Our Words
I love this little rabbit! lol and I loved the movie Bambi! But this little rabbit makes a very profound and amazing point. "If you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all." I once heard, "The key to a happy marriage is knowing when to keep your mouth shut." I also heard advice from a man who had been married 48 years, "If your spouse wants to fight, don't fight back, cause they will remember Everything you say."
Yes my rule of thumb has always been if someone wants to engage me in a fight I simply won't say anything. Another good quote, "The best answer to anger is silence." People need to cool off before you can actually talk to them.
When I was angry I used to go out and ride my bike around till I had calmed down. Anger creates a lot of excess chemicals in your body that really need to be burned off through exercise. Otherwise the stress of anger can build up in your body and lead to headaches and even illnesses.
The Bible says, "In your anger do not sin." Anger itself is not a sin, but what we say or do when we are angry can be.
Here are some verses on the power of our words.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person.
There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak,
Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.
But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.
For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.
If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! ...
Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.
The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.
Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
The heart of the wise makes his speech judicious and adds persuasiveness to his lips. Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.
But no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.
But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.
Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
Do not take to heart all the things that people say, lest you hear your servant cursing you. Your heart knows that many times you yourself have cursed others.
“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is!
Behold, I now do according to your word. Behold, I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you.
For he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure.
And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil. Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few. For a dream comes with much business, and a fool's voice with many words.
For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.
Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.
And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”
Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father. Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
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