'Lips' in the Bible
[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.
She persuades him with the greatness of her teachings; with her smooth lips she compels him.
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}.
He who conceals hatred [has] lips of deceit, and he who utters slander--he is a fool.
In many words, transgression is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is prudent.
Lips of righteousness feed many, but fools {die for lack of 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.
An abomination of Yahweh are lips of deceit, but they who act faithfully [are] his delight.
He who keeps his mouth guards his life; he who opens his lips, ruin [belongs] to him.
In the mouth of a fool is the rod of pride, but the lips of the wise preserve them.
In all toil, there is profit, but the {talk} of lips [leads] only to poverty.
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.
The heart of the wise will make his mouth judicious, and upon his lips, it will add persuasiveness.
A man of wickedness concocts evil, and his lips [are] like a scorching fire.
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.
The lips of a fool will bring strife, and his mouth calls out for a flogging.
The mouth of a fool [is] ruin to him, and his lips [are] a snare to his soul.
From the fruit of a man's mouth, his stomach will be satisfied, as for the yield of his lips, it will satisfy.
There is gold and many costly stones, but precious jewels are lips of knowledge.
He reveals a secret, he who walks [about with] gossip, and do not associate with a babbler's lips.
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.
For their minds will devise violence, and their lips will speak mischief.
He will kiss [the] lips, he who gives an honest answer.
Do not be a witness without cause against your neighbor nor deceive with your lips.
[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.
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- Brim (12 instances)
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