e.mer denotes spoken utterances, especially words associated with a speaker’s mouth or lips and heard, kept, or evaluated.

The term consistently denotes spoken utterances connected with a speaker, often specified as words of the mouth or lips. The verses show such utterances being heard, received, treasured, spoken uprightly, restrained, rejected, or assessed as pleasant, forceful, true, smooth, or empty.

1. Spoken utterances and statements · dominant

   The plural construct forms identify utterances belonging to or proceeding from a speaker: in Deuteronomy 32:1 the APB renders the clause "the words of my mouth," while in Job 22:22 it speaks of receiving words from a mouth and storing them in the heart. In Proverbs 16:24 the utterances are described as pleasant and beneficial, and Proverbs 6:2 places words of the lips in the warning about being snared; Job 6:26 contrasts disputed words with wind.

   Deuteronomy 32:1Job 22:22Proverbs 16:24Proverbs 6:2Job 6:26Proverbs 22:21

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB commonly presents the surrounding clauses with "words," including "words of my mouth" and "words of truth"; it also uses "sayings," "arguments," and "speech" in some contexts. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation text, these renderings indicate the clauses’ overall presentation rather than fixed equivalents.