‘Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.’
—Isaiah 6:5

‘O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.’
—Matthew 12:34

‘What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?’
—Psalm 8:4

‘Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
‘I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.’
—John 15:4 & 5

‘My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lᴏʀᴅ; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.’
—Psalm 5:3

‘Hear my prayer, O Lᴏʀᴅ, and let my cry come unto thee.’
—Psalm 102:1

‘When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.’
—Matthew 6:6

‘The Lᴏʀᴅ bless thee, and keep thee:
‘The Lᴏʀᴅ make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:
‘The Lᴏʀᴅ lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.’
—Numbers 6:24–26

‘God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers’
—Romans 1:9