Verse 6

Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my greatest joy.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 3:26 : 26 I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, for they are a rebellious house.
  • Ps 22:15 : 15 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts within me.
  • Ps 84:10 : 10 Behold our shield, O God, and look with favor upon Your anointed.
  • Isa 41:17 : 17 The poor and needy search for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. But I, the Lord, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
  • Lam 4:4 : 4 The tongue of the nursing infant clings to the roof of its mouth because of thirst. The children beg for bread, but no one gives it to them.
  • Matt 6:33 : 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
  • Acts 20:24 : 24 'But I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish my course and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus—to testify to the gospel of God’s grace.'
  • Phil 1:20 : 20 My eager expectation and hope is that I will not be ashamed in anything, but that with all boldness, now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.
  • 1 Thess 3:7-9 : 7 For this reason, brothers, in all our distress and affliction, we were comforted about you through your faith. 8 For now we live, if you stand firm in the Lord. 9 For what thanks can we render to God for you in return for all the joy with which we rejoice because of you before our God.
  • Job 29:10 : 10 The voices of nobles quieted, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.