Job 3:1

Job Laments His Birth

1After this Job aopened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.

Psalms 78:1-2

Tell the Coming Generation

A Maskil
Probably a musical or liturgical term
of cAsaph.

1 dGive ear, O my people, to my teaching;
incline your ears to the words of my mouth!
2 eI will open my mouth fin a parable;
I will utter dark sayings from of old,

Proverbs 8:6

6Hear, for I will speak gnoble things,
and from my lips will come hwhat is right,

Proverbs 31:8-9

8 iOpen your mouth for the mute,
for the rights of all who are destitute.
Hebrew  are sons of passing away

9Open your mouth, kjudge righteously,
ldefend the rights of mthe poor and needy.

Matthew 13:35

35This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:
Some manuscripts Isaiah the prophet


o“I will open my mouth in parables;
pI will utter what has been hidden qsince the foundation of the world.”

Luke 6:20-26

The Beatitudes

20And rhe lifted up his eyes on his disciples, sand said:

Blessed are you who are poor, for tyours is the kingdom of God.

21 uBlessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied.

vBlessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

22Blessed are you when wpeople hate you and when they xexclude you and revile you and yspurn your name as evil, zon account of the Son of Man! 23 aaRejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for abso their fathers did to the prophets.

Jesus Pronounces Woes

24 acBut woe to you who are rich, adfor you aehave received your consolation.

25Woe to you who are full now, for afyou shall be hungry.

Woe to agyou who laugh now, ahfor you shall mourn and weep.

26Woe to you, aiwhen all people speak well of you, for ajso their fathers did to akthe false prophets.

Acts 8:35

35Then Philip opened his mouth, and albeginning with this Scripture amhe told him the good news about Jesus.
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