Taming the Tongue
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Taming the Tongue
Taming the Tongue
God tells us in His Word that the tongue has incredible power. We can use our tongue to bring blessings and life or curses and death. Our tongues can be the most difficult thing to control and leave us with great regret if we use our words to hurt. Praise be to God for the hope we have in the Gospel; the Bible tells us that with the help of the Holy Spirit we can have power and control over our tongue.
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“Whoever desires to love life
and see good days,
let him keep his tongue from evil
and his lips from speaking deceit;
1 pet 3
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
When words are many, transgression is not lacking,
but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.
pro 15
A gentle tongue is a tree of life,
but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.
it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.”
Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue
keeps himself out of trouble.
For lack of wood the fire goes out,
and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.
Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from speaking deceit.
Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;
keep watch over the door of my lips!
Whoever restrains his words has knowledge,
and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise;
when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.
Your tongue plots destruction,
like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.
You love evil more than good,
and lying more than speaking what is right. Selah
You love all words that devour,
O deceitful tongue.
But God will break you down forever;
he will snatch and tear you from your tent;
he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
The righteous shall see and fear,
and shall laugh at him, saying,
“See the man who would not make
God his refuge,
but trusted in the abundance of his riches
and sought refuge in his own destruction!”
But I am like a green olive tree
in the house of God.
I trust in the steadfast love of God
forever and ever.
I will thank you forever,
because you have done it.
I will wait for your name, for it is good,
in the presence of the godly.