'Lips' in the Bible
Hannah was praying inwardly. Her lips were quivering, and her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk.
He will soon fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips will shout with joy.
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.
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,
those who say, "By our tongues we will prevail; our lips belong to us. Who is master over us?"
Those who hurry after another god will have many sorrows; I will not present their drink offerings of blood, nor will my lips speak their names.
LORD, hear my just plea! Pay attention to my cry! Listen to my prayer, since it does not come from lying lips.
As for the ways of mankind, I have, according to the words of your lips, avoided the ways of the violent.
You have granted him the desire of his heart, and have not withheld what his lips requested. Interlude
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.
In the great congregation I have proclaimed the righteous good news. Behold, I did not seal my lips, LORD, as you know.
You are the most handsome of Adam's descendants; grace has anointed your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.
As for the wicked, God says, "How dare you recite my statutes or speak about my covenant with your lips!
Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.
Look what pours out of their mouths! They use their lips like swords, saying "Who will hear us?"
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.
Because your gracious love is better than life itself, my lips will praise you.
Just as I am satisfied with the choicest of foods, so my lips will praise you joyfully.
that my lips uttered and that my mouth spoke when I was in trouble.
My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you, whose life you have redeemed.
For they rebelled against him, so that he spoke thoughtlessly with his lips.
I have spoken with my lips about all your decrees that you have announced.
May my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes.
"LORD, deliver me from lips that lie and tongues that deceive."
They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Interlude
LORD, set a guard over my mouth; keep watch over the door to my lips.
so you may carefully practice discretion and your lips preserve knowledge.
For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil.
She leads him astray with great persuasion; with flattering lips she seduces him.
Righteous lips know what is prudent, but the words of the wicked are perverse.
A worthless person concocts evil gossip his lips are like a burning fire.
Whoever winks knowingly is plotting deceit; anyone who purses his lips is bent towards evil.
A fool's mouth is his unraveling, and his lips entrap himself.
The positive words that a man speaks fill his stomach; he will be satisfied with what his lips produce.
There is an abundance of gold and precious stones, but lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
for it is pleasant when you treasure them within you and have them ready on your lips.
My innermost being will be glad when your lips speak what is right.
A kiss on the lips that's what someone who gives an honest answer deserves.
A clay vessel plated with a thin veneer of silver that's what smooth lips with a wicked heart are.
Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth; a stranger, and never your own lips.
The words spoken by the wise are gracious, but the lips of a fool will devour him.
Your lips are like a scarlet thread, and your mouth is lovely. Behind your veil, your temple is like a slice of pomegranate.
Your lips drip honey, my bride; milk and honey are under your tongue. The scent of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
His cheeks are like beds of spices, like towers of perfume. His lips are lilies, dripping with liquid myrrh.
May your mouth be like good wine. May it go down smoothly to my beloved, gliding gently over the lips of the sleeping ones.
"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!"
He touched my mouth and said, "Look! Now that this has touched your lips, your guilt is taken away, and your sins atoned for."
but with righteousness he will judge the needy, and decide with equity for earth's poor. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and the wicked will be killed with the breath of his lips.
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.
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.
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.
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.
But suddenly someone who resembled a human being touched my lips, so addressing the one who was standing in front of me, I opened my mouth and said, "Sir, I'm overwhelmed with anguish by this vision. I have no strength left.
Bring a prepared speech with you as you return to the LORD. Say to him: "Take away all our iniquity, and accept what is good. Then we will present the fruit of our lips.
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.
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.