For with the heart one believes and thus has righteousness and with the mouth one confesses and thus has salvation.

He committed no sin nor was deceit found in his mouth.

and no lie was found on their lips; they are blameless.

A jar full of sour wine was there, so they put a sponge soaked in sour wine on a branch of hyssop and lifted it to his mouth.

so that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led away as captives among all nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

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

because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

For the power of the horses resides in their mouths and in their tails, because their tails are like snakes, having heads that inflict injuries.

So I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it, and it did taste as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach became bitter.

So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, “Take the scroll and eat it. It will make your stomach bitter, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth.”