Psalms 139:4 Cross References

Psalms 139:4

4: You know what I am going to say even before I say it, LORD.

For the word of God is full of living power. It is sharper than the sharpest knife, cutting deep into our innermost thoughts and desires. It exposes us for what we really are.
Nothing in all creation can hide from him. Everything is naked and exposed before his eyes. This is the God to whom we must explain all that we have done.

You ask, `Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorance?' It is I. And I was talking about things I did not understand, things far too wonderful for me.

Your mouths are filled with wickedness, and your tongues are full of lies.
You sit around and slander a brother--your own mother's son.
While you did all this, I remained silent, and you thought I didn't care. But now I will rebuke you, listing all my charges against you.

May the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart be pleasing to you, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.

If you claim to be religious but don't control your tongue, you are just fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless.

I take back everything I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance."
After the LORD had finished speaking to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite: "I am angry with you and with your two friends, for you have not been right in what you said about me, as my servant Job was.
Now take seven young bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer on your behalf. I will not treat you as you deserve, for you have not been right in what you said about me, as my servant Job was."

A good person produces good words from a good heart, and an evil person produces evil words from an evil heart.
And I tell you this, that you must give an account on judgment day of every idle word you speak.
The words you say now reflect your fate then; either you will be justified by them or you will be condemned."

For these men have done terrible things among my people. They have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives and have lied in my name. I am a witness to this," says the LORD.

We all make many mistakes, but those who control their tongues can also control themselves in every other way.
We can make a large horse turn around and go wherever we want by means of a small bit in its mouth.
And a tiny rudder makes a huge ship turn wherever the pilot wants it to go, even though the winds are strong.
So also, the tongue is a small thing, but what enormous damage it can do. A tiny spark can set a great forest on fire.
And the tongue is a flame of fire. It is full of wickedness that can ruin your whole life. It can turn the entire course of your life into a blazing flame of destruction, for it is set on fire by hell itself.

"I will search with lanterns in Jerusalem's darkest corners to find and punish those who sit contented in their sins, indifferent to the LORD, thinking he will do nothing at all to them.

"You have said terrible things about me," says the LORD. "But you say, `What do you mean? How have we spoken against you?'
"You have said, `What's the use of serving God? What have we gained by obeying his commands or by trying to show the LORD Almighty that we are sorry for our sins?
From now on we will say, "Blessed are the arrogant." For those who do evil get rich, and those who dare God to punish them go free of harm.'"
Then those who feared the LORD spoke with each other, and the LORD listened to what they said. In his presence, a scroll of remembrance was written to record the names of those who feared him and loved to think about him.

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