88 Bible Verses about Lips

Hannah was praying inwardly. Her lips were quivering, and her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk.

Your own mouth is condemning you, not I; your own lips will testify against you."

I speak from the innocence of my heart; and my lips will utter what I sincerely know.

I ate no fancy foods neither meat nor wine entered my mouth. Furthermore, I didn't use any ointment until the end of the entire three weeks.

"Wake up, you drunkards! Cry aloud and howl, you wine drinkers, because your supply of new wine has been snatched from you.

A jar of sour wine was standing there, so they put a sponge full of the wine on a branch of hyssop and held it to his mouth.

"But what if God were to speak? What if he were to talk with you,

I haven't wandered away from the commands that he has spoken; I've treasured what he has said more than my own meals."

As for the ways of mankind, I have, according to the words of your lips, avoided the ways of the violent.

I will not dishonor my covenant, because I will not change what I have spoken.

See, the name of the LORD comes from far away, burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke; his lips are full of fury, and his tongue is like a devouring fire.

I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise will be in my mouth continuously.

Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.

Because your gracious love is better than life itself, my lips will praise you.

May my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes.

when I create the fruit of the lips: Peace to the one who is far away or near," says the LORD, "and I'll heal him.

and asked him, "Do you hear what these people are saying?"

Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babies you have established strength on account of your adversaries, in order to silence the enemy and vengeful foe.

Therefore, through him let us always bring God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of our lips that confess his name.

You have granted him the desire of his heart, and have not withheld what his lips requested. Interlude

"Now listen to my dispute! Pay attention to my arguments.

LORD, hear my just plea! Pay attention to my cry! Listen to my prayer, since it does not come from lying lips.

After a lengthy debate, Peter stood up and told them, "Brothers, you know that in the early days, God chose me to be the one among you through whom the gentiles would hear the message of the gospel and believe.

It is to be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead, so that you may speak about the instruction of the LORD; for the LORD brought you out of Egypt with a strong show of force.

All the people began to speak well of him and to wonder at the gracious words that flowed from his mouth. They said, "This is Joseph's son, isn't it?"

that my lips uttered and that my mouth spoke when I was in trouble.

"If she has a husband and she makes a vow that is binding on herself, or if she makes a hasty vow with her mouth that she pledges herself to fulfill,

Be sure you do whatever you promise, because you have given your word voluntarily to the LORD your God.

In the great congregation I have proclaimed the righteous good news. Behold, I did not seal my lips, LORD, as you know.

I have spoken with my lips about all your decrees that you have announced.

"Why do we need any more testimony?" they asked. "We have heard it ourselves from his own mouth!"

and encourage you with what I have to say; my words of comfort would lessen your pain.

What the righteous person says nourishes many, but fools die because they lack discerning hearts.

He will soon fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips will shout with joy.

My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you, whose life you have redeemed.

Then Moses said right in front of the LORD, "Look, the Israelis didn't listen to me, so how will Pharaoh? I'm not a persuasive speaker."

I heard and I trembled within. My lips quivered at the noise. My legs gave way beneath me, and I trembled. Nevertheless, I await the day of distress that will dawn on our invaders.

For they rebelled against him, so that he spoke thoughtlessly with his lips.

Have I said anything that's unjust? I can discern evil, can't I?"

The sin of their mouth is the word on their lips. They will be caught in their own conceit; for they speak curses and lies.

May those who surround me discover that the trouble they talk about falls on their own head!

Never talk deceptively and don't keep company with people whose speech is corrupt.

Whoever winks knowingly is plotting deceit; anyone who purses his lips is bent towards evil.

A poor man who walks blamelessly is better than a fool who speaks perversely.

"How terrible it will be for me!" I cried, "because I am ruined! I'm a man with unclean lips, and I live among a people with unclean lips! And my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of the Heavenly Armies!"

For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil.

Stay away from a foolish man, for you will not find competent advice.

Whoever practices evil pays attention to wicked speech, and the liar listens to malicious talk.

A fool's words bring strife, and his mouth invites fighting. A fool's mouth is his unraveling, and his lips entrap himself.

Don't testify against your neighbor without a cause, and don't lie when you speak.

Let the lying lips be made still, especially those who speak arrogantly against the righteous with pride and contempt.

Then keep your tongue from doing evil and your lips from spreading lies.

"LORD, deliver me from lips that lie and tongues that deceive."

Whoever conceals hatred is a deceitful liar, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your tongue mutters wickedness.

Everyone speaks lies to his neighbor; they speak with flattering lips and hidden motives. The LORD will cut off all slippery lips, and the tongue that boasts great things,

As for the wicked, God says, "How dare you recite my statutes or speak about my covenant with your lips!

A clay vessel plated with a thin veneer of silver that's what smooth lips with a wicked heart are. Someone who hates hides behind his words, harboring deceit within himself.

You plant them and they take root, they grow and bear fruit. "You are near to us," they say with their mouths, but the truth is that you're far from their hearts.

"These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.

He told them, "Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites. As it is written, "These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.

Then the Lord said: "Because these people draw near with their mouths and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me, worship of me has become merely like rules taught by human beings.

A truthful saying is trusted forever, but the liar only for a moment.

Listen, because I have noble things to say, and what I have to say will reveal what is right. For my mouth speaks the truth wickedness is detestable to me.

Kings take pleasure in righteous speech; they treasure a person who speaks what is upright.

My innermost being will be glad when your lips speak what is right.

I haven't run away from being your shepherd, and I haven't longed for the day of sickness. You know what comes out from my lips, it's open before you.

True teachings were in his mouth, and falsehood was not found on his lips. He walked with me peacefully and righteously, and he turned many from sin. For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he's the messenger of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

Righteous lips know what is prudent, but the words of the wicked are perverse.

Wisdom characterizes the speech of the discerning, but the rod is for the backs of those lacking discernment.

What the wise have to say disseminates knowledge, but it's not in the heart of fools to do so.

There is an abundance of gold and precious stones, but lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.

Pay attention and listen to the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my teaching, for it is pleasant when you treasure them within you and have them ready on your lips.

By his fruitful speech a man can remain satisfied, and a man's handiwork will reward him.

From the fruit of his words a man receives benefit, but the treacherous crave violence.

The positive words that a man speaks fill his stomach; he will be satisfied with what his lips produce.

What a fool says brings a rod to his back, but the words of the wise protect them.

A fool's mouth is his unraveling, and his lips entrap himself.

LORD, set a guard over my mouth; keep watch over the door to my lips.

"Be careful about everything I've told you, and don't mention the name of other gods. Don't let them be heard in your mouth!"

Anyone who guards his words protects his life; anyone who talks too much is ruined.

"For the person who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

Who among you desires life, and wants long life in order to see good?

He touched my mouth and said, "Look! Now that this has touched your lips, your guilt is taken away, and your sins atoned for."

I will remove the names of the Baals from her vocabulary they will not be remembered by their names anymore.