Mind Your Language (Proverbs 10:12-21)
Sermon Outline
1. Our words are powerful
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.(Pr. 18:21)
There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing (Pr. 12:18)
The lips of the righteous feed many... (Pr. 10:21a)
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life…(Pr. 10:11a)
By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is overthrown(Pr. 11:11)
2. Our words matter to God
Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who act faithfully are his delight.(Pr. 12:22)
Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.(Pr. 16:24; cf. Eph. 4:29)
To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is! (Pr. 15:23)
When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.(Pr. 10:19)
The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer.(Pr. 15:28a)
Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.(Pr. 17:27)
Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you.(Pr. 4:24)
A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul. (Pr. 18:7)
3. Our words reveal our hearts
Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. (Pr. 4:23)