88 Bible Verses about Lips

Hannah was speaking in her heart; only her lips moved, and her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli took her to be a drunken woman.

Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; your own lips testify against you.

My words declare the uprightness of my heart, and what my lips know they speak sincerely.

I ate no delicacies, no meat or wine entered my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all, for the full three weeks.

Awake, you drunkards, and weep, and wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it is cut off from your mouth.

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

But oh, that God would speak and open his lips to you,

I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.

With regard to the works of man, by the word of your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.

I will not violate my covenant or alter the word that went forth from my lips.

Behold, the name of the LORD comes from afar, 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 LORDat all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

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

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

My lips will pour forth praise, for you teach me your statutes.

creating the fruit of the lips. Peace, peace, to the far and to the near," says the LORD, "and I will heal him.

and they said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?" And Jesus said to them, "Yes; have you never read, "'Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise'?"

Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger.

Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.

You have given him his heart's desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah

Hear now my argument and listen to the pleadings of my lips.

Hear a just cause, O LORD; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!

And after there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe.

And it shall be to you as a sign on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth. For with a strong hand the LORD has brought you out of Egypt.

And all spoke well of him and marveled at the gracious words that were coming from his mouth. And they said, "Is not this Joseph's son?"

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

"If she marries a husband, while under her vows or any thoughtless utterance of her lips by which she has bound herself,

You shall be careful to do what has passed your lips, for you have voluntarily vowed to the LORD your God what you have promised with your mouth.

I have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation; behold, I have not restrained my lips, as you know, O LORD.

With my lips I declare all the rules of your mouth.

Then they said, "What further testimony do we need? We have heard it ourselves from his own lips."

I could strengthen you with my mouth, and the solace of my lips would assuage your pain.

The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.

He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with shouting.

My lips will shout for joy, when I sing praises to you; my soul also, which you have redeemed.

But Moses said to the LORD, "Behold, the people of Israel have not listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, for I am of uncircumcised lips?"

I hear, and my body trembles; my lips quiver at the sound; rottenness enters into my bones; my legs tremble beneath me. Yet I will quietly wait for the day of trouble to come upon people who invade us.

for they made his spirit bitter, and he spoke rashly with his lips.

Is there any injustice on my tongue? Cannot my palate discern the cause of calamity?

For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride. For the cursing and lies that they utter,

As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!

Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you.

Whoever winks his eyes plansdishonest things; he who purses his lips brings evil to pass.

Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.

And I said: "Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!"

For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil,

Leave the presence of a fool, for there you do not meet words of knowledge.

An evildoer listens to wicked lips, and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating. A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.

Let the lying lips be mute, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.

Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.

Deliver me, O LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool.

For your hands are defiled with blood and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies; your tongue mutters wickedness.

Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak. May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts,

But to the wicked God says: "What right have you to recite my statutes or take my covenant on your lips?

Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are fervent lips with an evil heart. Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart;

You plant them, and they take root; they grow and produce fruit; you are near in their mouth and far from their heart.

"'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;

And he said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, "'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;

And the Lord said: "Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,

Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

Hear, for I will speak noble things, and from my lips will come what is right, for my mouth will utter truth; wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

Righteous lips are the delight of a king, and he loves him who speaks what is right.

My inmost being will exult when your lips speak what is right.

I have not run away from being your shepherd, nor have I desired the day of sickness. You know what came out of my lips; it was before your face.

True instruction was in his mouth, and no wrong was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity. For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse.

On the lips of him who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks sense.

The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so the hearts of fools.

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

Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge, for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.

From the fruit of his mouth a man is satisfied with good, and the work of a man's hand comes back to him.

From the fruit of his mouth a man eats what is good, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence.

From the fruit of a man's mouth his stomach is satisfied; he is satisfied by the yield of his lips.

By the mouth of a fool comes a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

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

Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!

"Pay attention to all that I have said to you, and make no mention of the names of other gods, nor let it be heard on your lips.

Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

For "Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit;

What man is there who desires life and loves many days, that he may see good?

And he touched my mouth and said: "Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for."

For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be remembered by name no more.