Psalm 141:3
73 helpful votesSet a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
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Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
There is an abundance of gold and rubies, but lips of knowledge are a rare treasure.
A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in airing his opinions.
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body. When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can guide the whole animal. Consider ships as well. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot is inclined. In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze. . . .
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.
Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.
Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children, and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God. But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed. Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving. For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. . . .
Of David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, so that the king drove him away. I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise will always be on my lips.
A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices, and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.
Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. With his wife’s full knowledge, he kept back some of the proceeds for himself, but brought a portion and laid it at the apostles’ feet. Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land? Did it not belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? How could you conceive such a deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God!” On hearing these words, Ananias fell down and died. And great fear came over all who heard what had happened. . . .
And with it he touched my mouth and said: “Now that this has touched your lips, your iniquity is removed and your sin is atoned for.”
You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.
You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
An honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies.
Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil, a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
When I sing praise to You my lips will shout for joy, along with my soul, which You have redeemed.
The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple. Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.” At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook, and the temple was filled with smoke. Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.” . . .
He who speaks the truth declares what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.
Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.
Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
A prayer of David. Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer—it comes from lips free of deceit.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.
Do to others as you would have them do to you.
Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.
But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,
Be careful to follow through on what comes from your lips, because you have freely vowed to the LORD your God with your own mouth.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
My words are from an upright heart, and my lips speak sincerely what I know.
When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.
The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.
A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
As for the deeds of men—by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah
O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.
For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder.
If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,
my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
When Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain and sat down. His disciples came to Him, and He began to teach them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. . . .
Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.
My lips pour forth praise, for You teach me Your statutes.
But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.
Above all, my brothers, do not swear, not by heaven or earth or by any other oath. Simply let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, so that you will not fall under judgment.
Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips.
I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
If a woman marries while under a vow or rash promise by which she has bound herself,
The heart of the wise man instructs his mouth and adds persuasiveness to his lips.
Even a fool is considered wise if he keeps silent, and discerning when he holds his tongue.
A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
He who rebukes a man will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue.
For the choirmaster. According to Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men. They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart. May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue. They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?” “For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.” . . .
My mouth is filled with Your praise and with Your splendor all day long.
“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”
But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Hannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk
Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,
He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,
Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it.
But I would encourage you with my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would bring relief.
But if her husband nullifies them on the day he hears of them, then nothing that came from her lips, whether her vows or pledges, shall stand. Her husband has nullified them, and the LORD will absolve her.
He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’
They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning? I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest. Yet You are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. In You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them. They cried out to You and were set free; they trusted in You and were not disappointed. . . .
I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.
the vows that my lips promised and my mouth spoke in my distress.
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