83 Bible Verses about Lips

For Hannah's prayer came from her heart, and though her lips were moving she made no sound: so it seemed to Eli that she was overcome with wine.

It is by your mouth, even yours, that you are judged to be in the wrong, and not by me; and your lips give witness against you.

My heart is overflowing with knowledge, my lips say what is true.

I had no pleasing food, no meat or wine came into my mouth, and I put no oil on my body till three full weeks were ended.

Come out of your sleep, you who are overcome with wine, and give yourselves to weeping; give cries of sorrow, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it has been cut off from your mouths.

Now there was a vessel ready, full of bitter wine, and they put a sponge full of it on a stick and put it to his mouth.

But if only God would take up the word, opening his lips in argument with you;

I have never gone against the orders of his lips; the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart.

I will be true to my agreement; the things which have gone out of my lips will not be changed.

See, the name of the Lord is coming from far, burning with his wrath, with thick smoke going up: his lips are full of passion, and his tongue is like a burning fire:

I will be blessing the Lord at all times; his praise will be ever in my mouth.

O Lord, let my lips be open, so that my mouth may make clear your praise.

Let my lips be flowing with praise, because you have given me knowledge of your rules.

I will give the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is near and to him who is far off, says the Lord; and I will make him well.

Have you any idea what these are saying? And Jesus said to them, Yes: have you not seen in the Writings, From the lips of children and babies at the breast you have made your praise complete?

You have made clear your strength even out of the mouths of babies at the breast, because of those who are against you; so that you may put to shame the cruel and violent man.

Let us then make offerings of praise to God at all times through him, that is to say, the fruit of lips giving witness to his name.

You have given him his heart's desire, and have not kept back the request of his lips. (Selah.)

Give ear to the argument of my mouth, and take note of the words of my lips.

Let my cause come to your ears, O Lord, give attention to my cry; give ear to my prayer which goes not out from false lips.

And when there had been much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, My brothers, you have knowledge that some time back it was God's pleasure that by my mouth the good news might be given to the Gentiles so that they might have faith.

And this will be for a sign to you on your hand and for a mark on your brow, so that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth: for with a strong hand the Lord took you out of Egypt.

And they were all giving witness, with wonder, to the words of grace which came from his mouth: and they said, Is not this the son of Joseph?

Keeping the word which came from my lips, and which my mouth said, when I was in trouble.

And if she is married to a husband at the time when she is under an oath or an undertaking given without thought;

Whatever your lips have said, see that you do it; for you gave your word freely to the Lord your God.

I have given news of righteousness in the great meeting; O Lord, you have knowledge that I have not kept back my words.

With my lips have I made clear all the decisions of your mouth.

And they said, What more need have we of witness? we have the very words of his mouth.

I might give you strength with my mouth, and not keep back the comfort of my lips.

The lips of the upright man give food to men, but the foolish come to death for need of sense.

The time will come when your mouth will be full of laughing, and cries of joy will come from your lips.

Joy will be on my lips when I make melody to you; and in my soul, to which you have given salvation.

And Moses, answering the Lord, said, See, the children of Israel will not give ear to me; how then will Pharaoh give ear to me, whose lips are unclean?

Hearing it, my inner parts were moved, and my lips were shaking at the sound; my bones became feeble, and my steps were uncertain under me: I gave sounds of grief in the day of trouble, when his forces came up against the people in bands.

For they made his spirit bitter, and he said unwise things.

Is there evil in my tongue? is not the cause of my trouble clear to me?

Because of the sin of their mouths and the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and for their curses and their deceit,

As for those who come round me, let their heads be covered by the evil of their lips.

Put away from you an evil tongue, and let false lips be far from you.

He whose eyes are shut is a man of twisted purposes, and he who keeps his lips shut tight makes evil come about.

Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.

Then I said, The curse is on me, and my fate is destruction; for I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of armies.

For honey is dropping from the lips of the strange woman, and her mouth is smoother than oil;

Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.

A wrongdoer gives attention to evil lips, and a man of deceit gives ear to a damaging tongue.

A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows. The mouth of a foolish man is his destruction, and his lips are a net for his soul.

Do not be a violent witness against your neighbour, or let your lips say what is false.

Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.

Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from words of deceit.

Hate is covered up by the lips of the upright man, but he who lets out evil about another is foolish.

For your hands are unclean with blood, and your fingers with sin; your lips have said false things, and your tongue gives out deceit.

Everyone says false words to his neighbour: their tongues are smooth in their talk, and their hearts are full of deceit. The smooth lips and the tongue of pride will be cut off by the Lord.

Smooth lips and an evil heart are like a vessel of earth plated with silver waste. With his lips the hater makes things seem what they are not, but deceit is stored up inside him;

They have been planted by you, they have taken root; they go on and give fruit: you are near in their mouths but far from their thoughts.

These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

And he said, Well did Isaiah say of you, you false ones: These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

And the Lord said, because this people come near to me with their mouths, and give honour to me with their lips, but their heart is far from me, and their fear of me is false, a rule given them by the teaching of men;

True lips are certain for ever, but a false tongue is only for a minute.

Give ear, for my words are true, and my lips are open to give out what is upright. For good faith goes out of my mouth, and false lips are disgusting to me.

Lips of righteousness are the delight of kings; and he who says what is upright is dear to him.

And my thoughts in me will be full of joy when your lips say right things.

As for me, I have not said; Let the day of trouble come to them quickly; and I have not been hoping for the death-giving day; you have knowledge of what came from my lips; it was open before you.

True teaching was in his mouth, and no evil was seen on his lips: he was walking with me in peace and righteousness, turning numbers of people away from evil-doing. For it is right for the priest's lips to keep knowledge, and for men to be waiting for the law from his mouth: for he is the servant sent from the Lord of armies.

The lips of the upright man have knowledge of what is pleasing, but twisted are the mouths of evil-doers.

In the lips of him who has knowledge wisdom is seen; but a rod is ready for the back of him who is without sense.

The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right.

There is gold and a store of corals: but the lips of knowledge are a jewel of great price.

Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge. For it is a delight to keep them in your heart, to have them ready on your lips.

From the fruit of his mouth will a man have good food in full measure, and the work of a man's hands will be rewarded.

A man will get good from the fruit of his lips, but the desire of the false is for violent acts.

With the fruit of a man's mouth his stomach will be full; the produce of his lips will be his in full measure.

In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.

The mouth of a foolish man is his destruction, and his lips are a net for his soul.

Take note of all these things which I have said to you, and let not the names of other gods come into your minds or from your lips.

He who keeps a watch on his mouth keeps his life; but he whose lips are open wide will have destruction.

For it is said, Let the man who has a love of life, desiring to see good days, keep his tongue from evil and his lips from words of deceit:

What man has a love of life, and a desire that his days may be increased so that he may see good?

And after touching my mouth with it, he said, See, your lips have been touched with this; and your evil is taken away, and you are made clean from sin.

For I will take away the names of the Baals out of her mouth, and never again will she say their names.