Week 1
Proverbs 6:2 (KJV)
“Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.”
Proverbs 18:21 (NKJV)
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.”
Deuteronomy 30:19 (NKJV)
“I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live.”
James 3:4-10 (NIV)
4 Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs.
5 So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things.How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!
6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life,[a] and set on fire by hell.[b]
7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind,
8 but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
9 With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God.
10 From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers,[c] these things ought not to be so.
Proverbs 15:4 (NIV)
“The soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.”
Gen 1:3 & 6 & 9 & 11 & 14-15 & 20 & 24 & 26 ESV
3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
6 And God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”
9 And God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.
11) And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so.
14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years,
20 God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.”
24 God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds–livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.
26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
Psalm 33:6, 9 (NIV)
“By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth… For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.”
Hebrews 11:3 (NKJV)
“By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.”
Romans 10:8–10 (NKJV)
“The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach):
That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”
2 Corinthians 4:13 (ESV)
“Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what is written, ‘I believed, and so I spoke,’ we also believe, and so we also speak.”
Mark 11:22–24 (NKJV)
“Have faith in God. For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.”
1 Samuel 17:43–44 (NKJV)
So the Philistine said to David,
“Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?”
And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
And the Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”
1 Samuel 17:45–47 (NKJV)
Then David said to the Philistine,
“You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and take your head from you. And this day I will give the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the air… that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
Then all this assembly shall know that the Lord does not save with sword and spear; for the battle is the Lord’s, and He will give you into our hands.”
Mark 11:12-14
“On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry. Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see whether perhaps he would find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. He said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard it.”
Hebrews 4:2 (NKJV)
“For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.”
Hebrews 10:23 (KJV)
“Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)”
James 1:6–8 (KJV)
6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways
Proverbs 13:3 NKJV
“He who guards his mouth preserves his life, But he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.”
Proverbs 13:2 NKJV
“A man shall eat well by the fruit of his mouth, But the soul of the unfaithful feeds on violence.”
Numbers 14:26–28 (NKJV)
“And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
‘How long shall I bear with this evil congregation who complain against Me? I have heard the complaints which the children of Israel make against Me.
Say to them, “As I live,” says the Lord, “just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you:”
“The carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness…”
Week 2
Proverbs 18:21 ESV
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue…”
Roman’s 10:9,10
Believe in your heart and confess with your mouth
Hebrews 3:1
“Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession.
Hebrews 10:23
“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering.”
Isaiah 55 10-11
““For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, And do not return there, But water the earth, And make it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower And bread to the eater, So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.”
Isaiah 55:10-11 NKJV
”He sends out His command to the earth; His word runs very swiftly.“
Psalms 147:15 NKJV
”He sends out His command to the earth; His word runs very swiftly.“
Isaiah 43:26
Put Me in remembrance; Let us contend together; State your case, that you may be acquitted
Luke 4:16–21 ESV
16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read.
17 And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,
18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and recovering of sight to the blind,
to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
20 And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him.
21 And he began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”
John 8:58 ESV
Before Abraham was, I am.
Luke 24:25–32 NLT
25 Then Jesus said to them, “You foolish people! You find it so hard to believe all that the prophets wrote in the Scriptures.
26 Wasn’t it clearly predicted that the Messiah would have to suffer all these things before entering his glory?”
27 Then Jesus took them through the writings of Moses and all the prophets, explaining from all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
32 They said to each other, “Didn’t our hearts burn within us as he talked with us on the road and explained the Scriptures to us?”
2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV:
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”
2 Corinthians 5:21 NKJV
“For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”
Philippians 4:13. KJV
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
John 4:4 KJV
“Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.”
Ephesians 2:10 NIV
For we are God’s handiwork (masterpiece), created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Hebrews 10:23 NKJV
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.”
Isaiah 55:13 NKJV
Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress tree, And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree; And it shall be to the Lord for a name, For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
2 Kings 6: 4-7
They went to the Jordan and began to cut down trees. 5. As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axhead fell into the water. “Oh no, my lord!” he cried out. “It was borrowed!”
6. The man of God asked, “Where did it fall?” When he showed him the place, Elisha cut a stick and threw it there, and made the iron float. 7.“Lift it out,” he said. Then the man reached out his hand and took it.
Our Faith is built by the word
Our confession expressing our faith
2 Kings 4: 1+3+7
The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the Lord. But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves.”
Elisha said, “Go around and ask all your neighbors for empty jars. Don’t ask for just a few. 4 Then go inside and shut the door behind you and your sons. Pour oil into all the jars, and as each is filled, put it to one side.”
7 She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debts. You and your sons can live on what is left.”
Our Faith is built by the word
Our confession expressing our faith
Matthew 17:24-27
24. After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma temple tax came to Peter and asked, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax?”
25. “Yes, he does,” he replied.
Jesus said to him. 27“But so that we may not cause offense, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours.”
Matthew 8:8, 13 NIV
The centurion replied, ‘Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.’” you believed it would.’ And his servant was healed at that moment.
Mark 7:29–30 NKJV
Then He said to her, ‘For this saying go your way; the demon has gone out of your daughter.’ And when she had come to her house, she found the demon gone out, and her daughter lying on the bed.”
John 4:50–53
The Nobleman’s Son “Jesus said to him, ‘Go your way; your son lives.’ So the man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him… and his servant said to him, ‘Your son lives!’”