'Lips' in the Bible
Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,
To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep.
For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil is her mouth,
She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him.
Hearken, for noble things I speak, And the opening of my lips is uprightness.
For truth doth my mouth utter, And an abomination to my lips is wickedness.
In the lips of the intelligent is wisdom found, And a rod is for the back of him who is lacking understanding.
Whoso is covering hatred with lying lips, And whoso is bringing out an evil report is a fool.
In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips is wise.
The lips of the righteous delight many, And fools for lack of heart die.
The lips of the righteous know a pleasing thing, And the mouth of the wicked perverseness!
In transgression of the lips is the snare of the wicked, And the righteous goeth out from distress.
An abomination to Jehovah are lying lips, And stedfast doers are his delight.
Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips -- ruin to him!
In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, And the lips of the wise preserve them.
Go from before a foolish man, Or thou hast not known the lips of knowledge.
In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips is only to want.
The lips of the wise scatter knowledge, And the heart of fools is not right.
An oath is on the lips of a king, In judgment his mouth trespasseth not.
The delight of kings are righteous lips, And whoso is speaking uprightly he loveth,
To the wise in heart is called, 'Intelligent,' And sweetness of lips increaseth learning.
The heart of the wise causeth his mouth to act wisely, And by his lips he increaseth learning,
A worthless man is preparing evil, And on his lips -- as a burning fire.
Consulting his eyes to devise froward things, Moving his lips he hath accomplished evil.
An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.
Even a fool keeping silence is reckoned wise, He who is shutting his lips intelligent!
The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.
The mouth of a fool is ruin to him, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
From the fruit of a man's mouth is his belly satisfied, From the increase of his lips he is satisfied.
Better is the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse in his lips, who is a fool.
Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a precious vessel, are lips of knowledge.
A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver with his lips make not thyself surety.
Whoso is loving cleanness of heart, Grace are his lips, a king is his friend.
For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips.
For destruction doth their heart meditate, And perverseness do their lips speak.
Lips he kisseth who is returning straightforward words.
Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.
Silver of dross spread over potsherd, Are burning lips and an evil heart.
By his lips doth a hater dissemble, And in his heart he placeth deceit,
Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.