Proverbs 22:18

and Yahweh will guide you continually, satisfy your soul in dry places, and make your bones strong. You will be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters don’t fail.

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.”

I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

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

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:

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

If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.

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.

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.”

Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.

“As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says Yahweh. “My Spirit who is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your offspring, nor out of the mouth of your offspring’s offspring,” says Yahweh, “from now on and forever.”

How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.

For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can’t be compared to it.

Why should you be like a scared man, as a mighty man who can’t save? Yet you, Yahweh, are in the middle of us, and we are called by your name. Don’t leave us.

I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.

The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.

Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.

A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back 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.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

but his delight is in Yahweh’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.

I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart.”

Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.

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

I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near,” says Yahweh; “and I will heal them.”

He said to me, “Son of man, cause your belly to eat, and fill your bowels with this scroll that I give you.” Then I ate it; and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.

Take words with you, and return to Yahweh. Tell him, “Forgive all our sins, and accept that which is good: so we offer our lips like bulls.

But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you don’t know about.”

You are to teach the children of Israel all the statutes which Yahweh has spoken to them by Moses.”

Yahweh your God will raise up to you a prophet from among you, of your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him.

Moreover he commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might give themselves to Yahweh’s law.

Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh’s covenant is sure, making wise the simple.

I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly. Behold, I will not seal my lips, Yahweh, you know.

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.

Let my meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Yahweh.

Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.

He who heeds the Word finds prosperity. Whoever trusts in Yahweh is blessed.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.

Woe to you lawyers! For you took away the key of knowledge. You didn’t enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you hindered.”

giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;

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

I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little book. He said to me, “Take it, and eat it. It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”

If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mixed with oil.

Moses commanded us a law, an inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.

My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,

I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.

For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.

Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.

Haven’t I written to you thirty excellent things of counsel and knowledge,

Yes, my heart will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.

The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written blamelessly, words of truth.

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.

Then they said, “Come! Let’s devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law won’t perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let’s strike him with the tongue, and let’s not give heed to any of his words.”

But you, son of man, hear what I tell you. Don’t be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth, and eat that which I give you.”

He said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things.”

But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.

Yahweh’s precepts are right, rejoicing the heart. Yahweh’s commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and prepares his way so that I will show God’s salvation to him.”

I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments.

Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.

Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold, my yield than choice silver.

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul. If you have found it, then there will be a reward: Your hope will not be cut off.

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?”

They are more to be desired than gold, yes, than much fine gold, sweeter also than honey and the extract of the honeycomb.

With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.

How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!

I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder.

Let my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes.

Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.

Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.

Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.

The lips of the righteous feed many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.

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

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

He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.

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

Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart, for I am called by your name, Yahweh, God of Armies.

For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Yahweh of Armies.

He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”

Through him, then, let’s offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name.