She opens her mouth with wisdom. Kind instruction is on her tongue.
The chapter commends advocacy for vulnerable people and strength joined with wise, kind speech.
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Old Testament
Deuteronomy1 verses →
Anonymous. Largely a farewell address placed in Moses' mouth by a narrator who goes on to describe his death.
Joshua1 verses →
Anonymous. Tells Joshua's story in the third person.
Psalms6 verses →
Many hands over centuries. Superscriptions assign a number to David; those are ancient editorial notes, not signatures.
Proverbs3 verses →
A collection headed as Solomon's, which elsewhere names other compilers.
Ecclesiastes1 verses →
Written in the voice of 'the Preacher, the son of David' — a role rather than a name.
Isaiah2 verses →
Spans centuries of material and has long been read as the work of more than one hand.
Lamentations1 verses →
Anonymous. Tradition assigns it to Jeremiah; the text does not.
New Testament
Matthew2 verses →
Anonymous. The name is a second-century attribution.
John3 verses →
Anonymous. Names its own source only as 'the disciple whom Jesus loved'.
Paul's letters13 verses →
Named by the text and widely accepted — the clearest authorship in the Bible. Several letters bearing his name are disputed and are marked as such.
James1 verses →
Names its author only as James, a very common name. Which James is disputed.
1 Peter1 verses →
Names Peter. Its polished Greek has made that contested since antiquity.
Revelation1 verses →
Names its author as John. Which John has been disputed since the third century.
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View all filters →Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate.
The chapter commends advocacy for vulnerable people and strength joined with wise, kind speech.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.
Wisdom teaching commends kindness, peaceful paths, restful trust, and doing available good.
When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.
Wisdom teaching commends kindness, peaceful paths, restful trust, and doing available good.
Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.
Wisdom teaching commends kindness, peaceful paths, restful trust, and doing available good.
Shout for joy to Yahweh, all you lands!
A thanksgiving song invites joyful service and recalls belonging to God's care.
Serve Yahweh with gladness. Come before his presence with singing.
A thanksgiving song invites joyful service and recalls belonging to God's care.
Know that Yahweh, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
A thanksgiving song invites joyful service and recalls belonging to God's care.
Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and he saves them out of their distresses.
The psalm recounts different experiences of distress, help, and grateful response.
He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.
The psalm recounts different experiences of distress, help, and grateful response.
For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.
The psalm recounts different experiences of distress, help, and grateful response.
This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!
The psalm celebrates deliverance with an invitation to rejoice in this day.