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lipTo “open the lips” is to begin to speak (Job 11:5). To “refrain the lips” is to keep silence (Psalms 40:9; 1 Peter 3:10). The “fruit of the lips” (Hebrews 13:15) is praise. The “calves of the lips” are thank-offerings (Hos. 14:2). To “shoot out the lip” is to manifest scorn and defiance (Psalms 22:7). Many similar forms of expression are found in Scripture. Besides its literal sense (Isaiah 37:29, etc.), “lip” is used in the original (saphah) metaphorically for an edge or border, as of…
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