<p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<b><i>Their mouths arei>b><n id="1" /> <i><b>full of cursing and bitternessb>.i>&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

But I hope to see you right away, and we will speak face to face.<n id="1" /> <v id="(1:15)" /> Peace be with you.<n id="2" /> The friends here<n id="3" /> greet you. Greet the friends<n id="4" /> there<n id="5" /> by name.p>

Then<n id="1" /> he began to teach<n id="2" /> them by saying:p>

But I said, &#8216;Certainly not, Lord, for nothing defiled or ritually unclean<n id="1" /> has ever entered my mouth!&#8217;

At that<n id="1" /> the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near<n id="2" /> Paul<n id="3" /> to strike<n id="4" /> him on the mouth.

<p class="bodytext">We have spoken freely to you,<n id="1" /> Corinthians; our heart has been opened wide to you.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Though I have many other<n id="1" /> things to write to you, I do not want to do so with<n id="2" /> paper and ink,<n id="3" /> but I hope to come visit you and speak face to face,<n id="4" /> so that our joy may be complete.<n id="5" />p>

Immediately<n id="1" /> Zechariah&#8217;s<n id="2" /> mouth was opened and his tongue<n id="3" /> released,<n id="4" /> and he spoke, blessing God.

<p class="bodytext">Then Peter started speaking:<n id="1" /> &#8220;I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism in dealing with people,<n id="2" />

Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart.

This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet:<n id="1" />p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<b><i>I will open my mouth in parables,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><i><b>I will announce what has been hidden from the foundation of the worldb>.i>&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

What defiles a person is not what goes into the mouth; it is what<n id="1" /> comes out of the mouth that defiles a person.&#8221;

Don&#8217;t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach and then passes out into the sewer?<n id="1" />

For I will give you the words<n id="1" /> along with the wisdom<n id="2" /> that none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.

So Philip started speaking,<n id="1" /> and beginning with this scripture<n id="2" /> proclaimed the good news about Jesus to him.

These people are grumblers and<n id="1" /> fault-finders who go<n id="2" /> wherever their desires lead them,<n id="3" /> and they give bombastic speeches,<n id="4" /> enchanting folks<n id="5" /> for their own gain.<n id="6" />p>

The beast<n id="1" /> was given a mouth speaking proud words<n id="2" /> and blasphemies, and he was permitted<n id="3" /> to exercise ruling authority<n id="4" /> for forty-two months.

So<n id="1" /> the beast<n id="2" /> opened his mouth to blaspheme against God &#8211; to blaspheme both his name and his dwelling place,<n id="3" /> that is, those who dwell in heaven.

Now<n id="1" /> the beast that I saw was like a leopard, but its feet were like a bear&#8217;s, and its mouth was like a lion&#8217;s mouth. The<n id="2" /> dragon gave the beast<n id="3" /> his power, his throne, and great authority to rule.<n id="4" />

The good person out of the good treasury of his<n id="1" /> heart<n id="2" /> produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasury<n id="3" /> produces evil, for his mouth speaks<n id="4" /> from what fills<n id="5" /> his heart.p>