Lips

Psalm 8:2
Through the praise of children and infants
 you have established a stronghold  against your enemies,
 to silence the foe  and the avenger.

Psalm 34:1
I will extol the Lord at all times;
 his praise will always be on my lips.

Psalm 119:171
May my lips overflow with praise,
 for you teach me  your decrees.

Proverbs 13:3
Those who guard their lips  preserve their lives,
 but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.

Proverbs 27:2
Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth;
 an outsider, and not your own lips.

Isaiah 6:5
“Woe  to me!” I cried. “I am ruined!  For I am a man of unclean lips,  and I live among a people of unclean lips,  and my eyes have seen  the King,  the Lord Almighty.”

Matthew 21:16
But if we say, ‘Of human origin’—we are afraid of the people, for they all hold that John was a prophet.”

Colossians 3:8
But now you must also rid yourselves  of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander,  and filthy language from your lips.

Thought

. Conquer a man who never gives, by gifts;
Subdue untruthful men by truthfulness;
Vanquish an angry man by gentleness;
And overcome the evil man by goodness. - Indian proverb

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