113 occurrences

'Lips' in the Bible

Or when a person swears, speaking thoughtlessly with [his] lips, to do evil or to do good {with regard to} anything that {the person} in a sworn oath speaks thoughtlessly, but {he is unaware of it}, he will be guilty {in any of} these.

"If {she has a husband} while bound by her vows or a rash promise of her lips,

But if on the day her husband hears [of it], he forbids her, then he will nullify her vow that she is under, and the rash promise of her lips that she bound on herself; and Yahweh will forgive her.

But if her husband nullified them on the day he hears [them], all her vows going out of her lips concerning her vows or the pledge on herself will not stand; her husband has nullified them, and Yahweh will forgive her.

The utterance of your lips {you must perform diligently} [just] as you have vowed freely to Yahweh your God whatever [it was] that you promised with your mouth.

Now Hannah had been speaking in her heart; her lips [were] moving, but her voice could not be heard, so Eli considered her [to be] drunk.

You think only a word of lips, '[I have] advice and power for the war.' Now, on whom do you trust that you have rebelled against me?

So he said to her, "You speak like one of the foolish women speaks. Indeed, should we receive the good from God, but not receive the evil?" In all this, Job did not sin with his lips.

Yet he will fill your mouth [with] laughter and your lips [with] a shout of joy.

But, {O that} God might speak, and [that] he would open his lips to you,

Please hear my argument, and listen attentively [to the] pleadings of my lips.

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

Let me speak {that I may find relief}; let me open my lips, and let me answer.

My words [declare] my heart's uprightness, and my lips sincerely speak {what my lips know}.

May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, [the] tongue speaking great boasts--

[those] who say, "With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips [are] on our side. Who [is] master over us?"

Those [who] hurry [after] another [god] increase their sorrows. I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood, nor take up their names on my lips.

As for [the] works of humankind, by the word of your lips, I have kept [from] the ways of [the] violent.

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

All [who] see me mock me. They open wide [their] lips; they shake [the] head, [saying]:

I have brought good tidings [of] righteousness in the great congregation. Look, I have not shut my lips. O Yahweh, {you surely know that}.

You are [the most] handsome of [the] sons of humankind; grace is poured out on your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.

Look, they pour out [talk] with their mouth. Swords [are] on their lips, for [they say], "Who hears?"

[By] the sin of their mouth [and] the words of their lips, even in their pride, let them be trapped, and for [the] curses and lies they proclaim.

My soul will be satisfied [as with the] best and richest [food], and [with] joyful lips my mouth will praise.

that my lips uttered, and my mouth spoke in my distress.

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

because they rebelled against his Spirit, and he spoke thoughtlessly with his lips.

With my lips I have told [of] all the ordinances of your mouth.

"Deliver my life, O Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue."

[With respect to the] head of [those who] surround me, may the harm of their lips cover them.

[in order] to keep prudence, and knowledge will guard your lips.

For the lips of the strange woman will drip honey, and smoother than oil is her mouth.

Listen! For noble things I will speak, and upright things from the opening of my lips.

My mouth will utter truth, and wickedness [is] an abomination to my lips.

The winking of an eye causes trouble, and the foolishness of lips comes to ruin.

On the lips of one who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod [is] for the back of one who lacks {sense}.

The lips of the righteous know [the] acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, the perverse.

By the transgression of lips, evil is ensnared, but the righteous escapes from trouble.

The lips of the wise will spread knowledge, but the heart of fools, not so.

A decision is upon the lips of a king; in judgment his mouth will not sin.

The delight of kings [are] the lips of righteousness, and he who speaks what is upright he will love.

The wise of heart is called perceptive, but he who is pleasant of lips will increase persuasiveness.

He who winks his eyes [does so in order] to plan perverse things; he who purses his lips will bring evil to pass.

He who does evil listens to lips of wickedness, [and] the liar gives heed to the tongue of mischief.

Even a fool who keeps silent {shall be considered wise}; he who closes his lips [is] intelligent.

From the fruit of a man's mouth, his stomach will be satisfied, as for the yield of his lips, it will satisfy.

For [it is] pleasant if you guard them {within you}; together they will be ready upon your lips.

And my {insides} will rejoice when your lips speak what is upright.

[Like] {impure silver} which overlays an earthen vessel, [so are] smooth lips and an evil heart.

On his lips, an enemy will pretend, but {inside} he will harbor deceit.

May another praise you and not your own mouth, a stranger and not your own lips.

The wise man [wins] favor by the words of his mouth, but the fool is devoured by his own lips.

{May you kiss me} {passionately with your lips}, for your love [is] better than wine.

Your lips [are] like a thread of crimson, and your mouth [is] lovely. Your temple [is] like pomegranate from behind your veil.

Your lips drip nectar, [my] bride; honey and milk [are] under your lips; the scent of your garments [is] like the scent of Lebanon.

His cheeks [are] like beds of spice, a tower of fragrances; his lips [are] lilies dripping liquid myrrh.

Your palate [is] like the best wine that goes down for my beloved, smoothly gliding over my lips and teeth.

And he touched my mouth, and he said, "Look! This has touched your lips and has removed your guilt, and your sin is annulled."

But he shall judge [the] poor with righteousness, and he shall decide for [the] needy of [the] earth with rectitude. And he shall strike [the] earth with the rod of his mouth, and he shall kill [the] wicked person with the breath of his lips.

Look! The name of Yahweh comes from afar, burning [with] his anger and heaviness of cloud. His lips are full [of] indignation, and his tongue [is] like a devouring fire.

I said, 'Only a word of lips! {War has power and a plan}!' Now, in whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against me?

Because you were enraged {against} me, and your noise has come up to my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bridle on your lips, and I will turn you back on the way [by] which you came.

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

For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity. Your lips have spoken lies, your tongue speaks wickedness.

But I, I have not run away from being a shepherd {who follows you}, and I have not desired the disastrous day. You, you know the pronouncement of my lips, it was before your face.

The lips and meditation of my assailants [are] against me all day long.

Then look, there was {one in the form of a human}; he touched my lips and I opened my mouth and I spoke and I said to the [one] standing {before me}, "My lord, because of the vision my anxieties fell upon me and I [have] not retained [my] strength.

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שׂפם 
Sapham 
Usage: 5

שׂפת שׂפה 
Saphah 
Usage: 176

χεῖλος 
Cheilos 
Usage: 5