The Bible teaches that watching your mouth means speaking words that build up, bring grace, and avoid "unwholesome talk," recognizing the tongue's power for great good or harm, with verses like Ephesians 4:29 emphasizing helpful speech, James 3 highlighting the tongue as a fire, and Proverbs 21:23 noting that guarding your mouth saves you from trouble, as words reflect the heart's condition (Luke 6:45).
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Joshua 24:14–15 Reminds Us to Serve God
And then for us to pray that God would save us from idols in our country. We must decide if we will serve God or ourselves. Let's do that. God, we start this prayer by saying you alone are God.
Psalms 141:3-4 New King James Version (NKJV)
Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips. Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, To practice wicked works With men who work iniquity; And do not let me eat of their delicacies.
Check out what the apostle Paul says about the language Christians should use: “Watch the way you talk. Let nothing foul or dirty come out of your mouth. Say only what helps, each word a gift” (Ephesians 4:29, MSG).
Proverbs 18:22 means finding a good wife is a great blessing and a sign of God's favor, portraying marriage as a divine gift and a partnership where a godly woman serves as a wise helper, bringing comfort, purpose, and spiritual growth, not just a casual companion. It emphasizes that this isn't a guarantee for any marriage but highlights the value of a covenant partner, reflecting God's design for life and support.
Being Careful What You Say: Proverbs 21:23 (NIV)
"Those who guard their mouths and their tongues keep themselves from calamity." This is one of the simplest Bible verses about being careful what you say.
Psalm 109 is powerful because it's a raw, honest prayer of extreme distress and betrayal, calling for God's justice against enemies, often seen as a prophetic model for spiritual warfare, divine retribution against slander, witchcraft, and curses, and a deep expression of trusting God to enact vengeance, not personal revenge, especially recognized for its Messianic implications regarding Judas's betrayal. It's considered a potent prayer because it allows believers to voice deep anger and despair, turning the situation over to God for divine intervention, believing God will reverse evil and punish the wicked.
In Jeremiah 33:3, God invites His people to “call to Me,” assuring them that He will answer with insight beyond human understanding. This verse is a promise of divine revelation, where God offers to share “great and mighty things” that are otherwise hidden.
Proverbs 23:7, "For as he thinks in his heart, so is he," means a person's inner thoughts and motives define their true character, not just their outward actions or words, often used in context to warn against the insincere generosity of a stingy or envious person who calculates costs while offering food. It teaches that your internal beliefs shape who you become, urging readers to cultivate righteous thoughts to align with positive actions, as a calculating heart reveals true intentions.
That seems to be a very common way of taking this verse. The holy things and the pearls represent the things of God, perhaps the gospel itself. The dogs and pigs represent hostile, unworthy people. And so the statement translates into something like this: Do not preach the things of God to hostile, unworthy people.
Application in Modern Context
In our fast-paced and often chaotic world, Joshua 24:14-15 invites us to pause and reflect on our own spiritual journey. It prompts us to evaluate our priorities and recommit ourselves to serving God with sincerity and passion.
The point of the parable is that we are to use whatever we have been given for God's purposes. The severe consequences to the unproductive servant, far beyond anything triggered by mere business mediocrity, tell us that we are to invest our lives, not waste them.
Matthew 15:17-19 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Do you not understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is eliminated? But whatever [word] comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this is what defiles and dishonors the man.
Proverbs 31:25, "She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come," means a virtuous woman possesses inner fortitude, grace, and confidence rooted in faith, allowing her to face the future without fear, trusting in God's provision rather than worldly anxieties. This strength is not just physical but moral and spiritual, enabling her to handle challenges with joy and assurance, projecting a powerful, dignified presence.
Psalm 34:18 means God is intimately present and offers comfort and salvation to those experiencing deep emotional pain, despair, or spiritual brokenness, assuring them they are not alone in their suffering. It emphasizes that God draws near to the "brokenhearted" (those with heavy, grieving hearts) and "crushed in spirit" (those feeling utterly defeated or contrite), providing healing and rescue, not just distant sympathy.
As part of his call for God's people to join in worship, David calls upon the assembled people to offer "a new song" to the Lord. This is a somewhat literal expression: the constant influence of God in the lives of His people, and our personal experience of Him, should inspire a constant flow of creative worship.
Jeremiah 33:3 in Other Translations
3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. 3 Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.
Unity is the theme of this psalm. David affirms that the unity of the people of Israel was good and pleasant. Although there had been discord for years among the tribes, their coming together as one people was refreshing. It resembled the occasion when Aaron was anointed to serve as Israel's high priest.
Deliver me from my enemies, O God; be my fortress against those who are attacking me. Deliver me from evildoers and save me from those who are after my blood. See how they lie in wait for me! Fierce men conspire against me for no offense or sin of mine, Lord.
Psalm 119 also reveals the transformative power of God's Word. The psalmist repeatedly asks God to teach him, give him understanding, and open his eyes to wondrous things in the law (v. 18). This humble, teachable attitude reminds us that engaging with the Bible and God's word is not a passive activity.
Psalm 109 is primarily a prophecy about Jesus and his betrayer, Judas. And, secondarily, this prophecy teaches us an essential truth about God's commitment to justice and his willingness to save. Let's dive in. “[1] Be not silent, O God of my praise!
The sins that the tongue commits are four: lying, backbiting, invecting and loquacity. The tongue becomes sanctified if it refrains from indulging in these four sins.
The Bible also condemns arguing about things that are not worth arguing about, a type of arguing that the Bible sometimes labels “foolish controversies” (1 Tim. 6:4; Titus 3:9). Additionally, the Bible condemns ungodly anger, the type of anger that sometimes leads us to engage in unbiblical arguments (James 1:20).
Matthew 19:26 says that“Jesus looked at them intently and said, “Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God everything is possible.”The way to tame your tongue is by partnering with the Holy Spirit; these problems cannot be solved or transformed by mere willpower.