The Bible teaches us SO much about this incredibly important subject.
Jesus (Yeshua) said this in Matthew 12: 33 “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit. 34 Brood 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. 36 But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. 37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
If we really understood the power of our words, and how accountable we will be for them when we stand before God one day—I think we’d be very careful to speak not only what is true, but also what is life-giving. Do your words often sound more like blessing or cursing? Life and death is in the power of the words we speak. Be careful how you speak, repent when you’ve spoken death and cursing, submit to God, resist the Devil and he will flee from you.
Don’t be an instrument of speaking evil any longer, be an instrument for blessing and life-giving words!! If you feel the conviction of the Holy Spirit over words you’ve spoken directly to someone or about someone that were not true or associated with cursing that person, there is no better time than this moment to repent. Come clean before God, confess your sins to Him and ask the Lord Jesus to wash you clean and forgive you. Jesus (Yeshua) laid His own life down so that you might be completely free and made completely whole again, no longer a slave to evil but set apart to do His will, no longer your own. When we confess our sins, He is faithful & just to forgive us. If you have repented before God, make a point to ask forgiveness from anyone whom you’ve harmed with your words. Send the text, make the call, write the letter, whatever you need to do, come clean and make it right! Once you repent and turn away from speaking words of cursing and death, those are no longer ones the Jesus said you’ll have to answer for…once you’ve repented and renounced sin, it is separated from you as far as the East is from the West. And as Jesus said, “Go and sin no more.”
Here is a brief list of Scriptures concerning the words we speak…meditate on these truths today:
“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.” – Ephesians 4:29
“Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. The tongue also is a fire.” – James 3:5-6
“The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.” – Proverbs 12:18
“Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.” – Colossians 4:6
“Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:11
“But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.” – Hebrews 3:13
“Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.” – Proverbs 16:24
“Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips.” – Proverbs 4:24
“May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.” – Psalm 19:14
“The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary.” – Isaiah 50:4
“A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” – Proverbs 15:1
“A time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak.” – Ecclesiastes 3:7
“Sin is not ended by multiplying words, but the prudent hold their tongues.” – Proverbs 10:19
“Set a guard over my mouth, Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips.” – Psalm 141:3