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Matthew 12:34
You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. (niv)
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Acts 18:9-10
One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision:“ Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent.For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city.” (niv)
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Song of Solomon 4 11
Your lips drop sweetness as the honeycomb, my bride; milk and honey are under your tongue. The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon. (niv)
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Psalms 71:15-18
My mouth will tell of your righteous deeds, of your saving acts all day long— though I know not how to relate them all.I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, Sovereign Lord; I will proclaim your righteous deeds, yours alone.Since my youth, God, you have taught me, and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, my God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come. (niv)
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Psalms 45:2
You are the most excellent of men and your lips have been anointed with grace, since God has blessed you forever. (niv)
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Psalms 51:13-15
Then I will teach transgressors your ways, so that sinners will turn back to you.Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, you who are God my Savior, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.Open my lips, Lord, and my mouth will declare your praise. (niv)
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Proverbs 10:20-21
The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is of little value.The lips of the righteous nourish many, but fools die for lack of sense. (niv)
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Ecclesiastes 12:9-10
Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also imparted knowledge to the people. He pondered and searched out and set in order many proverbs.The Teacher searched to find just the right words, and what he wrote was upright and true. (niv)
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2 Timothy 2 2
And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others. (niv)
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Psalms 37:30
The mouths of the righteous utter wisdom, and their tongues speak what is just. (niv)
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Psalms 119:13
With my lips I recount all the laws that come from your mouth. (niv)
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Matthew 28:18-20
Then Jesus came to them and said,“ All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” (niv)
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Psalms 78:2-6
I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old—things we have heard and known, things our ancestors have told us.We will not hide them from their descendants; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, his power, and the wonders he has done.He decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach their children,so the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born, and they in turn would tell their children. (niv)
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Matthew 10:27
What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs. (niv)
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Ephesians 4:29
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. (niv)
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Romans 10:14-17
How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written:“ How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”But not all the Israelites accepted the good news. For Isaiah says,“ Lord, who has believed our message?”Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ. (niv)
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James 3:6
The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. (niv)
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Mark 16:15
He said to them,“ Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. (niv)
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Romans 15:18-21
I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done—by the power of signs and wonders, through the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.Rather, as it is written:“ Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.” (niv)