אֵמֶר

This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the heritage appointed to him by God.”

Please receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.

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.

Yes, I gave you my full attention, but there was no one who convinced Job, or who answered his words, among you.

for he has not directed his words against me; neither will I answer him with your speeches.

My words will utter the uprightness of my heart. That which my lips know they will speak sincerely.

For he adds rebellion to his sin. He claps his hands among us, and multiplies his words against God.”

Give ear to my words, Yahweh. Consider my meditation.

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, Yahweh, my rock, and my redeemer.

Hear my prayer, God. Listen to the words of my mouth.

Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.

because they rebelled against the words of God, and condemned the counsel of the Most High.

All the kings of the earth will give you thanks, Yahweh, for they have heard the words of your mouth.

Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken.

to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;

She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:

My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you,

to deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words,

Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth.

Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.

My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.

Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don’t depart from the words of my mouth.

you are trapped by the words of your mouth; you are ensnared with the words of your mouth.

you are trapped by the words of your mouth; you are ensnared with the words of your mouth.

My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.

that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

Now therefore, sons, listen to me. Pay attention to the words of my mouth.

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.

Yahweh detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the thoughts of the pure are pleasing.

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

He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.

All the relatives of the poor shun him: how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.

If you stop listening to instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

To teach you truth, reliable words, to give sound answers to the ones who sent you?

To teach you truth, reliable words, to give sound answers to the ones who sent you?

Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

The ways of the scoundrel are evil. He devises wicked plans to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.

Who has declared it from the beginning, that we may know? and before, that we may say, ‘He is right?’ Surely, there is no one who declares. Surely, there is no one who shows. Surely, there is no one who hears your words.

Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets; I killed them with the words of my mouth. Your judgments are like a flash of lightning.