Genesis 18:30

In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

He said, “You cannot see my face, for man may not see me and live.”

You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

In praying, don’t use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.

The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.

For Yahweh is great, and greatly to be praised! He is to be feared above all gods.

He said to them, “When you pray, say, ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

I will surely require accounting for your life’s blood. At the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, I will require the life of man.

Reuben answered them, saying, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘Don’t sin against the child,’ and you wouldn’t listen? Therefore also, behold, his blood is required.”

Moses said before Yahweh, “Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh listen to me?”

Aaron said, “Don’t let the anger of my lord grow hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil.

He said to Korah and to all his company, “In the morning, Yahweh will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him. Even him whom he shall choose, he will cause to come near to him.

you shall surely set him whom Yahweh your God chooses as king over yourselves. You shall set as king over you one from among your brothers. You may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.

Yahweh, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this desire forever in the thoughts of the heart of your people, and prepare their heart for you;

Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.

For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.

Arise, Yahweh! God, lift up your hand! Don’t forget the helpless.

But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord.”

Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; for he said, “I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”

You shall be over my house. All my people will be ruled according to your word. Only in the throne I will be greater than you.”

Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying, “Behold, the children of Israel haven’t listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, when I have uncircumcised lips?”

How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed, should I not now require his blood from your hand, and rid the earth of you?”

Yahweh said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your supplication, that you have made before me. I have made this house holy, which you have built, to put my name there forever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised. He also is to be feared above all gods.

because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before God, when you heard his words against this place, and against its inhabitants, and have humbled yourself before me, and have torn your clothes, and wept before me, I also have heard you,” says Yahweh.

For Ezra had set his heart to seek Yahweh’s law, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel.

Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”

Yahweh’s eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry.

“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

Yahweh said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries to me from the ground.

Abraham answered, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, although I am dust and ashes.

I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with just my staff I crossed over this Jordan; and now I have become two companies.

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh. Without you, no man shall lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.”

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.

Yahweh said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.

Moses said to Yahweh, “O Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.”

“ ‘You shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary; I am Yahweh.

I will raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you. I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.

They said to him, “Hold your peace, put your hand on your mouth, and go with us. Be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?”

Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, “None of us will give his daughter to Benjamin as a wife.”

Listen to the supplication of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. Yes, hear in heaven, your dwelling place; and when you hear, forgive.

Yahweh’s word came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

Also the hand of God came on Judah to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by Yahweh’s word.

and I said, “My God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God; for our iniquities have increased over our head, and our guiltiness has grown up to the heavens.

“Isn’t God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!

I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you.

This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

For Yahweh Most High is awesome. He is a great King over all the earth.

For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, who has no helper.

You, even you, are to be feared. Who can stand in your sight when you are angry?

Make vows to Yahweh your God, and fulfill them! Let all of his neighbors bring presents to him who is to be feared.

Praise Yah! I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation.

But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases.

He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them.

The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh.

Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

“If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand over your mouth.

Guard your steps when you go to God’s house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don’t know that they do evil.

It will happen that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

Then I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! Behold, I don’t know how to speak; for I am a child.”

“Behold, he will come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoever is chosen, I will appoint him over it. For who is like me? Who will appoint me a time? Who is the shepherd who will stand before me?”

Behold, the enemy will come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation; for I will suddenly make them run away from it. Whoever is chosen, I will appoint him over it; for who is like me? Who will appoint me a time? Who is the shepherd who can stand before me?”

Let him put his mouth in the dust, if it is so that there may be hope.

“ ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “For this, moreover, I will be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them: I will increase them with men like a flock.

“ ‘ “My servant David will be king over them. They all will have one shepherd. They will also walk in my ordinances, and observe my statutes, and do them.

“I saw in the visions of my head on my bed, and behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from the sky.

The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might. They will lay their hand on their mouth. Their ears will be deaf.

They were greatly afraid, and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”

When he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.”

Great fear came on the whole assembly, and on all who heard these things.

and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can’t be uttered.

For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord.

Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let’s have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,

For we all stumble in many things. Anyone who doesn’t stumble in word is a perfect person, able to bridle the whole body also.

Who wouldn’t fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you only are holy. For all the nations will come and worship before you. For your righteous acts have been revealed.”

He said, “Oh don’t let the Lord be angry, and I will speak just once more. What if ten are found there?” He said, “I will not destroy it for the ten’s sake.”

Then Judah came near to him, and said, “Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord’s ears, and don’t let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh.

Gideon said to God, “Don’t let your anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once. Please let me make a trial just this once with the fleece. Let it now be dry only on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew.”

“Behold, I am of small account. What will I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.

For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted.

Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,

a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?

Don’t be rash with your mouth, and don’t let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.

Then I said, “Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell among a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh of Armies!”

Their prince will be one of them, and their ruler will proceed from among them. I will cause him to draw near, and he will approach me; for who is he who has had boldness to approach me?” says Yahweh.

“Therefore I tell you, God’s Kingdom will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation producing its fruit.

Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, and said, “It was necessary that God’s word should be spoken to you first. Since indeed you thrust it from yourselves, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

“He said to me, ‘Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.’”

“Be it known therefore to you, that the salvation of God is sent to the nations, and they will listen.”