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camp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes. Num. xvi, 14. . . Wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.

Judges xvi, 28. And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me. I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.

Job vii, 7, 8. O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good. The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me

no more: thine eyes are upon me,

and I am not.

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Ps. cxxiil, 2. Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.

Prov. x. 26. As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

Prov. xx, 12. The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.

Eccles, i, 8. ... The eye is not satisfied with seeing.

....

Eccles. ii, 14. The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

Matth. vi, 22. The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

Matth. vii, 3. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Luke xxiv, 16. But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.

groaning; all the night make I
my bed to swim; I water my
couch with my tears.

Ps. cxvi, 8. For thou hast de-
livered my soul from death, mine
eyes from tears, and my feet from
falling.

Ps. cxix, 136. Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.

Jer. ix, 1. Oh that my head
fountain of tears, that I might
were waters, and mine eyes a
weep day and night for the slain
of the daughter of my people!

hear it, my soul shall weep in
Jer. xiii, 17. But if ye will not
secret places for your pride; and
down with tears, because the
mine eye shall weep sore, and run
LORD's flock is carried away cap-

tive.

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Jer. xxxi,16. Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

Lam. i, 16. For these things
I weep; mine eye, mine eye run-
neth down with water, because
the comforter that should relieve
my soul is far from me.....

unto the Lord, O wall of the
Lam. ii, 18. Their heart cried
daughter of Zion, let tears run
down like a river day and night:
give thyself no rest; let not the
apple of thine eye cease.

Lam. iii, 49. Mine eye trickleth
down, and ceaseth not, without
any intermission.

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LIFTING UP THE EYES, A FREQUENT FXPRESSION DENOTING BEGUN OR RE

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NEWED ATTENTION. Gen. xiii, 10,14. And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain LORD said unto Abram, after that of Jordan. And the Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and westward. ward, and southward, and east

Gen. xviii, 2. And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him.....

Gen. xxiv, 63, 64. And Isaac went out to meditate in the field his eyes, and saw, and, behold, at the eventide: and he lifted up the camels were coming. Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and off the camel. when she saw Isaac, she lighted

And

Gen. xxxi, 10. And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream...

Gen. xxxiii, 1. And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. . . . .

his eyes, and saw his brother BenGen. xliii, 29. And he lifted up jamin, his mother's son. . . . . .

Exod. xiv, 10. And when PhaIsrael lifted up their eyes, and, raoh drew nigh, the children of behold, the Egyptians marched after them... .

Deut. iii, 27. Get thee np into the top of Pisgah, and lift up ward, and southward, and eastthine eyes westward, and northward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

Josh. v, 13. And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand.

Judges xix, 17. And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of WINKING, A SIGN OF EVIL the city: and the old man said,

INTENT.

Job xv, 12. Why doth thine
do thy eyes wink at.
heart carry thee away? and what

P8. XXXV, 19. Let not them that
are mine enemies wrongfully re-
joice over me: neither let them
wink with the eye that hate me
without a cause.

SOURCE OF TEARS. Job xvi, 16, 20. My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids Prov. vi, 13. He winketh with is the shadow of death. My his eyes, he speaketh with his friends scorn me: but mine feet, he teacheth with his fingers, eye poureth out tears unto God. Prov. x, 10. He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but Ps. vi, 6. I am weary with my la prattling fool shall fall

Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?

2 Sam. xiil, 34. But Absalom fled. And the young man that and looked, and, behold, there kept the watch iifted up his eyes, of the hill side behind him. came much people by the way

2 Kings xix, 22. Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

Isa. xlix, 18. Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these

gather themselves together, and come to thee.

Isa. li, 6. Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath.

Isa. Ix, 4. Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee. ....

Jer. iii, 2. Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with.....

Ezek. viii, 5. Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.

Dan. iv, 34. And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High. Dan. x, 5. Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz.

Zech. ii, 1. I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.

Zech. v, 1, 5, 9. Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll. Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth. Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings.

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Zech. vi, 1. And I turned, and
lifted up mine eyes, and looked,
and, behold, there
chariots out from between two
mountains; and the mountains
were mountains of brass.

EYE, DIMMED BY AGE OR
SORROW.

Deut. xxxiv, 7. And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not din, nor his natural force abated.

for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

Mark vii, 22. Thifts, covetous1 Sam. iii, 2. And it came to ness, wickedness, deceit, lascivpass at that time, when Eli wasiousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, laid down in his place, and his pride, foolishness. eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see.

Job xi, 20. But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

Job xvii, 7. Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.

Job xxxi, 16. If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail.

Ps. vi, 7 Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.

Ps. xxxi, 9. Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.

1 Kings xiv, 4. And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.

Lam. v, 17. For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim."

PAINTED BY WOMEN.

2 Kings ix, 30. And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.

Luke xi, 34. The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.

SYMBOL OF INTELLECT, REASON, OR OPINION. Gen. xli, 37. And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.

Deut. xii, 8. Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.

Deut. xvi, 19. . . . . A gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the right

eous.

1 Chron. xiii, 4. And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

Ps. xix, 8. . The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Ps. cxix, 18. Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

Ps. cxxxi, 1. LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.

Prov. xii, 15. The way of a fool right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

Ezek. xxiii, 40. And further-is
more, that ye have sent for men
to come from far, unto whom a
messenger was sent; and, lo, they
came: for whom thou didst wash
thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and
deckedst thyself with ornaments.

THE EVIL EYE.

Deut. xxviii, 54. So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave.

Gen. xxvii, 1. And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Be-bread of him that hath an evil Prov. xxiii, 6. Eat thou not the hold, here am I.

Gen. xlviii, 10. Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.

Deut. xxviii, 65. And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind.

eye, neither desire thou his dainty

meats.

Prov. xxviii, 22. He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

Matth. vi, 23. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

Matth. xx, 15. Is it not lawful'

Prov. xvi, 2. All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

Prov. xvii, 8. A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

Isa. V, 15. And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled.

Isa. vi, 10. Make the heart of ears heavy, and shut their eyes; this people fat, and make their lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed,

Is. v, 21. Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

Isa. xxix, 18. And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.

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Isa. xlili, 8. Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.

Eph. 1, 18. The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheri

tance in the saints.

1 John ii, 11. But he that hateth his brother is in darkness. and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.

Rev. iii,18. I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and

anoint thine eyes with eyesalve,

that thou mayest see.

NOSE.

Lev. xxi, 18. For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous.

Num. xi, 20. But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?

2 Kings xix, 28. Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

Prov. xxx, 83. . . . . And the wringing of the nose bringeth

forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.

Cant. vil, 4.... Thy nose is as the tower of Labanon which looketh toward Damascus.

Isa. iii, 21. The rings, and nose jewels.

Ezek. viii, 17. Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.

THE MEANS OR SEAT OF

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trils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.

Job xxvii, 3. All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils.

Isa. ii, 22. Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

Lam. iv, 20. The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom

we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.

ORGAN OF SMELL. Ps. cxv, 6. . . ... Noses have they, but they smell not.

Isa. lxv, 5. Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in thy nose, a fire that burneth all the day.

Ezek. xxxix, 11. And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea; and it shall stop the noses of the passengers.....

Amos iv, 10. I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men

have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

AND OF THE DIVINE
ANGER.

Exod. xv, 8. And with the blast gathered together. . . . . . of thy nostrils the waters were

2 Sam. xxii, 9. 16. There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. And the channels of the sea appeared, the

foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

Job iv, 9. By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.

MOUTH.

1 Sam. i, 12. And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth.

2 Kings iv, 34. And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands. . . ..

Job xxxiv, 3. For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.

LIFE AND BREATH. Gen. ii, 7. And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his P3. xxii, 13. They gaped upon aostrils the breath of life. . . . . me with their mouths, as a ravenGen. vii, 22. All in whose nos-ing and a roaring lion.

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but they hear not; neither is there Ps. CXXXV, 17. They have ears,

any breath in their mouths.

Çant. v, 16. His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely.....

Isa. vi. 7. And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.

Isa. lvii, 4. Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? . . . .

Lam. iii. 29. He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.

Ezek. ii, 8. But thou, son of man. hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious that I give thee. house: open thy mouth, and eat

Rev. iii, 16. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

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Ps. Ixxviil, 30. They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,

P3. lxxxi, 10. I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

Prov. xiii, 2. A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.

Prov. xvi, 26. He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

Prov. xix, 24. A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and

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Job ix, 20. If I justify myself,
mine own mouth shall condemn
also prove me perverse.
me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall

Job xv, 6, 30. Thine own mouth
condemneth thee, and not I: yea,
thine own lips testify against

Ps. 1, 19. Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.'"

Ps. liv, 2. Hear my prayer, O God: give ear to the words of my mouth

Ps. lxvi, 14. Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

mouth against the heavens, and Ps. 1xxiii, 9. They set their their tongue walketh through the earth.

Ps. lxxviii, 2. I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old.

Psalm cvii, 412. The right eous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

wicked and the mouth of the dePs. cix, 2. For the mouth of the ceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

Ps. cxli, 3. Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

will not so much as bring it to his thee. He shall not depart out of wisdom: out of his mouth cometh

mouth again.

Prov. xxx, 20. Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness. Eccles. vi. 7. All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filed.

Cant. vii, 9. And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.

Ezek. iv, 14. Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: .... neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.

Matth. xv, 11. Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a

man.

Acts xi, 8. But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common

or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.

AND ALSO IN SPEAKING. Gen. xxiv, 57. And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth.

Gen. xlv, 12. And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.

Judges ix, 38. Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him?

2 Sam. xiv, 3. And come to the king, and speak on this manner

Prov. ii, 6. For the LORD giveth knowledge and understanding. darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath Prov. iv. 5,24. Get wisdom, get unof his mouth shall he go away. derstanding: forget it not; neither Job xvi, 5. But I would strength-mouth. Put away from thee a decline from the words of my en you with my mouth, and the froward mouth, and perverse lips moving of my lips should asswage put far from thee. your grief.

Prov. vi, 2. Thou art snared Job xix, 16. I called my servant, with the words of thy mouth, and he gave me no answer; I in-thou art taken with the words of treated him with my mouth.

Job xxiii, 4. I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

Job xxxi, 30. Neither have I

suffered my mouth to sin by wish-
ing a curse to his soul.

P3. v, 9. For there is no faithful-
ness in their mouth; their inward
part is very wickedness; their
throat is an open sepulchre; they
flatter with their tongue.

Ps. xvii, 3. Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not

transgress.

Ps. xxxvi, 3. The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.

P3. xxxvii, 30. The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

Ps. xxxix, 1. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, While the wicked is before me.

Ps. xlix, 3. My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.

thy mouth.

Prov. vii, 24. Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

shall speak truth; and wickedness Prov. viii, 7, 8. For my mouth is an abomination to my lips. All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.

Prov. xi, 9. An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

Prov. xii, 14. A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence

of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.

Prov. xiii, 3. He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

Prov. xv, 2, 14, 23. The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness. A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!

Prov. xvi. 23. The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.

Prov. xviii, 4, 7, 20. The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook. A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul. A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

Prov. xxi, 23. Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

Prov. xxvi, 7, 28. The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools. A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering

mouth worketh ruin.

thing out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

Acts xv, 7, 27. And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.

Rom. x, 10. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Eph. vi, 19. And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel.

Eccles. v, 2, 6. Be not rash with James iii, 10. Out of the same thy mouth, and let not thine heartmouth proceedeth blessing and be hasty to utter any thing before God. .... Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin.

Eccles. x, 12, 13. The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

Isa. ix, 17. . . . . For every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly.

Jer. xv, 19. Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me; and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth.

Jer. xxxvi. 17. And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?

Ezek. xxxv, 13. Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard

them.

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cursing. things ought not so to be." My brethren, these

Jude 16. These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words.

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Matth. xv, 8. This people draw. Prov. xxxi, 8, 9. Open thy mouth eth nigh unto me with their for the dumb in the cause of all mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far such as are appointed to destruc

from me.

Matth. xxi, 16. And said unto him, Hearest thou what these

say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have he never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

Luke iv, 22. And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?

Luke xi, 54. Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch some

tion. Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

Ezek. xxiv, 27. In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb. . . .

Ezek. xxxiii, 22. Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.

Dan. x, 16. And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake....

Matth. v, 2. And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying.

Luke 1, 64. And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.

Acts viii, 35. Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the to him Jesus. same scripture, and preached un

Acts x, 34. Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I

perceive that God is no respecter

of persons.

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Ps. lix, 12. For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips

let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which thy speak.

Ps. cvi, 33 Becane they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

Isa. Ivii, 19. I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.

Ezek. xxiv, 22. And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men. Ye are

taken up in the lips of talkers, Ezek. xxxvi, 3. and are an infamy of the people.

Micah ii, 7. Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners

confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.

Heb. xiii, 15. By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise

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