The Sweet and The Bitter
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but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water? Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water.
di·chot·o·my
/dīˈkädəmē/
A difference between two completely opposite ideas or things.
Something that has been divided into two parts. These two parts are usually in opposition to each other and create conflict or tension.
Not necessarily evil
examples
James is asking rhetorical questions for something that should not be from a Christian perspective
fresh and salt water
fig tree will not yield olives
With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God.
Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.
But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person.
You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
God wants genuine speech. Say it and mean it!
Saying nice things with the tongue and mutilating them with your thoughts.
Sweet Words and Bitter Thoughts
Ps 1:1
WISHING SOMEONE ILL
WISHING SOMEONE ILL
Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for what he has done.”
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
Deceit
Deceit
You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
Pride
Pride
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created, till unrighteousness was found in you.
Gossip
Gossip
For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases. As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife. The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.
Gossip is often the thing that keeps quarrels going.
It is wrong to make ourselves feel good by saying bad things about others.
We do not need to tell everything we know about others.
Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing covered.
And all spoke well of him and marveled at the gracious words that were coming from his mouth. And they said, “Is not this Joseph’s son?”
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.
and give no opportunity to the devil.