Exodus 4:12

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So now go, and I will be with your mouth and will teach you what you must say.”

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  • Jer 1:9 : 9 Then the LORD reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me,“I will most assuredly give you the words you are to speak for me.
  • Matt 10:19-20 : 19 Whenever they hand you over for trial, do not worry about how to speak or what to say, for what you should say will be given to you at that time. 20 For it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
  • Mark 13:11 : 11 When they arrest you and hand you over for trial, do not worry about what to speak. But say whatever is given you at that time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
  • Luke 12:11-12 : 11 But when they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you should make your defense or what you should say, 12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that moment what you must say.”
  • Luke 21:14-15 : 14 Therefore be resolved not to rehearse ahead of time how to make your defense. 15 For I will give you the words along with the wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.
  • Isa 50:4 : 4 The Servant Perseveres The Sovereign LORD has given me the capacity to be his spokesman, so that I know how to help the weary. He wakes me up every morning; he makes me alert so I can listen attentively as disciples do.
  • John 14:26 : 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and will cause you to remember everything I said to you.
  • Eph 6:19 : 19 Pray for me also, that I may be given the right words when I begin to speak– that I may confidently make known the mystery of the gospel,
  • Luke 11:1 : 1 Instructions on Prayer Now Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he stopped, one of his disciples said to him,“Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
  • Ps 25:4-5 : 4 Make me understand your ways, O LORD! Teach me your paths! 5 Guide me into your truth and teach me. For you are the God who delivers me; on you I rely all day long.
  • Ps 32:9 : 9 Do not be like an unintelligent horse or mule, which will not obey you unless they are controlled by a bridle and bit.
  • Ps 143:10 : 10 Teach me to do what pleases you, for you are my God. May your kind presence lead me into a level land.
  • Isa 49:2 : 2 He made my mouth like a sharp sword, he hid me in the hollow of his hand; he made me like a sharpened arrow, he hid me in his quiver.

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  • Exod 4:15-17
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    86%

    15“So you are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. And as for me, I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will teach you both what you must do.

    16He will speak for you to the people, and it will be as if he were your mouth and as if you were his God.

    17You will also take in your hand this staff, with which you will do the signs.”

  • Exod 4:10-11
    2 verses
    81%

    10Then Moses said to the LORD,“O my Lord, I am not an eloquent man, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant, for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.”

    11The LORD said to him,“Who gave a mouth to man, or who makes a person mute or deaf or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?

  • Exod 4:13
    80%

    13But Moses said,“O my Lord, please send anyone else whom you wish to send!”

  • Jer 1:6-9
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    6I answered,“Oh, Sovereign LORD, Really I do not know how to speak well enough for that, for I am too young.”

    7The LORD said to me,“Do not say,‘I am too young.’ But go to whomever I send you and say whatever I tell you.

    8Do not be afraid of those to whom I send you, for I will be with you to protect you,” says the LORD.

    9Then the LORD reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me,“I will most assuredly give you the words you are to speak for me.

  • Ezek 3:4
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    4He said to me,“Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak my words to them.

  • Exod 3:10-12
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    10So now go, and I will send you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.”

    11Moses said to God,“Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, or that I should bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”

    12He replied,“Surely I will be with you, and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you bring the people out of Egypt, you and they will serve God at this mountain.”

  • Num 12:8
    73%

    8With him I will speak face to face, openly, and not in riddles; and he will see the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”

  • Ps 32:8
    73%

    8I will instruct and teach you about how you should live. I will advise you as I look you in the eye.

  • Isa 6:8
    73%

    8I heard the voice of the Lord say,“Whom will I send? Who will go on our behalf?” I answered,“Here I am, send me!”

  • Judg 6:16
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    16The LORD said to him,“Ah, but I will be with you! You will strike down the whole Midianite army.”

  • Judg 6:14
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    14Then the LORD himself turned to him and said,“You have the strength. Deliver Israel from the power of the Midianites! Have I not sent you?”

  • Exod 6:29-30
    2 verses
    72%

    29he said to him,“I am the LORD. Tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I am telling you.”

    30But Moses said before the LORD,“Since I speak with difficulty, why should Pharaoh listen to me?”

  • Luke 12:12
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    12for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that moment what you must say.”

  • Isa 48:17
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    17This is what the LORD, your protector, says, the Holy One of Israel:“I am the LORD your God, who teaches you how to succeed, who leads you in the way you should go.

  • Exod 7:1-2
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    71%

    1So the LORD said to Moses,“See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.

    2You are to speak everything I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh that he must release the Israelites from his land.

  • Isa 51:16
    71%

    16Zion’s Time to Celebrate I commission you as my spokesman; I cover you with the palm of my hand, to establish the sky and to found the earth, to say to Zion,‘You are my people.’”

  • Ezek 3:22
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  • Num 23:12
    71%

    12Balaam replied,“Must I not be careful to speak what the LORD has put in my mouth?”

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    71%

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  • Exod 6:10-11
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    70%

    10Then the LORD said to Moses,

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  • Isa 8:11
    70%

    11The Lord Encourages Isaiah Indeed this is what the LORD told me quite forcefully. He warned me not to act like these people:

  • Exod 33:14
    70%

    14And the LORD said,“My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

  • Num 12:6
    70%

    6The LORD said,“Hear now my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known to him in a vision; I will speak with him in a dream.

  • Exod 7:16
    70%

    16Tell him,‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you to say,“Release my people, that they may serve me in the wilderness!” But until now you have not listened.

  • Exod 18:19
    70%

    19Now listen to me, I will give you advice, and may God be with you: You be a representative for the people to God, and you bring their disputes to God;

  • Exod 6:2
    70%

    2God spoke to Moses and said to him,“I am the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 22:22
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  • Deut 18:18
    70%

    18I will raise up a prophet like you for them from among their fellow Israelites. I will put my words in his mouth and he will speak to them whatever I command.

  • Deut 2:17
    70%

    17the LORD said to me,

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    70%

    14And now, I am about to go back to my own people. Come now, and I will advise you as to what this people will do to your people in the future.”

  • Num 23:16
    70%

    16Then the LORD met Balaam and put a message in his mouth and said,“Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you.”

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    2The LORD said to him,“What is that in your hand?” He said,“A staff.”

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