88 Bible Verses about Lips

Now Hannah spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard; and Eli thought she was drunken.

Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; and thy lips testify against thee.

My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart, and my lips shall utter knowledge purely.

I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three full weeks were fulfilled.

Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine: for it is cut off from your mouth.

There was a vessel therefore there full of vinegar, and having filled a sponge with vinegar, and putting hyssop round it, they put it up to his mouth.

But oh that +God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have laid up the words of his mouth more than the purpose of my own heart.

Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept from the paths of the violent man.

My covenant will I not profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

Behold, the name of Jehovah cometh from far, burning with his anger a grievous conflagration; his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a consuming fire;

{A Psalm of David; when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed.} I will bless Jehovah at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall declare thy praise.

For thy loving-kindness is better than life: my lips shall praise thee.

My lips shall pour forth praise when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

I create the fruit of the lips: peace, peace to him that is afar off, and to him that is nigh, saith Jehovah; and I will heal him.

and said to him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus says to them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established praise because of thine adversaries, to still the enemy and the avenger.

By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise continually to God, that is, the fruit of the lips confessing his name.

Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.

Hear now my defence, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

{A Prayer of David.} Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer, which is not out of feigned lips.

And much discussion having taken place, Peter, standing up, said to them, Brethren, ye know that from the earliest days God amongst you chose that the nations by my mouth should hear the word of the glad tidings and believe.

And it shall be for a sign to thee on thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the law of Jehovah may be in thy mouth; for with a powerful hand hath Jehovah brought thee out of Egypt.

And all bore witness to him, and wondered at the words of grace which were coming out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this the son of Joseph?

Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

And if she have a husband, when she hath her vow upon her or ought that hath passed her lips wherewith she hath bound her soul,

What is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and do, as thou hast vowed to Jehovah thy God, the voluntary-offering that thou hast promised with thy mouth.

I have published righteousness in the great congregation: behold, I have not withheld my lips, Jehovah, thou knowest.

With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.

And they said, What need have we any more of witness, for we have heard ourselves out of his mouth?

But I would encourage you with my mouth, and the solace of my lips should assuage your pain.

The lips of a righteous man feed many; but fools die for want of understanding.

Whilst he would fill thy mouth with laughing and thy lips with shouting,

My lips shall exult when I sing psalms unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

And Moses spoke before Jehovah, saying, Lo, the children of Israel do not hearken to me: how then should Pharaoh hearken to me, to me of uncircumcised lips?

I heard, and my belly trembled; My lips quivered at the voice; Rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in my place, That I might rest in the day of distress, When their invader shall come up against the people.

For they provoked his spirit, so that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips.

Is there wrong in my tongue? cannot my taste discern mischievous things?

Because of the sin of their mouth, the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and because of cursing and lying which they speak.

As for the head of those that encompass me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

Put away from thee perverseness of mouth, and corrupt lips put far from thee.

He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise froward things; biting his lips, he bringeth evil to pass.

Better is a poor man that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

And I said, Woe unto me! for I am undone; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of hosts.

For the lips of the strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;

Go from the presence of a foolish man, in whom thou perceivest not the lips of knowledge.

The evil-doer giveth heed to iniquitous lips; the liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.

A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for stripes. A fool's mouth is destruction to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and wouldest thou deceive with thy lips?

Let the lying lips become dumb, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile;

Jehovah, deliver my soul from the lying lip, from the deceitful tongue.

He that covereth hatred hath lying lips, and he that sendeth forth a slander is a fool.

For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips speak lies, your tongue muttereth unrighteousness:

They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour: with flattering lip, with a double heart, do they speak. Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things,

But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant into thy mouth,

Ardent lips, and a wicked heart, are as an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross. He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, but he layeth up deceit within him:

Thou hast planted them, they also have taken root: they advance, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, but far from their reins.

This people honour me with the lips, but their heart is far away from me;

But he answering said to them, Well did Esaias prophesy concerning you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honour me with their lips, but their heart is far away from me.

And the Lord saith, Forasmuch as this people draw near with their mouth, and honour me with their lips, but their heart is removed far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught of men;

The lip of truth shall be established for ever; but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

Hear, for I will speak excellent things, and the opening of my lips shall be right things. For my palate shall meditate truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and they love him that speaketh aright.

and my reins shall exult, when thy lips speak right things.

But as for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd in following thee, neither have I desired the fatal day, thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was before thy face.

The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity. For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and at his mouth they seek the law; for he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts.

The lips of a righteous man know what is acceptable; but the mouth of the wicked is frowardness.

In the lips of an intelligent man wisdom is found; but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge, but not so the heart of the foolish.

There is gold, and a multitude of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a precious Jewel.

Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart unto my knowledge. For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee: they shall be together fitted on thy lips.

A man is satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth; and the recompense of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.

A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; but the soul of the treacherous, violence.

A man's belly is satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; with the increase of his lips is he satisfied.

In the fool's mouth is a rod of pride; but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

A fool's mouth is destruction to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

And ye shall be on your guard as to everything that I have said unto you; and shall make no mention of the name of other gods it shall not be heard in thy mouth.

He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his soul; destruction shall be to him that openeth wide his lips.

For he that will love life and see good days, let him cause his tongue to cease from evil and his lips that they speak no guile.

What man is he that desireth life, and loveth days, that he may see good?

and he made it touch my mouth, and said, Behold, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin expiated.

for I will take away the names of the Baals out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.