LXX Concordance for χείλη

Your own mouth condemns you, not I;

your own lips testify against you.

They say, “Through our tongues we have power;

our lips are our own ​— ​who can be our master? ”

Let lying lips

that arrogantly speak against the righteous

in proud contempt be silenced.

My lips will glorify you

because your faithful love is better than life.

You satisfy me as with rich food;[fn]

my mouth will praise you with joyful lips.

that my lips promised

and my mouth spoke during my distress.

My lips will shout for joy

when I sing praise to you

because you have redeemed me.

My lips pour out praise,

for you teach me your statutes.

you have been snared by the words of your mouth —

trapped by the words from your mouth.

“For my mouth tells the truth,

and wickedness is detestable to my lips.

The one who conceals hatred has lying lips,

and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

The lips of the righteous feed many,

but fools die for lack of sense.

The lips of the righteous know what is appropriate,

but the mouth of the wicked, only what is perverse.

Lying lips are detestable to the LORD,

but faithful people are his delight.

The proud speech of a fool brings a rod of discipline,[fn]

but the lips of the wise protect them.

Stay away from a foolish person;

you will gain no knowledge from his speech.

The lips of the wise broadcast knowledge,

but not so the heart of fools.

Eloquent words are not appropriate on a fool's lips;

how much worse are lies for a ruler.

A fool's lips lead to strife,

and his mouth provokes a beating.

My innermost being will celebrate

when your lips say what is right.

for their hearts plan violence,

and their words stir up trouble.

Smooth[fn] lips with an evil heart

are like glaze on an earthen vessel.

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth —

a stranger, and not your own lips.

The words from the mouth of a wise person are gracious,

but the lips of a fool consume him.

Your lips are like a scarlet cord,

and your mouth[fn] is lovely.

Behind your veil,

your brow[fn] is like a slice of pomegranate.

Your lips drip sweetness like the honeycomb, my bride.

Honey and milk are under your tongue.

The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

His cheeks are like beds of spice,

mounds of[fn] perfume.

His lips are lilies,

dripping with flowing myrrh.

Behind your veil,

your brow[fn] is like a slice of pomegranate.

For your hands are defiled with blood

and your fingers, with iniquity;

your lips have spoken lies,

and your tongues mutter injustice.

“For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should desire instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Armies.

Therefore it is called Babylon,[fn][fn] for there the LORD confused the language of the whole earth, and from there the LORD scattered them throughout the earth.

Hannah was praying silently, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. Eli thought she was drunk

He will yet fill your mouth with laughter

and your lips with a shout of joy.

But if only God would speak

and open his lips against you!

He deprives trusted advisers of speech

and takes away the elders' good judgment.

my lips will not speak unjustly,

and my tongue will not utter deceit.

I must speak so that I can find relief;

I must open my lips and respond.

They lie to one another;

they speak with flattering lips and deceptive hearts.

All have turned away;

all alike have become corrupt.

There is no one who does good,

not even one.

Keep your tongue from evil

and your lips from deceitful speech.

I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly;

see, I do not keep my mouth closed[fn] —

as you know, LORD.

Lord, open my lips,

and my mouth will declare your praise.

They make their tongues

as sharp as a snake's bite;

viper's venom is under their lips.Selah

LORD, set up a guard for my mouth;

keep watch at the door of my lips.

Don't let your mouth speak dishonestly,

and don't let your lips talk deviously.

Truthful lips endure forever,

but a lying tongue, only a moment.

Righteous lips are a king's delight,

and he loves one who speaks honestly.

My innermost being will celebrate

when your lips say what is right.

He who gives an honest answer

gives a kiss on the lips.

Then I said:

Woe is me for I am ruined[fn]

because I am a man of unclean lips

and live among a people of unclean lips,

and because my eyes have seen the King,

the LORD of Armies.

Because your raging against me

and your arrogance have reached my ears,

I will put my hook in your nose

and my bit in your mouth;

I will make you go back

the way you came.

The slander[fn] and murmuring of my opponents

attack me all day long.