Why Words Matter
The Power of the Tongue
What we say and how we say it can have unimaginable consequences — both good and bad.
Bob Lonac I’ll start with a Facebook post I wrote in April of 2020 that just recently went over the 1,000 Likes mark.
This may sound harsh but it is true. Words matter and are powerful. The old saying, “Sticks and stone can break my bones, but words can never hurt me,” is rubbish. The names you call things — the words you say to yourself and to others — become a reality in unseen and hidden ways.
Speak the reality you wish to see.
Here is another one of those sage sayings that my mother taught me. “Watch out what you say. Once the words get out of your mouth, you can’t reach out and stuff them back in. And some people never forget or forgive what you said.”
I wish I would have executed that more often than I did.
10 of My Favorite Times the Bible References the Tongue
There are 133 references to the tongue in the Bible. That means that this subject is important!
Here are a few choice references from the word of God. When God sets down His word He never has second thoughts about it. It is always true, forever.
1 A psalm of David. Lord, who may dwell in your sacred tent? Who may live on your holy mountain?
2 The one whose walk is blameless, who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from their heart;
3 whose tongue utters no slander, who does no wrong to a neighbor, and casts no slur on others
Your sin prompts your mouth; you adopt the tongue of the crafty.
May the Lord silence all flattering lips and every boastful tongue—
You who practice deceit your tongue plots destruction it is like a sharpened razor.
Sin is not ended by multiplying words, but the prudent hold their tongues.
The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
The soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.
whose tongue utters no slander, who does no wrong to a neighbor, and casts no slur on others;
Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.
Yikes, I think I wrote this one for myself. God Bless you all and thank you for following me.
