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he Bible says a great deal need God's help. King David He is gentle, meek, and humble, because the words are already
about the tongue and the prayed that God would put a not harsh, hard, sharp, and doing their work...
Twords of our mouths. The watch or a guard over his mouth: pressing: "A gentle tongue [with its
tongue holds the power of life and "Set a guard, O Lord, before my healing power] is a tree of life, but I recommend a thorough study of
death: "Death and life are in the mouth; keep watch at the door of my wilful contrariness in it breaks all these Scriptures and a sincere
power of the tongue, and they who lips" (Psalm 141:3). down the spirit" (Proverbs 15:4). prayer asking for God's help to
indulge in it shall eat the fruit of it Even the tone of our voice is tame your tongue.
[for death or life]" (Proverbs He also prayed that the words of important because it reveals the [THE EVERYDAY LIFE BIBLE,
18:21). his mouth and the meditation of condition of our hearts! Amplified Version, Joyce Meyer,
his heart would be acceptable in Faith Words, 2006].
The apostle James said that if any God's sight: "Let the words of my We can speak words of healing or
man can control his tongue he is "a mouth and the meditation of my words that wound; we can edify
fully developed character" and heart be acceptable in Your sight, O and build up or discourage and
can also control his entire being: Lord, my [firm, impenatrable] Rock tear down. Words are containers
"For we all often stumble and fall and my Redeemer" (Psalm 19:14). for power and they carry either
and offend in many things. And if David knew he could not control positive or negative power. The
anyone does not offend in speech his mouth without God's help, and decision is up to us!
[never says the wrong things], he is neither can we.
a fully developed character and a Words are seeds that we sow and
perfect man, able to control his We should avoid all harsh, hard, they definitely bring a harvest in
whole body and to curb his entire unjust words: "Then you shall call, our lives. Those who indulge the
nature" (James 3:2). and the Lord will answer you; you tongue must eat the fruit of their
shall cry, and He will say, Here I words, whether they are for life or
The tongue is a little member of the am. If you take away from your death!
body, but it causes tremendous midst yokes of oppression
problems. Relationships often end [wherever you find them], the finger One of the things we should strive
because of things that are said or pointed in scorn [toward the to do is think before we speak. The
not said. People lose jobs, cause oppressed or the godly], and every Bible says that we are not to be
strife and misunderstanding, and form of false, harsh, unjust, and rash with our mouths, but how
embarrass themselves - all with wicked speaking" (Isaiah 58:9). many times do we say things and
that one tiny organ, the tongue. Jesus said we must take His yoke then think, "Oh, I wish I had not
No man can tame the tongue, so we upon us and learn of Him because said that"? But then it is too late