Psalm 63:3
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3 Your unfailing love is better than life itself;
how I praise you!
Psalm 69:16
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16 Answer my prayers, O Lord,
for your unfailing love is wonderful.
Take care of me,
for your mercy is so plentiful.
Psalm 51:15
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15 Unseal my lips, O Lord,
that my mouth may praise you.
Philippians 1:23
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23 I’m torn between two desires: I long to go and be with Christ, which would be far better for me.
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Psalm 30:5
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5 For his anger lasts only a moment,
but his favor lasts a lifetime!
Weeping may last through the night,
but joy comes with the morning.
Romans 12:1
New Living Translation
A Living Sacrifice to God
12 And so, dear brothers and sisters,[a] I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him.[b]
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James 3:5-10
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5 In the same way, the tongue is a small thing that makes grand speeches.
But a tiny spark can set a great forest on fire. 6 And among all the parts of the body, the tongue is a flame of fire. It is a whole world of wickedness, corrupting your entire body. It can set your whole life on fire, for it is set on fire by hell itself.[a]
7 People can tame all kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and fish, 8 but no one can tame the tongue. It is restless and evil, full of deadly poison. 9 Sometimes it praises our Lord and Father, and sometimes it curses those who have been made in the image of God. 10 And so blessing and cursing come pouring out of the same mouth. Surely, my brothers and sisters, this is not right!
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- 3:6 Or for it will burn in hell (Greek Gehenna).
Hebrews 13:15
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15 Therefore, let us offer through Jesus a continual sacrifice of praise to God, proclaiming our allegiance to his name.
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1 Corinthians 6:20
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20 for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.
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Romans 6:19
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19 Because of the weakness of your human nature, I am using the illustration of slavery to help you understand all this. Previously, you let yourselves be slaves to impurity and lawlessness, which led ever deeper into sin. Now you must give yourselves to be slaves to righteous living so that you will become holy.
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Hosea 14:2
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2 Bring your confessions, and return to the Lord.
Say to him,
“Forgive all our sins and graciously receive us,
so that we may offer you our praises.[a]
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- 14:2 As in Greek and Syriac versions, which read may repay the fruit of our lips; Hebrew reads may repay the bulls of our lips.
1 John 3:2
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2 Dear friends, we are already God’s children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is.
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Psalm 66:17
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17 For I cried out to him for help,
praising him as I spoke.
Psalm 30:12
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12 that I might sing praises to you and not be silent.
O Lord my God, I will give you thanks forever!
Psalm 21:6
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6 You have endowed him with eternal blessings
and given him the joy of your presence.
Psalm 4:6
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6 Many people say, “Who will show us better times?”
Let your face smile on us, Lord.
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