The Tongue's Dual Nature

Introduction- Samson and all his physical strength was able to slay a thousand of Philistines.(Judges 15:16) The damage he could do with his might is insurmountable compared to the tongue. We will examine the cautions of the tongue, how we can use it for good, and how we can use it for bad.

I. The many warnings of the tongue.

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James 3:5-6 “Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.”

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B. Point

Proverbs 15:1 “A soft answer turneth away wrath: But grievous words stir up anger.”

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Proverbs 18:13 “He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, It is folly and shame unto him.”

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II. Good

A. Proverbs 25:11 “A word fitly spoken Is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.”

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Proverbs 16:23 “The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, And addeth learning to his lips.”

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C. Point

Ephesians 4:29 “Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.”

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III. Bad

A. Proverbs 12:18 “There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: But the tongue of the wise is health.”

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B. Matthew 15:18 “But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.”

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Conclusion- Matthew 12:36-37 “But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.”