Listen, for I will speak excellent things, ¹  and my lips will utter ²  what is right.

The lips of the wise spread ¹  knowledge, but not so the heart of fools. ² 

The lips of a fool ¹  enter into strife, ²  and his mouth invites ³  a flogging. ⁴ 

my soul ¹  will rejoice when your lips speak what is right. ² 

Like a kiss on the lips ¹  is the one who gives an honest answer.

Like a coating of glaze ¹  over earthenware are fervent ²  lips with an evil heart. ³ 

Let another ¹  praise you, and not your own mouth; ²  someone else, ³  and not your own lips.

For with mocking lips and a foreign tongue he will speak to these people. ¹ 

‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart ¹  is far from me,

and no lie was found on their lips; ¹  they ²  are blameless.

I said, “Too bad for me! I am destroyed, ¹  for my lips are contaminated by sin, ²  and I live among people whose lips are contaminated by sin. ³  My eyes have seen the king, the Lord who commands armies.” ⁴ 

I will speak, ¹  so that I may find relief; I will open my lips, so that I may answer.

My lips will shout for joy! Yes, ¹  I will sing your praises! I will praise you when you rescue me! ² 

I said, ¹  “O Lord, rescue me ²  from those who lie with their lips ³  and those who deceive with their tongue. ⁴ 

As for the heads of those who surround me – may the harm done by ¹  their lips overwhelm them!

For the lips ¹  of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her seductive words ²  are smoother than olive oil,

The lips of the righteous know ¹  what is pleasing, ²  but the speech ³  of the wicked is perverse.

The one who winks his eyes ¹  devises perverse things, and ²  one who compresses his lips ³  brings about ⁴  evil.

The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his life. ¹ 

For it is pleasing if ¹  you keep these sayings ²  within you, and ³  they are ready on your lips. ⁴