Deuteronomy 30:14

30:14 For the thing is very near you – it is in your mouth and in your mind ¹  so that you can do it.

Joshua 1:8

1:8 This law scroll must not leave your lips! ²  You must memorize it ³  day and night so you can carefully obey ⁴  all that is written in it. Then you will prosper ⁵  and be successful. ⁶ 

Isaiah 59:21

59:21 “As for me, this is my promise to ⁷  them,” says the Lord. “My spirit, who is upon you, and my words, which I have placed in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and descendants from this time forward,” ⁸  says the Lord.

Romans 10:8

10:8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” ⁹  (that is, the word of faith that we preach),

¹ tn Heb “heart.”

² tn Heb “mouth.”

³ tn Heb “read it in undertones,” or “recite it quietly” (see HALOT 1:237).

⁴ tn Heb “be careful to do.”

⁵ tn Heb “you will make your way prosperous.”

⁶ tn Heb “and be wise,” but the word can mean “be successful” by metonymy.

⁷ tn Or “my covenant with” (so many English versions); NCV “my agreement with.”

⁸ tn Heb “from now and on into the future.”

⁹ sn A quotation from Deut 30:14.