Prayerful answers come from God-loyal people; the wicked are sewers of abusive words. Proverbs 15:28
The words we speak are a peek hole into our entire being. It’s not so much that some people are better at controlling their words than others. It’s that some people are content with God (“God-loyal”), and some aren’t… and our words show us how much we’ve allowed the Holy Spirit to transform us.
–Do we Talk Too Much?
“In the multitude of words there is no lack of transgression, ” (Proverbs 10:19).
“He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets, but he who is of a faithful spirit conceals a matter” (Proverbs 11:13).
“The lips of a Righteous person know the kind thing to say, but the wicked are always saying things that hurt.” (Proverbs 10:32
“The heart of the righteous studies how to answer” (Proverbs 15:28). Allow others time to answer. Beware of people who want you to give them a quick answer.
–Do We Choose Our Words Cautiously and Fairly?
When we oversimplify, generalize and lump together the righteous and unrighteous we curse them both.
“He who … condemns the righteous, … is an abomination to the Lord” (Proverbs 17:15).
–Do Our Words Abuse, Brow-beat, Amount to Humiliation or Mockery?
“With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor” (Proverbs 11:9). Note: I have seen Christians destroy their neighbor by their SILENCE when they could have corrected a story they KNEW to be untrue.
“But if you bite and devour one another, take heed that you not be consumed of one another” (Galatians 5:15).
–Do We “singe” Fellow Believers with Harsh Language?
“There is rash speaking which is like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing” (Proverbs 12:18).
“A worthless man devises mischief, and in his lips there is as a scorching fire” (Proverbs 16:27).
–Is What We Say Kind?
“The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, KINDNESS, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control” (Galatians 5:22-23).
“And be kind one to another, tenderhearted” (Ephesians 4:32).