The power of the tongue

There is one who speaks like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise promotes health. (Proverbs 12:18)

 The book of Proverbs tells us, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue”, and “A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.” For your own sake and everyone else’s, watch your words!
 The remedy begins with a change in the heart—our hearts—because “out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.” The key begins with praying to be filled with the Holy Spirit. So open your heart to God. Ask Him to fill you with His Spirit. Then as you make a habit of reading and absorbing God’s Word, you’ll come into a deep, abiding relationship with Him, and that relationship will manifest itself in your words and actions.
 When His Word abides in you, you won’t meddle, gossip, or say unkind or bitter words. We can never control our tongue ourselves. “No man can tame the tongue,” but God can. Trust God to change you! Believe that His Word will not fail. He can come in with His Spirit and cause kindness to flow through you because He possesses your tongue and your life. —VBB [1]

If I knew the sting of a word
Might linger and leave its mark
With a deep dark scar on a loved one’s heart,
I don’t think I’d speak that word, would you? —George Matthas Adams

[1] VBB Anchor Are you a Busybody