Jeremiah 1:9

New American Bible - revised edition

Then the Lord extended his hand and touched my mouth, saying to me, See, I place my words in your mouth!

Cross References

Isaiah 49:2

He made my mouth like a sharp-edged sword, concealed me, shielded by his hand. He made me a sharpened arrow, in his quiver he hid me.

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord God has given me a well-trained tongue, That I might know how to answer the weary a word that will waken them. Morning after morning he wakens my ear to hear as disciples do;

Isaiah 51:16

I have put my words into your mouth, I covered you, shielded by my hand, Stretching out the heavens, laying the foundations of the earth, saying to Zion: You are my people.

Isaiah 59:21

This is my covenant with them, which I myself have made, says the Lord: My spirit which is upon you and my words that I have put in your mouth Shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouths of your children Nor the mouths of your children’s children from this time forth and forever, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 15:19

Thus the Lord answered me: If you come back and I take you back, in my presence you shall stand; If you utter what is precious and not what is worthless, you shall be my mouth. Then they will be the ones who turn to you, not you who turn to them.

Jeremiah 34:6

Jeremiah the prophet told all these things to Zedekiah, king of Judah, in Jerusalem,

Jeremiah 36:2

Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you about Israel, Judah, and all the nations, from the day I first spoke to you, from the days of Josiah, until today.

Jeremiah 5:14

Therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, because you have said this— See! I make my words a fire in your mouth, And this people the wood that it shall devour!—

Ezekiel 3:10

Then he said to me, Son of man, take into your heart all my words that I speak to you; hear them well.

Daniel 10:10

But then a hand touched me, raising me to my hands and knees.

Daniel 10:16

Then something like a hand touched my lips; I opened my mouth and said to the one standing before me, “My lord, I was seized with pangs at the vision and I was powerless.

Numbers 23:5

The Lord put an utterance in Balaam’s mouth, and said: Go back to Balak, and speak accordingly.

Matthew 10:19

When they hand you over, do not worry about how you are to speak or what you are to say. You will be given at that moment what you are to say.

Mark 7:33

He took him off by himself away from the crowd. He put his finger into the man’s ears and, spitting, touched his tongue;

Luke 12:12

For the holy Spirit will teach you at that moment what you should say.” Saying Against Greed.

Luke 21:15

for I myself shall give you a wisdom in speaking that all your adversaries will be powerless to resist or refute.

Deuteronomy 18:16

This is exactly what you requested of the Lord, your God, at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, “Let me not again hear the voice of the Lord, my God, nor see this great fire any more, or I will die.”

Deuteronomy 18:17

And the Lord said to me, What they have said is good.

Deuteronomy 18:18

I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their kindred, and will put my words into the mouth of the prophet; the prophet shall tell them all that I command.