Jeremiah 1:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.”
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“Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Then the Lord put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Then Jehovah put forth his hand, and touched my mouth; and Jehovah said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Jehovah putteth forth His hand, and striketh against my mouth, and Jehovah saith unto me, `Lo, I have put my words in thy mouth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 1:9 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 4:11And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
- Exodus 4:15You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.
- Deuteronomy 18:16This is what you asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, “Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God or see this great fire anymore, so that we will not die!”
- Deuteronomy 18:17Then the LORD said to me, “They have spoken well.
- Deuteronomy 18:18I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.
- Isaiah 6:6Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.
- Isaiah 49:2He made My mouth like a sharp sword; He hid Me in the shadow of His hand. He made Me like a polished arrow; He hid Me in His quiver.
- Isaiah 50:4The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
- Isaiah 51:16I have put My words in your mouth, and covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”
- Isaiah 59:21“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchildren, from now on and forevermore,” says the LORD.
- Jeremiah 5:14Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts says: “Because you have spoken this word, I will make My words a fire in your mouth and this people the wood it consumes.
- Jeremiah 15:19Therefore this is what the LORD says: “If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless, you will be My spokesman. It is they who must turn to you, but you must not turn to them.
- Jeremiah 34:6In Jerusalem, then, Jeremiah the prophet relayed all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah
- Ezekiel 3:10“Son of man,” He added, “listen carefully to all the words I speak to you, and take them to heart.
- Daniel 10:16And suddenly one with the likeness of a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and said to the one standing before me, “My lord, because of the vision, I am overcome with anguish, and I have no strength.
- Matthew 10:19But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say.
- Luke 12:12For at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.”
- Luke 21:15For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
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