtless utterance of her lips by which she bound herself. And the Lord will forgive her.

Num 30:12

(NIV)
But if her husband nullifies them when he hears about them, then none of the vows or pledges that came from her lips will stand. Her husband has nullified them, and the Lord will release her.
(ESV)
But if her husband makes them null and void on the day that he hears them, then whatever proceeds out of her lips concerning her vows or concerning her pledge of herself shall not stand. Her husband has made them void, and the Lord will forgive her.

Deut 23:23

(NIV)
Whatever your lips utter you must be sure to do, because you made your vow freely to the Lord your God with your own mouth.

(ESV)
You shall be careful to do what has passed your lips, for you have voluntarily vowed to the Lord your God what you have promised with your mouth.

Deut 28:49

(NIV)
The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle swooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand,
(ESV)
The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the end of the earth, swooping down like the eagle, a nation whose language you do not understand,

Josh 7:21

(NIV)
when I saw in the plunder a beautiful robe from Babylonia, two hundred shekels of silver and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.’

(ESV)
when I saw among the spoil a beautiful cloak from Shinar, and 200 shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels, then I coveted them and took them. And see, they are hidden in the earth inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”

Josh 7:24

(NIV)
Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the gold bar, his sons and daughters, his cattle, donkeys and sheep, his tent and all that he had, to the Valley of Achor.
(ESV)
And Joshua and all Israel with him took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver and the cloak and the bar of gold, and his sons and daughters and his oxen and donkeys and sheep and his tent and all that he had. And they brought them up to the Valley of Achor.

Josh 10:21

(NIV)
The whole army then returned safely to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah, and no one uttered a word against the Israelites.

(ESV)
then all the people returned safe to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah. Not a man moved his tongue against any of the people of Israel.

Josh 15:2

(NIV)
Their southern boundary started from the bay at the southern end of the Dead Sea,
(ESV)
And their south boundary ran from the end of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces southward.

Josh 15:5

(NIV)
The eastern boundary is the Dead Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan.

The northern boundary started from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan,
(ESV)
And the east boundary is the Salt Sea, to the mouth of the Jordan. And the boundary on the north side runs from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan.

Josh 18:19

(NIV)
It then went to the northern slope of Beth Hoglah and came out at the northern bay of the Dead Sea, at the mouth of the Jordan in the south. This was the southern boundary.

(ESV)
Then the boundary passes on to the north of the shoulder of Beth-hoglah. And the boundary ends at the northern bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan: this is the southern border.

Judg 3:19

(NIV)
But on reaching the stone images near Gilgal he himself went back to Eglon and said, ‘Your majesty, I have a secret message for you.’

The king said to his attendants, ‘Leave us!’ And they all left.

(ESV)
But he himself turned back at the idols near Gilgal and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” And he commanded, “Silence.” And all his attendants went out from his presence.

Judg 7:5

(NIV)
So Gideon took the men down to the water. There the Lord told him, ‘Separate those who lap the water with their tongues as a dog laps from those who kneel down to drink.’
(ESV)
So he brought the people down to the water. And the Lord said to Gideon, “Every one who laps the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set by himself. Likewise, every one who kneels down to drink.”

1Sam 1:13

(NIV)
Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her voice was not heard. Eli thought she was drunk
(ESV)
Hannah was speaking in her heart; only her lips moved, and her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli took her to be a drunken woman.

2Sam 23:2

(NIV)
‘The Spirit of the Lord spoke through me;
his word was on my tongue.
(ESV)
“The Spirit of the Lord speaks by me;
his word is on my tongue.

2Kgs 19:28

(NIV)
Because you rage against me
and because your insolence has reached my ears,
I will put my hook in your nose
and my bit in your mouth,
and I will make you return
by the way you came.”
(ESV)
Because you have raged against me
and your complacency has come into my ears,
I will put my hook in your nose
and my bit in your mouth,
and I will turn you back on the way
by which you came.

Neh 8:11

(NIV)
The Levites calmed all the people, saying, ‘Be still, for this is a holy day. Do not grieve.’

(ESV)
So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be quiet, for this day is holy; do not be grieved.”

Neh 13:24

(NIV)
Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or the language of one of the other peoples, and did not know how to speak the language of Judah.
(ESV)
And half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod, and they could not speak the language of Judah, but only the language of each people.

Esth 1:22

(NIV)
He sent dispatches to all parts of the kingdom, to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, proclaiming that every man should be ruler over his own household, using his native tongue.

(ESV)
He sent letters to all the royal provinces, to every province in its own script and to every people in its own language, that every man be master in his own household and speak according to the language of his people.

Esth 3:12

(NIV)
Then on the thirteenth day of the first month the royal secretaries were summoned. They wrote out in the script of each province and in the language of each people all Haman’s orders to the king’s satraps, the governors of the various provinces and the nobles of the various peoples. These were written in the name of King Xerxes himself and sealed with his own ring.
(ESV)
Then the king’s scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and an edict, according to all that Haman commanded, was written to the king’s satraps and to the governors over all the provinces and to the officials of all the peoples, to every province in its own script and every people in its own language. It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the king’s signet ring.

Esth 8:9

(NIV)
At once the royal secretaries were summoned – on the twenty-third day of the third month, the month of Sivan. They wrote out all Mordecai’s orders to the Jews, and to the satraps, governors and nobles of the 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush. These orders were written in the script of each province and the language of each people and also to the Jews in their own script and language.
(ESV)
The king’s scribes were summoned at that time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day. And an edict was written, according to all that Mordecai commanded concerning the Jews, to the satraps and the governors and the officials of the provinces from India to Ethiopia, 127 provinces, to each province in its own script and to each people in its own language, and also to the Jews in their script and their language.

Job 2:10

(NIV)
He replied, ‘You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?’

In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

(ESV)
But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

Job 5:21

(NIV)
You will be protected from the lash of the tongue,
and need not fear when destruction comes.
(ESV)
You shall be hidden from the lash of the tongue,
and shall not fear destruction when it comes.

Job 6:30

(NIV)
Is there any wickedness on my lips?
Can my mouth not discern malice?
(ESV)
Is there any injustice on my tongue?
Cannot my palate discern the cause of calamity?

Job 8:21

(NIV)
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter
and your lips with shouts of joy.
(ESV)
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter,
and your lips with shouting.

Job 11:5

(NIV)
Oh, how I wish that God would speak,
that he would open his lips against you
(ESV)
But oh, that God would speak
and open his lips to you,

Job 12:11

(NIV)
Does not the ear test words
as the tongue tastes food?
(ESV)
Does not the ear test words
as the palate tastes food?

Job 13:6

(NIV)
Hear now my argument;
listen to the pleas of my lips.
(ESV)
Hear now my argument
and listen to the pleadings of my lips.

Job 15:5

(NIV)
Your sin prompts your mouth;
you adopt the tongue of the crafty.
(ESV)
For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
and you choose the tongue of the crafty.

Job 15:6

(NIV)
Your own mouth condemns you, not mine;
your own lips testify against you.
(ESV)
Your own mouth condemns you, and not I;
your own lips testify against you.

Job 16:5

(NIV)
But my mouth would encourage you;
comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
(ESV)
I could strengthen you with my mouth,
and the solace of my lips would assuage your pain.

Job 20:12

(NIV)
‘Though evil is sweet in his mouth
and he hides it under his tongue,
(ESV)
Though evil is sweet in his mouth,
though he hides it under his tongue,

Job 20:13

(NIV)
though he cannot bear to let it go
and lets it linger in his mouth,
(ESV)
though he is loath to let it go
and holds it in his mouth,

Job 20:16

(NIV)
He will suck the poison of serpents;
the fangs of an adder will kill him.
(ESV)
He will suck the poison of cobras;
the tongue of a viper will kill him.

Job 23:12

(NIV)
I have not departed from the commands of his lips;
I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.
(ESV)
I have not departed from the commandment of his lips;
I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.

Job 27:4

(NIV)
my lips will not say anything wicked,
and my tongue will not utter lies.
(ESV)
my lips will not speak falsehood,
and my tongue will not utter deceit.

Job 29:10

(NIV)
the voices of the nobles were hushed,
and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.
(ESV)
the voice of the nobles was hushed,
and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.

Job 31:30

(NIV)
I have not allowed my mouth to sin
by invoking a curse against their life –
(ESV)
( I have not let my mouth sin
by asking for his life with a curse),

Job 32:20

(NIV)
I must speak and find relief;
I must open my lips and reply.
(ESV)
I must speak, that I may find relief;
I must open my lips and answer.

Job 33:2

(NIV)
I am about to open my mouth;
my words are on the tip of my tongue.
(ESV)
Behold, I open my mouth;
the tongue in my mouth speaks.

Job 33:3

(NIV)
My words come from an upright heart;
my lips sincerely speak what I know.
(ESV)
My words declare the uprightness of my heart,
and what my lips know they speak sincerely.

Job 34:3

(NIV)
For the ear tests words
as the tongue tastes food.
(ESV)
for the ear tests words
as the palate tastes food.

Job 41:1

(NIV)
‘Can you pull in Leviathan with a fishhook
or tie down its tongue with a rope?
(ESV)
“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook
or press down his tongue with a cord?

Ps 5:9

(NIV)
Not a word from their mouth can be trusted;
their heart is filled with malice.
Their throat is an open grave;
with their tongues they tell lies.
(ESV)
For there is no truth in their mouth;
their inmost self is destruction;
their throat is an open grave;
they flatter with their tongue.

Ps 10:7

(NIV)
His mouth is full of lies and threats;
trouble and evil are under his tongue.
(ESV)
His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression;
under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.

Ps 12:2

(NIV)
Everyone lies to their neighbour;
they flatter with their lips
but harbour deception in their hearts.
(ESV)
Everyone utters lies to his neighbor;
with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

Ps 12:3

(NIV)
May the Lord silence all flattering lips
and every boastful tongue –
(ESV)
May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,
the tongue that makes great boasts,

Ps 12:4

(NIV)
those who say,
‘By our tongues we will prevail;
our own lips will defend us – who is lord over us?’
(ESV)
those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail,
our lips are with us; who is master over us?”

Ps 15:3

(NIV)
whose tongue utters no slander,
who does no wrong to a neighbour,
and casts no slur on others;
(ESV)
who does not slander with his tongue
and does no evil to his neighbor,
nor takes up a reproach against his friend;

Ps 16:4

(NIV)
Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more.
I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods
or take up their names on my lips.
(ESV)
The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply;
their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
or take their names on my lips.

(NIV)

A prayer of David.

(ESV)

A Prayer of David.

Ps 17:1

(NIV)
Hear me, Lord, my plea is just;
listen to my cry.
Hear my prayer –
it does not rise from deceitful lips.
(ESV)
Hear a just cause, O Lord; attend to my cry!
Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!
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