Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'lips' occurs 128 times in the standard works.

21 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'lips' in the standard works and contain 16.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 11 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ps. 12:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

 12:2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

 12:3 The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

 12:4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?




Isa. 6:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 16:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Prov. 5:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 8:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 10:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 18:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 26:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Mal. 2:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 113 1 114
Ex. 2 0 2
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 3 0 3
Deut. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 1 0 1
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
Job 10 0 10
Ps. 26 0 26
Prov. 42 0 42
Eccl. 1 0 1
Song. 4 0 4
Isa. 10 1 11
Jer. 1 0 1
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 3 0 3
Dan. 1 0 1
Hosea 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
Hab. 1 0 1
Mal. 2 0 2
NT 6 0 6
BM 6 0 6
DC 2 0 2
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 128 1 129

Ps. 12:2
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

Ps. 12:3
The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

Ps. 12:4
Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

Ps. 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.

Ps. 17:1
Hear the right, O Lord, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

Ps. 17:4
Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

Ps. 21:2
Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.

Ps. 31:18
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

Ps. 34:13
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

Ps. 40:9
I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest.

Ps. 45:2
Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

Ps. 51:15
O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

Ps. 59:7
Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?

Ps. 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.

Ps. 63:3
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.

Ps. 63:5
My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:

Ps. 66:14
Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

Ps. 71:23
My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

Ps. 89:34
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

Ps. 106:33
Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

Ps. 119:13
With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.

Ps. 119:171
My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

Ps. 120:2
Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

Ps. 140:3
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

Ps. 140:9
As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

Ps. 141:3
Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.