“Words are free. It’s how you use them that may cost you.”
James 3:5 CSB – So too, though the tongue is a small part of the body, it boasts great things.Consider how a small fire sets ablaze a large forest.
Proverbs 18:21 MSG – Words kill, words give life; they’re either poison or fruit—you choose.
Your words hurt people or they help people.
Ephesians 4:29 NIV – Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
Matthew 12:34b NIV 84 – “For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.”
James 1:19 CSB – My dear brothers and sisters, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
Proverbs 17:27 CSB – The one who has knowledge restrains his words,
and one who keeps a cool head[a]
is a person of understanding.
Matthew 12:34b NIV 84 – “For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.”
1 Thessalonians 5:11 NIV – “Encourage one another and build each other up.”
Proverbs 11:25 NIV – A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.
Proverbs 18:21a MSG – “Words kill and words give life.”
