James 3:5-6 Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go.
James 3:3 When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, Prov 18:8 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels they go down to a man’s inmost parts.Ĭlaims to like, but everybody enjoys.” - Joseph ConradĪnd so, though small, our tongues do great damage: Somehow focussing on other’s failures makes us feel better by comparison. It’s nice to talk or hear about others (especially people we dislike) and their failings. Can you believe that they have nothing better to do with their time? Why is it that when we talk about others, it’s discussion, but when they talk about us it’s gossip?Īpparently Joe told Sue that Emily heard from Bill that Anne saw Nancy and Marie and they told her that Stacey was gossiping about us. But just in case you know someone who is a gossip, let’s look at it from a Biblical perspective. Now of course none of us are guilty of ever gossiping. I have a prayer request for Felicity, but keep it between the Lord and you. This is simply coming from a heart of concern. Gossip originating in Christian circles may take a more subtle And so gossipers often begin their dialogue with: Gossip is similar to slander, but is done in secret.
Jesus is telling us that if poison comes out our mouth, it was in the heart first.Īnd so we struggle to keep a rein on our tongues, because they are simply an outlet for what is already in our heart. “Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.” - Samuel J.
#OUT OF THE OVERFLOW OF THE HEART THE MOUTH SPEAKS NASB FULL#
It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. James 3:8 but no man can tame the tongue. Can both fresh water and salt a water flow from the same spring? My brothers, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. James 3:9-12 With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness. You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.” Matt 12:33-34 “Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit. We can also build up the kingdom of God or tear it down with our gossip and slander. With our careless words we can build people up or tear them down. Prov 18:21 The tongue has the power of life and death… Our words also have power (and I’m not referring to positive confession here). Gen 1:3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. In the Bible it is the word of God that speaks the world into existence and creates all creatures and human beings. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.” But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. Matt 12:33-37 “Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit.
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