Saphah שָׂפָה

Saphah (Hebrew שָׂפָה, Strong's H8193) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “lips”. It occurs 176 times in 164 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H8193G: lips

H8193I: lip: edge

H8193H: lip: words

H8193J: lip: shore

H8193K: lip: language

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Speech

Verses

Every verse with Saphah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 11:1
  And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.
• Genesis 11:6
  And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.
• Genesis 11:7
  Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”
• Genesis 11:9
  Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.
• Genesis 22:17
  That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
• Genesis 41:3
  And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.After them, seven other cows, sickly and thin, came up from the Nile and stood beside the well-fed cows on the bank of the river.
• Genesis 41:17
  And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile,

Exodus

• Exodus 2:3
  And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
• Exodus 6:12
  And Moses spake before the Lord, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?But in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, then why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I am unskilled in speech?”
• Exodus 6:30
  And Moses said before the Lord, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?But in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “Since I am unskilled in speech, why would Pharaoh listen to me?”
• Exodus 7:15
  Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river’s brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.Go to Pharaoh in the morning as you see him walking out to the water. Wait on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake.
• Exodus 14:30
  Thus the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.
• Exodus 26:4
  And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.Make loops of blue material on the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and do the same for the end curtain in the second set.
• Exodus 26:10
  And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.Make fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set.
• Exodus 28:26
  And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward.Make two more gold rings and attach them to the other two corners of the breastpiece, on the inside edge next to the ephod.
• Exodus 28:32
  And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.with an opening at its top in the center. Around the opening shall be a woven collar with an opening like that of a garment, so that it will not tear.
• Exodus 36:11
  And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.He made loops of blue material on the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and also on the end curtain in the second set.
• Exodus 36:17
  And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.He made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set.
• Exodus 39:19
  And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the ephod inward.They made two more gold rings and attached them to the other two corners of the breastpiece, on the inside edge next to the ephod.
• Exodus 39:23
  And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend.with an opening in the center of the robe like that of a garment, with a collar around the opening so that it would not tear.

Leviticus

• Leviticus 5:4
  Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.Or if someone swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do anything good or evil—in whatever matter a man may rashly pronounce an oath—even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty in the matter.

Numbers

• Numbers 30:6
  And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;If a woman marries while under a vow or rash promise by which she has bound herself,
• Numbers 30:8
  But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the Lord shall forgive her.But if her husband prohibits her when he hears of it, he nullifies the vow that binds her or the rash promise she has made, and the LORD will absolve her.
• Numbers 30:12
  But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day 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 the Lord shall forgive her.But if her husband nullifies them on the day he hears of them, then nothing that came from her lips, whether her vows or pledges, shall stand. Her husband has nullified them, and the LORD will absolve her.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 2:36
  From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the Lord our God delivered all unto us:From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them.
• Deuteronomy 4:48
  From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,extending from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Siyon (that is, Hermon),
• Deuteronomy 23:23
  That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the Lord thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.Be careful to follow through on what comes from your lips, because you have freely vowed to the LORD your God with your own mouth.

Joshua

• Joshua 11:4
  And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.So these kings came out with all their armies, a multitude as numerous as the sand on the seashore, along with a great number of horses and chariots.
• Joshua 12:2
  Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, up to the Jabbok River (the border of the Ammonites), that is, half of Gilead,
• Joshua 13:9
  From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,
• Joshua 13:16
  And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;The territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, to the whole plateau beyond Medeba,

Judges

• Judges 7:12
  And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.
• Judges 7:22
  And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the Lord set every man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Beth–shittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abel–meholah, unto Tabbath.And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 1:13
  Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.Hannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk
• 1 Samuel 13:5
  And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Beth–aven.Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 4:29
  And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.And God gave Solomon wisdom, exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the seashore.
• 1 Kings 7:23
  And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.
• 1 Kings 7:24
  And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast.Below the rim, ornamental buds encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.
• 1 Kings 7:26
  And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold two thousand baths.
• 1 Kings 9:26
  And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion–geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 2:13
  He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;Elisha also picked up the cloak that had fallen from Elijah, and he went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.
• 2 Kings 18:20
  Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?
• 2 Kings 19:28
  Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 4:2
  Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.
• 2 Chronicles 4:5
  And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold three thousand baths.
• 2 Chronicles 8:17
  Then went Solomon to Ezion–geber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the coast of Edom.

Job

• Job 2:10
  But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
• Job 8:21
  Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.
• Job 11:2
  Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?“Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a speaker be vindicated?
• Job 11:5
  But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,
• Job 12:20
  He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
• Job 13:6
  Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips.
• Job 15:6
  Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.
• Job 16:5
  But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.But I would encourage you with my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would bring relief.
• Job 23:12
  Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
• Job 27:4
  My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
• Job 32:20
  I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.I must speak and find relief; I must open my lips and respond.
• Job 33:3
  My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.My words are from an upright heart, and my lips speak sincerely what I know.

Psalms

• Psalm 12:2
  They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
• Psalm 12:3
  The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
• Psalm 12:4
  Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”
• Psalm 16:4
  Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.Sorrows will multiply to those who chase other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood, or speak their names with my lips.
• Psalm 17:1
  Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of deceit.
• Psalm 17:4
  Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.As for the deeds of men— by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
• Psalm 21:2
  Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah
• Psalm 22:7
  All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
• Psalm 31:18
  Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
• Psalm 34:13
  Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.
• Psalm 40:9
  I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.
• Psalm 45:2
  Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips, since God has blessed you forever.
• Psalm 51:15
  O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.
• Psalm 59:7
  Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?See what they spew from their mouths— sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”
• Psalm 59:12
  For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.
• Psalm 63:3
  Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.
• Psalm 63:5
  My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.
• Psalm 66:14
  Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.the vows that my lips promised and my mouth spoke in my distress.
• Psalm 71:23
  My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.When I sing praise to You my lips will shout for joy, along with my soul, which You have redeemed.
• Psalm 81:5
  This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:
• Psalm 89:34
  My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
• Psalm 106:33
  Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.
• Psalm 119:13
  With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.With my lips I proclaim all the judgments of Your mouth.
• Psalm 119:171
  My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.My lips pour forth praise, for You teach me Your statutes.
• Psalm 120:2
  Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.
• Psalm 140:3
  They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah
• Psalm 140:9
  As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.
• Psalm 141:3
  Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 4:24
  Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech.
• Proverbs 5:2
  That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
• Proverbs 5:3
  For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
• Proverbs 7:21
  With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
• Proverbs 8:6
  Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.Listen, for I speak of noble things, and the opening of my lips will reveal right.
• Proverbs 8:7
  For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.For my mouth will speak the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.
• Proverbs 10:8
  The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.
• Proverbs 10:10
  He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.
• Proverbs 10:13
  In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.
• Proverbs 10:18
  He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
• Proverbs 10:19
  In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.
• Proverbs 10:21
  The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.
• Proverbs 10:32
  The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.The lips of the righteous know what is fitting, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.
• Proverbs 12:13
  The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.
• Proverbs 12:19
  The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
• Proverbs 12:22
  Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.
• Proverbs 13:3
  He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
• Proverbs 14:3
  In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.The proud speech of a fool brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.
• Proverbs 14:7
  Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.Stay away from a foolish man; you will gain no knowledge from his speech.
• Proverbs 14:23
  In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
• Proverbs 15:7
  The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools.
• Proverbs 16:10
  A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.A divine verdict is on the lips of a king; his mouth must not betray justice.
• Proverbs 16:13
  Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.Righteous lips are a king’s delight, and he who speaks honestly is beloved.
• Proverbs 16:21
  The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.The wise in heart are called discerning, and pleasant speech promotes instruction.
• Proverbs 16:23
  The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.The heart of the wise man instructs his mouth and adds persuasiveness to his lips.
• Proverbs 16:27
  An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
• Proverbs 16:30
  He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.He who winks his eye devises perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil.
• Proverbs 17:4
  A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.
• Proverbs 17:7
  Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!
• Proverbs 17:28
  Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.Even a fool is considered wise if he keeps silent, and discerning when he holds his tongue.
• Proverbs 18:6
  A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.
• Proverbs 18:7
  A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
• Proverbs 18:20
  A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.From the fruit of his mouth a man’s belly is filled; with the harvest from his lips he is satisfied.
• Proverbs 19:1
  Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.
• Proverbs 20:15
  There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.There is an abundance of gold and rubies, but lips of knowledge are a rare treasure.
• Proverbs 20:19
  He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.
• Proverbs 22:11
  He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.
• Proverbs 22:18
  For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.
• Proverbs 23:16
  Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
• Proverbs 24:2
  For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.
• Proverbs 24:26
  Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.An honest answer given is like a kiss on the lips.
• Proverbs 24:28
  Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
• Proverbs 26:23
  Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.
• Proverbs 26:24
  He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.
• Proverbs 27:2
  Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.Let another praise you, and not your own mouth— a stranger, and not your own lips.

Ecclesiastes

• Ecclesiastes 10:12
  The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.

Song of Solomon

• Song of Solomon 4:3
  Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon, and your mouth is lovely. Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.
• Song of Solomon 4:11
  Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.Your lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon.
• Song of Solomon 5:13
  His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.
• Song of Solomon 7:9
  And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.and your mouth like the finest wine. May it flow smoothly to my beloved, gliding gently over lips and teeth.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 6:5
  Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”
• Isaiah 6:7
  And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.And with it he touched my mouth and said: “Now that this has touched your lips, your iniquity is removed and your sin is atoned for.”
• Isaiah 11:4
  But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.
• Isaiah 19:18
  In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the Lord of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction.In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of Hosts. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.
• Isaiah 28:11
  For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, He will speak to this people
• Isaiah 29:13
  Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.
• Isaiah 30:27
  Behold, the name of the Lord cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:Behold, the Name of the LORD comes from afar, with burning anger and dense smoke. His lips are full of fury, and His tongue is like a consuming fire.
• Isaiah 33:19
  Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.You will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand.
• Isaiah 36:5
  I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?
• Isaiah 37:29
  Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
• Isaiah 57:19
  I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the Lord; and I will heal him.bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to those far and near,” says the LORD, “and I will heal them.”
• Isaiah 59:3
  For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 17:16
  As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence.

Lamentations

• Lamentations 3:62
  The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.the slander and murmuring of my assailants against me all day long.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 3:5
  For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;For you are not being sent to a people of unfamiliar speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel—
• Ezekiel 3:6
  Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.not to the many peoples of unfamiliar speech and difficult language whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you.
• Ezekiel 36:3
  Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:therefore prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you on every side, so that you became a possession of the rest of the nations and were taken up in slander by the lips of their talkers,
• Ezekiel 43:13
  And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar.These are the measurements of the altar in long cubits (a cubit and a handbreadth): Its gutter shall be a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim of one span around its edge. And this is the height of the altar:
• Ezekiel 47:6
  And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river.“Son of man, do you see this?” he asked. Then he led me back to the bank of the river.
• Ezekiel 47:7
  Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.When I arrived, I saw a great number of trees along both banks of the river.
• Ezekiel 47:12
  And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.Along both banks of the river, fruit trees of all kinds will grow. Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. Each month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will be used for food and their leaves for healing.”

Daniel

• Daniel 10:16
  And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.And suddenly one with the likeness of a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and said to the one standing before me, “My lord, because of the vision, I am overcome with anguish, and I have no strength.
• Daniel 12:5
  Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.Then I, Daniel, looked and saw two others standing there, one on this bank of the river and one on the opposite bank.

Hosea

• Hosea 14:2
  Take with you words, and turn to the Lord: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips.

Habakkuk

• Habakkuk 3:16
  When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.

Zephaniah

• Zephaniah 3:9
  For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent.For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder.

Malachi

• Malachi 2:6
  The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity.
• Malachi 2:7
  For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).