Psalm 63:3
Because Your lovingkindness is better than life,
My lips shall praise You.
Psalm 69:16
Answer me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is sweet and good and comforting;
According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me.
Psalm 4:6
Many are saying, “Oh, that we might see some good!”
Lift up the light of Your face upon us, O Lord.
Psalm 21:6
For You make him most blessed [and a blessing] forever;
You make him joyful with the joy of Your presence.
Psalm 30:5
For His anger is but for a moment,
Weeping may endure for a night,
But a shout of joy comes in the morning.
Psalm 30:12
That my soul may sing praise to You and not be silent.
O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.
Psalm 51:15
O Lord, open my lips,
That my mouth may declare Your praise.
Psalm 66:17
I cried aloud to Him;
He was highly praised with my tongue.
Hosea 14:2
Take the words [confessing your guilt] with you and return to the Lord.
Say to Him, “Take away all our wickedness;
Accept what is good and receive us graciously,
So that we may present the fruit of our lips (gratitude).
Romans 6:19
I am speaking in [familiar] human terms because of your natural limitations [your spiritual immaturity]. For just as you presented your bodily members as slaves to impurity and to [moral] lawlessness, leading to further lawlessness, so now offer your members [your abilities, your talents] as slaves to righteousness, leading to
Romans 12:1
1 Corinthians 6:20
You were bought with a price [you were actually purchased with the precious blood of Jesus and made His own]. So then, honor and glorify God with your body.
Philippians 1:23
But I am hard-pressed between the two. I have the desire to leave [this world] and be with Christ, for that is far, far better;
Hebrews 13:15
Through Him, therefore, let us at all times offer up to God a sacrifice of praise, which is the fruit of lips that thankfully acknowledge and confess and glorify His name.
James 3:5-10
In the same sense, the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things.
See [by comparison] how great a forest is set on fire by a small spark!
1 John 3:2
Beloved, we are [even here and] now children of God, and it is not yet made clear what we will be [after His coming]. We know that when He comes and is revealed, we will [as His children] be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is [in all His glory].
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Because
Many are saying, “Oh, that we might see some good!”
Lift up the light of Your face upon us, O Lord.
For You make him most blessed [and a blessing] forever;
You make him joyful with the joy of Your presence.
For His anger is but for a moment,
Weeping may endure for a night,
But a shout of joy comes in the morning.
Lips
That my soul may sing praise to You and not be silent.
O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.
O Lord, open my lips,
That my mouth may declare Your praise.
I cried aloud to Him;
He was highly praised with my tongue.
Take the words [confessing your guilt] with you and return to the Lord.
Say to Him, “Take away all our wickedness;
Accept what is good and receive us graciously,
So that we may present the fruit of our lips (gratitude).
See [by comparison] how great a forest is set on fire by a small spark!