Things

Words. Things. Words are things. Language shapes our understanding. Words. Words are things. Chew on that...

Hebrews 11:3 (MEV)

3 By faith we understand that the universe was framed by the word of God, so that things that are seen were not made out of things which are visible.

Proverbs 16:24(MEV)

24 Pleasant words are as a honeycomb,
    sweet to the soul and health to the bones.

"Words are things, I'm convinced. You must be careful about the words you use for the word you allowed to be used in your house."

Dr Maya Angelou 

Quite the standard!

Compare James 3:5-8; Proverbs 18:21; Matthew 12:26-27; Matthew 12:33-35; Ephesians 4:29; Proverbs 12:18; 13:3.

James 3:5-8 (MEV)

5 Even so, the tongue is a little part of the body and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles. 6 The tongue is a fire, a world of evil. The tongue is among the parts of the body, defiling the whole body, and setting the course of nature on fire, and it is set on fire by hell.

7 All kinds of beasts, and birds, and serpents, and things in the sea are tamed or have been tamed by mankind. 8 But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

Proverbs 18:21 (MEV)

21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue,

    and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Matthew 12:26-27 (MEV)

26 If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. Then how will his kingdom stand? 27 And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore, they shall be your judges.

Matthew 12:33-35 (MEV)

A Tree and Its Fruit

33 “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt. For the tree is known by its fruit. 34 O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things. And an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.

Ephesians 4:29 (MEV)

29 Let no unwholesome word proceed out of your mouth, but only that which is good for building up, that it may give grace to the listeners.

Proverbs 12:18 (MEV)

18 There is one who speaks like the piercings of a sword,

    but the tongue of the wise is health.

Proverbs 13:3 (MEV)

3 He who guards his mouth preserves his life,  but he who opens wide his lips will have destruction.

Modern English Version (MEV)

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