Lips

Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.

The lip of truth shall be established for ever; But a lying tongue is but for a moment.

Through him then let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which make confession to his name.

A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.

A fool hath no delight in understanding, But only that his heart may reveal itself.

There is gold, and abundance of rubies; But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

Be not manyof youteachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment. — read the full passage →

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.

Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; But they that deal truly are his delight.

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; — read the full passage →

I will bless Jehovah at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall not escape.

Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.

A faithful witness will not lie; But a false witness uttereth lies.

For, He that would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile:

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue Keepeth his soul from troubles.

A gentle tongue is a tree of life; But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit.

He that uttereth truth showeth forth righteousness; But a false witness, deceit.

Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings, — read the full passage →

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.

There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him: — read the full passage →

My lips shall shout for joy when I sing praises unto thee; And my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.

Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another.

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, — read the full passage →

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand forever.

and he touched my mouth with it, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin forgiven.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

He will yet fill thy mouth with laughter, And thy lips with shouting.

But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

For then will I turn to the peoples of a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of Jehovah, to serve him with one consent.

In the year that king Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple. — read the full passage →

In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression; But he that refraineth his lips doeth wisely.

Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise thee.

Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, And hast not withholden the request of his lips. [Selah

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in thy sight, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer.

That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt observe and do; according as thou hast vowed unto Jehovah thy God, a freewill-offering, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth.

lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings,

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; When he shutteth his lips, he is esteemed as prudent.

A wrathful man stirreth up contention; But he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

The lips of the righteous feed many; But the foolish die for lack of understanding.

In the lips of him that hath discernment wisdom is found; But a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

O Lord, open thou my lips; And my mouth shall show forth thy praise.

As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the violent.

My wordsshall utterthe uprightness of my heart; And that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.

But oh that God would speak, And open his lips against thee,

Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

and there shall in no wise enter into it anything unclean, or he that maketh an abomination and a lie: but only they that are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man’s religion is vain.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only use not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.

Their throat is an open sepulchre; With their tongues they have used deceit: The poison of asps is under their lips:

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain: and when he had sat down, his disciples came unto him: — read the full passage →

He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor Than he that flattereth with the tongue.

A fool’s mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth, And addeth learning to his lips.

Let my lips utter praise; For thou teachest me thy statutes.

Help, Jehovah; for the godly man ceaseth; For the faithful fail from among the children of men. — read the full passage →

Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, Neither shall my tongue utter deceit.

Hear now my reasoning, And hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved for ever.

He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; Buthe that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

My mouth shall be filled with thy praise, And with thy honor all the day.

I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath: but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye fall not under judgment.

speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;

in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation,—in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

And in none other is there salvation: for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, wherein we must be saved.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

So is the way of an adulterous woman; She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith, I have done no wickedness.

A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, Andfrom a deceitful tongue.

Which my lips uttered, And my mouth spake, when I was in distress.

I have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great assembly; Lo, I will not refrain my lips, O Jehovah, thou knowest.

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou sofar from helping me, and from the words of my groaning? — read the full passage →

Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh great things;

They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

But I would strengthen you with my mouth, And the solace of my lips would assuage your grief.

Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.

And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by everything that proceedeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.

But if her husband made them null and void in the day that he heard them, then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and Jehovah will forgive her.

And if she bemarriedto a husband, while her vows are upon her, or the rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul,

My little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.