Biting Lip Spiritual Meaning

Oh dear, you may be reading this because you bit your lip again. It’s not the best when that happens. I know. I don't know why I need to say I am sorry you have done that. And I guess you want to know spiritually if this has any meaning. Well it does. Everything we do in life (all those annoying little accidents) has spiritual meaning, so I am going to share the key things with you. 

What does it mean when you bite your lip spiritually?

This is what it really means, that you need to shut up. That's it. That is all. Spiritually, when you bite your lip it is because something is going to come out, and you can not allow it to come out. Words, probably, anger, maybe. A little truth that seems too big or too dangerous or too real to actually say out loud. In all my folklore books, if you bite your lip it is a warning to just keep quite and listen before replying. What does it mean if I keep biting my lips?

I do think that this is all about your body speaking to you. All the time. I spent years not hearing what my body was saying. Headaches before nightmare conversations. A stomachache before a bad decision was about to happen. And - yeah - biting the lip right before I said something I would regret. I thought these were physical things happening randomly. Inconveniences. Annoyances. But they were hardly random. But, your spirit is not in some other dimension awaiting your death so it can communicate. It's here. Right now. You can feel it in your bones and your blood - and yes, your lips! And then you walk on that spot for a third time this week and you scream WAIT. STOP. THINK ABOUT THIS.

The lip is where your inside world meets everything outside. Every word you've let go crossed that threshold. And every truth you swallowed back down pressed against it. But what if you keep tearing that exact spot? So, I want to say pay attention, your body figured something out before your brain did.

Maybe you spoke when you should have listened. Maybe you slackened off - when something inside of you wanted to speak. That bitten lip is a message either way. And you've been putting it on the counter unopened way too long.

Is it good or bad to bite your lip?

I don’t really know is the honest answer. It is good because it is sort of warning you to some degree. You probably did not even realize the whole thing was happening - maybe you are in a meeting, or eating dinner together with your mom, or hearing your partner explain exactly why they forgot to do this thing they said they would do 3 weeks ago. And somewhere there, your teeth messed up. Take notice of where you bit your lip, if this was at home there is seomthign you may say like on your phone that you should’nt. Perhaps you even tasted blood..urgh. Maybe you didn't. But you did it - and you are here Googling it - simply because part of you realizes this is not simply something you do.
It isn't. You do it to yourself. There's a difference.

One of those topics that pops up every weird corner of my brain is that this is about what we say., is it really that simple? And wait... stay with me. I think there is something spiritual going on here.

What does it really mean when I bite my lip but don’t know how?

This is really no different to knowing about why you bit your tongue. It means that you know things that your conscious mind is still working overtime to deny. And whenever your body starts to do something repetitive like hurting (by accident of course) in small ways - it's telling you something. 

What does the Bible say about our mouths and lips? Is there spiritual significance?

Oh, scripture has Plenty to say about this. And most of it should make us a little nervous about how carelessly we use our words. Proverbs tells us straight up - the tongue has the power of life and death. Not influence. Not suggestion. POWER. Life and death are sitting right there in your mouth, waiting to see which one you're going to say today. Every single word you say can harm as well as praise. Do you get what I mean. Many of us are speaking negative to ourselves. It is called sour sister club they keep themselves down for a reason. I am sure this is a really important sign.

When I read parts of the bible on this, James in chapter 3 compares the tongue to a tiny spark that can burn down an entire forest. A mouth can literally destory a relationship with a few words.
And sometimes - I really believe this - God allows a physical interruption to our speech as a trust. That bitten lip? Maybe it's saving you from saying something you can't take back. Maybe heaven is literally stepping in to shut your mouth before you mess up your own blessing.

David understood this. In the Psalms, he cries out: "Set a guard over my mouth, LORD; keep watch over the door of my lips." That's not just words. That's a desperate prayer from a man who knew he needed divine intervention to control what came out of him. And, in my view he has seen what his own words could do. He'd watched himself speak destruction and then had to live with the consequences.

Go, if you have bitten your lip might be an answer to a prayer you didn't even know you had asked for. I do think this is like God heard you, if you see what I mean (IYSWIM) - he's trying to help. The question is whether you know.

My grandmother lived in a very remote village, she had so many supersitions, in the old days she used to say if you bite your lip, someone was talking about you. What's the deal with that old belief? My grandmother wasn't making things up. She was carrying forward wisdom that got passed down through generations of people who paid attention to things we've learned to ignore. Now look - I'm not saying every folk belief is absolute truth carved in stone. But I am saying this: our ancestors noticed things. They didn't have phones and on Instagram every three seconds stealing their attention. They watched. They observed. They saw patterns between the physical world and the spiritual world that we've become too busy and too "sophisticated" to recognize anymore.

In old European folklore that I read about, a bite on the left side of your lip basically meant someone was speaking against you somewhere, talking trash. Maybe even running your name through the mud. The right side? That meant praise was flowing your way. Someone was building you up when you weren't even in the room.

In African traditions - wisdom that got carried through the practices like Hoodoo - mouth biting often pointed to spiritual interference. In Hoodoo, this is about someone might be working against you, trying to bind your tongue or block your ability to communicate effectively. Or you might be sabotaging yourself with the words you've been putting out into the world. Irish folklore said a bitten lip meant you'd spoken when you should've kept your mouth shut. You let something slip that needed to stay inside. Scottish tradition claimed it meant unexpected news was heading your way - so stay alert. Here's what I take from all of this: across cultures, across oceans, across centuries, people understood that the mouth carries spiritual weight. The specific words (already said) may shift depending on where you are and who taught you. For some of you this could just be a sign someone is talking about you.

Does it matter if you bit your top or bottom lip?

Yes. And this is where things get a bit wierd. In my folklore books, the lower lip connects to your feelings. It's about what you're taking in spiritually, what light you are taking in, what you're feeling, what you're allowing yourself to emotionally connect? When you bite your lower lip, you're often hiding something, it could be a stressful situation in life. It is important for me to mention that in some cases you may not have let yourself feel. Sometimes if you have been ghosted and you do this it could be sort of love that you have not communicated to the specific person, this is a feeling you're afraid to show. Yes, yes. I've watched people do this. That time when you show emotion and they walk away carrying the same weight they came in with.

This is my thoughts - you weren't designed to hold all of that inside forever. And if you won't let it out through tears or words or honest conversation, it's going to find another exit, usually, a messier one. As I said before, the upper lip is different. That connects to your assertive energy. It's about what you're saying out to the world, what you're not going to say when you know. An upper lip is a spiritual sign that you're holding back from a necessary confrontation. Maybe this is with a parent or somoene close to you, and deep down you know what needs to be spoken, but you're scared of the fallout

I bit my lip right before something important, and now I'm crashing out. Is this a bad omen?

Well, well - don’t worry. This isn't a bad omen hanging over your head. It is possible for bad stuff to happen in life. Here's what I've learned about how life works: stuff that happens is not random. Difficult stuff still don't just fall from the sky for no reason. This could be totally random, everything is trying to teach you something, even the stuff that hurts.

So before you go to that big meeting at work or have that difficult conversation or make that really important, it is like someone is tapping you on the shoulder and saying hey, wait before you speak. Always remember, you get to choose what you do with it. Try not to go into anxiety and let that fear steal your confidence before you even walk through the door. OR you can receive it as a gift. The sign isn't inherently bad or good. It just IS. What you do with this sign determines everything that comes next.

What if I'm someone who has a lot to say but I'm constantly biting my tongue - literally - just to keep everyone else comfortable?

There are certain people in this world who have big, sprawling, complicated minds. They think deeply about everything, they feel things intensely. They want to talk about stuff that actually And the world has told these people - over and over again - that they're too much. So they learned to bite down. They learned to edit themselves before the words even left their mouths. They learned to perform the watered-down version that other people find easier to digest. But here's what I need you to understand if this is you: that constant self-suppression is doing damage to your soul.

I want to tell you that you weren't built to be small, you weren't designed to be quiet. Remembering the right things to say, is really the answer you are looking for. The reason you keep biting your lip isn't that something's wrong with you. I do think that your body is telling you something ISN'T Working. What you actually need are people who can handle the full version of you. People who lean in when conversations get real instead of looking for the exit. And, people who aren't threatened by depth or intensity or emotion. Those people exist. I promise they do. But you have to stop settling for half-listeners who make you feel crazy for having something to say. You have to stop performing for people and be yourself.

What should I take from this?

Alright. Here's your lesson, yes, I'm serious about this. When you bite your lip, just stop what your doing. Whatever you were: thinking, or about to say - pause. Treat it as a pause button on your Netflix - that deserves your attention. Then ask yourself two questions: What am I holding back that maybe needs to come out? What am I about to release that maybe needs to stay in?