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If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the mouth of Jehovah, to do good or bad of my own heart. What Jehovah speaks, that I will speak.

They are enclosed in their own fat; their mouth speaks proudly;

The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks judgment.

For this the Lord shall not rejoice over their young men, nor have pity on their orphans and widows; for everyone is a hypocrite and an evildoer; and every mouth speaks foolishness. In all this His anger does not turn away, but His hand

Their tongue is a murdering arrow; it speaks deceit. One speaks peace with his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he sets his ambush.

Offspring of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

The good man brings forth good out of the good treasure of his heart. And the evil man brings forth evil out of the evil treasure of his heart, for his mouth speaks out of the abundance of his heart.

But we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those within the Law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world be under judgment to God.

These are murmurers, complainers, going according to their lusts, and their mouth speaks proud things, admiring faces for the sake of gain.