Tag: speech
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Knowing, Honoring, Listening – 1 Peter 3:7-10
1 Peter 3:7-10 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be…
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Plain Words – James 5:12
James 5:12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation. James brings us back again to the mouth. Why? Because so much damage in life comes out of…
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True Wisdom Has a Different Spirit – James 3:13–14
James 3:13, 14 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. James is saying, “You want to know who…
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From Bitter to Sweet – James 3:9–12
James 3:9–12 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? Can the…
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What Your Tongue Steers – James 3:3–6
James 3:3–6 Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.Even so the tongue is…
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Hush Long Enough to Hear – James 1:19
James 1:19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. Pressure makes people loud. When life hurts, when persecution closes in, when a trial will not let up, the tongue usually wants to run first. We want to explain, protest, defend, vent, argue, complain, or demand…
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Nothing to Hold Against You — Titus 2:8
Titus 2:8 Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you. Paul continues speaking to young men, and now he narrows the focus even further. Your speech. “Sound speech,” he says. The word sound again carries the idea of…
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Noise That Leads Nowhere — 2 Timothy 2:16
2 Timothy 2:16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness. Paul gives Timothy a very practical warning. “Shun profane and vain babblings.” In other words, learn when to walk away from empty talk. Not every conversation is worth entering. Not every argument deserves your attention. Think about that for…