John 1:37

For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring:

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.

Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.

An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.

so is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do.

I just want to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?

but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.

If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”

He said to me, “I have become the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life.

It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.

He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you and does miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate, but rather giving of thanks.

Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

“Hey! Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.

One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were loaded with the seven last plagues came, and he spoke with me, saying, “Come here. I will show you the wife, the Lamb’s bride.”

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

He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.

A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The work of a man’s hands shall be rewarded to him.

House of Jacob, come, and let’s walk in the light of Yahweh.

The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

The people of Bethel sent Sharezer and Regem Melech, and their men, to entreat Yahweh’s favor,

Yes, many peoples and strong nations will come to seek Yahweh of Armies in Jerusalem, and to entreat the favor of Yahweh.”

He said to them, “Take heed what you hear. With whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and more will be given to you who hear.

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will not be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, because it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb. You shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.

Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.

Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.

Many peoples shall go and say, “Come, let’s go up to the mountain of Yahweh, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths.” For the law shall go out of Zion, and Yahweh’s word from Jerusalem.

Therefore with joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.

“For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut out cisterns for themselves: broken cisterns that can’t hold water.

He brought me back to the door of the house; and behold, waters flowed out from under the threshold of the house eastward, for the front of the house faced toward the east. The waters came down from underneath, from the right side of the house, on the south of the altar.

As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, “Follow me.” He got up and followed him.

All testified about him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth, and they said, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”

But they insisted, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place.”

Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!

Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

So then, let’s follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.

For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word,

But you, beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.

I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart. I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your loving kindness and your truth from the great assembly.

“I call to you men! I send my voice to the sons of mankind.

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

Righteous lips are the delight of kings. They value one who speaks the truth.

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Come away, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices!

“I am inquired of by those who didn’t ask. I am found by those who didn’t seek me. I said, ‘See me, see me,’ to a nation that was not called by my name.

and the inhabitants of one shall go to another, saying, ‘Let’s go speedily to entreat the favor of Yahweh, and to seek Yahweh of Armies. I will go also.’

He said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men.”

But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”

Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; Lebbaeus, who was also called Thaddaeus;

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

But he answered them, “My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God, and do it.”

On the next day, he was determined to go out into Galilee, and he found Philip. Jesus said to him, “Follow me.”

The third day, there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there.

Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”

Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude was coming to him, said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, that these may eat?”

Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may receive a little.”

These, therefore, came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”

But we received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that were freely given to us by God.

from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.

He showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,

I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify these things to you for the assemblies. I am the root and the offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.”

The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” He who hears, let him say, “Come!” He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.

Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!

But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.