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)


Isa. 6:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

 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.

 6:6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:

 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.




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

Isa. 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.

Isa. 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.

Isa. 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.

Isa. 17:10
Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:

Isa. 28:11
For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.

Isa. 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:

Isa. 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:

Isa. 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.

Isa. 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.

Isa. 59:3
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.