Bible Verses about 'Lips'
| Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit. | Then keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies. |
| Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. | Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues. |
| A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating. | The lips of a fool cause strife, and his mouth provokes a flogging. |
| Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight. | The Lord abhors lying lips, but he delights in those who are truthful. |
| The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool. | Lying lips conceal hatred, and anyone who slanders another is a fool. |
| My lips will shout for joy, when I sing praises to you; my soul also, which you have redeemed. | When I sing to you, my lips will rejoice, and so will my soul, which you have redeemed. |
| The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse. | The lips of the righteous utter words of kindness, but the mouth of the wicked knows only how to pervert. |
| The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him. | The words of a wise man win favor, but a fool’s tongue is his undoing. |
| Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin. | He who guards his mouth makes his life secure, but one who talks excessively ensures his own downfall. |
| I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food. | I have not strayed from the commandments of his lips; I have treasured in my heart the words of his mouth. |
| Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent. | Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; if he closes his lips, he is regarded as intelligent. |
| When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent. | Where many words are spoken, sin is not absent, but whoever restrains his tongue is prudent. |
| Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands. | Your kindness is a greater joy than life itself; thus my lips will speak your praise. I will bless you all my life; with uplifted hands I will call on your name. |
| Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you. | Turn away from the mouth that deceives and keep your distance from lips that mislead. |
| Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince. | Fine words are not becoming to a fool, and much less are false words to a noble. |
| Take with you words and return to the Lord; say to him, “Take away all iniquity; accept what is good, and we will pay with bulls the vows of our lips.” | Prepare in advance what you want to say, and return to the Lord. Say to him, “Take away all guilt and give us what is good, so that we may present as offerings the bullocks from our stalls.” |
| For “Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit; let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it.” | For: “If anyone wishes to love life and to experience good days, he must restrain his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech. He must turn away from evil and do good, seek peace and pursue it.” |
| I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. | I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise will be continually on my lips. |
| In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty. | Diligent labor always yields profit, but idle conversation only leads to poverty. |
| I ate no delicacies, no meat or wine entered my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all, for the full three weeks. | I refrained from eating any choice food, abstaining from consuming meat or wine, and I did not anoint myself until those three weeks had passed. |
| Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. | If you confess with your lips, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. |
| Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. | Let no foul word ever pass your lips. Say only what is useful for edification, so that your words may benefit your listeners. |
| This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. | Do not let this book of the law be absent from your mouth; meditate upon it day and night, so that you might carefully observe everything that is written in it. Then you will prosper and be successful. |
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