Jeremiah 1:9

New International Reader's Version

Then the Lord reached out his hand. He touched my mouth and spoke to me. He said, “I have put my words in your mouth.

Cross References

Isaiah 49:2

He made my words like a sharp sword. He hid me in the palm of his hand. He made me into a sharpened arrow. He took good care of me and kept me safe.

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord and King has taught me what to say. He has taught me how to help those who are tired. He wakes me up every morning. He makes me want to listen like a good student.

Isaiah 51:16

I have put my words in your mouth. I have kept you safe in the palm of my hand. I set the heavens in place. I laid the foundations of the earth. I say to Zion, ‘You are my people.’ ”

Isaiah 59:21

“Here is the covenant I will make with them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit is on you and will not leave you. I have put my words in your mouth. They will never leave your mouth. And they will never leave the mouths of your children or their children after them. That will be true for all time to come,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 15:19

So the Lord says to Jeremiah, “If you turn away from your sins, I will heal you. And then you will be able to serve me. Speak words that are worthy, not worthless. Then you will be speaking for me. Let these people turn to you. But you must not turn to them.

Jeremiah 34:6

Then Jeremiah the prophet told all this to King Zedekiah in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 36:2

“Get a scroll. Write on it all the words I have spoken to you. Write down what I have said about Israel, Judah and all the other nations. Write what I have said to you from the time of King Josiah until now.

Jeremiah 5:14

The Lord God rules over all. He says to me, “The people have spoken these words. So my words will be like fire in your mouth. I will make the people like wood. And the fire will burn them up.”

Ezekiel 3:10

He continued, “Son of man, listen carefully. Take to heart everything I tell you.

Daniel 10:10

A hand touched me. It pulled me up on my hands and knees. I began to tremble with fear.

Daniel 10:16

Then someone who looked like a man touched my lips. I opened my mouth. I began to speak to the one who was standing in front of me. I said, “My master, I’m greatly troubled because of the vision I’ve seen. And I feel very weak.

Numbers 23:5

The Lord put a message in Balaam’s mouth. The Lord said, “Go back to Balak. Give him my message.”

Matthew 10:19

But when they arrest you, don’t worry about what you will say or how you will say it. At that time you will be given the right words to say.

Mark 7:33

Jesus took the man to one side, away from the crowd. He put his fingers into the man’s ears. Then he spit and touched the man’s tongue.

Luke 12:12

The Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say.”

Luke 21:15

I will give you words of wisdom. None of your enemies will be able to withstand them or prove them wrong.

Deuteronomy 18:16

At Mount Horeb you asked the Lord your God for a prophet. You asked him on the day you gathered together. You said, “We don’t want to hear the voice of the Lord our God. We don’t want to see this great fire anymore. If we do, we’ll die.”

Deuteronomy 18:17

The Lord said to me, “What they are saying is good.

Deuteronomy 18:18

I will raise up for them a prophet like you. He will be one of their own people. I will put my words in his mouth. He will tell them everything I command him to say.