But Moses replied: I am not a powerful speaker. If the sons of Israel will not listen to me, why should the king of Egypt?

But Moses protested to Jehovah: I am unskilled in speech. How then will Pharaoh listen to me?

Since you rage against me and you boast in my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bridle in your mouth. I will make you go back the way you came.

my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.

People speak lies to one another. They speak with flattering lips and with double-heart. (Double Heart: They say one thing but mean another.)

The wicked walk about when immorality increases among the sons of men.

([Psalm of David]) Hear my plea for justice, O Jehovah. Pay attention to my cry. Open your ears to my prayer, spoken without deceit.

All who see me laugh at me. Insults pour from their mouths. They shake their heads and say:

Let their lying lips be speechless, since they speak against righteous people with arrogance and contempt.

He looks from his dwelling place on all the inhabitants of the earth,

Jehovah is near to those whose hearts and minds are humble and contrite. He saves the broken hearted and crushed in spirit.

You are the most handsome of men. You are an eloquent speaker. God has blessed you forever.

See what pours out of their mouths, swords from their lips! They think: Who will hear us?

You satisfy me with the richest foods. My mouth will sing your praise with joyful lips.

Deal bountifully with your servant that I may live and keep your word.

Even before I speak words from my tongue, behold, O Jehovah, You know it all.

They make their tongues as sharp as a snake's fang. Their lips hide the venom of poisonous snakes.

They make their tongues as sharp as a snake's fang. Their lips hide the venom of poisonous snakes.

Put away from you a deceitful mouth. Get rid of devious speech.

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

Righteous lips are the delight of kings. They love the man who speaks what is right.

An ungodly man digs up evil. It lies on his lips like a burning fire.

The evildoer pays attention to false lips. A liar listens attentively to a wicked tongue.

Their minds meditate on evil, and their lips talk about trouble.

He kisses the lips that give the right answer.

Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a broken pottery covered with silver dross.

Your lips are like a thread of scarlet and your mouth is lovely. Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within your locks.

Your lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under your tongue; and the smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers. His lips are like lilies, dripping sweet smelling myrrh.

The roof of your mouth is like the best wine for my beloved.' (The Shulamite) The wine goes down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.

Woe to me! I cried. I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips (a sinner) and I live among a people of unclean (filthy) lips (speech) (language). My eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of Hosts.

But with righteousness he will judge the poor, and decide with fairness for the afflicted of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth (power of his words), and with the spirit (breath) of his lips he will destroy the wicked.

With stammering lips and another tongue he will speak to this people.

The deaf will be able to hear the words of the book read to them. The blind will be freed from gloom and darkness.

For the reason that you rage against me and because your insolence (arrogance) has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth. I will make you return by the way you came.

I have seen his ways, and will heal him. I will also lead him, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.

Groan silently; make no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban and put your shoes on your feet. Do not cover your mustache and do not eat the bread of men.

You will do as I have done. You will not cover your mustache and you will not eat the bread of men.

Return to Jehovah and say to him: 'Take away all iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit (young bulls) of our lips.' (Hebrews 13:15)

Return to Jehovah and say to him: 'Take away all iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit (young bulls) of our lips.' (Hebrews 13:15)

The visionaries will be shamed. The diviners confounded! They will all cover their mouths for there is no answer from God.

These people honor me with their lips, but their heart (innermost thoughts) is far from me.

He told them: Isaiah prophesied about you hypocrites. It is written: 'This people honor me with their lips but their heart is far from me.

Their throat is an open grave. They have practiced deceit with their tongues. The poison of snakes is under their lips. (Psalm 5:9)

It is written in the law: With men of other tongues and lips of foreigners I will speak to this people. Even then they will not listen to me, said Jehovah.

Let us continually offer a sacrifice of praise to God through him [Jesus], that is, the fruit of lips that make confession (give thanks and offer praise) to his name.