Lip

besides its literal sense ( Isaiah 37:29 , etc.), is used in the original (saphah) metaphorically for an edge or border, as of a cup ( 1 Kings 7:26 ), a garment ( Exodus 28:32 ), a curtain ( 26:4 ), the sea ( Genesis 22:17 ), the Jordan ( 2 Kings 2:13 ). To "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, and the "calves of the lips" thank-offerings ( Hosea 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.