11 A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
23 A man finds joy in giving an apt reply-- and how good is a timely word!
5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love. 6 Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.
12 Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man's rebuke to a listening ear.
12 Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days, 13 keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies.
30 The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks what is just. 31 The law of his God is in his heart; his feet do not slip.
18 Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing. 19 Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
21 The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
35 “The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. 36 But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. 37 For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”
16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
“Each day offers us an opportunity to build or to tear down. We do both with our actions, attitudes, and most of all, with our words. Wherever you are today, the critical question to ask yourself is, ‘Am I building or am I tearing down?’ We build our legacy one choice and one day at a time. Hudson Taylor once wrote that there are three phases to any impossible project, ‘Impossible...difficult...done!’” Donna Evans
“Know the Truth and speak the Truth – always, always wrapped in love. Is Jesus high and lifted up in my words or are they merely springing forth from my opinions and leanings and seriously, what good is that?” BHY
“No matter how just your words may be, you ruin everything when you speak in anger.” John Chrysostom
“The most important thing in life isn’t what we think about ourselves or what others think about us, but what God thinks about us. He is the final Judge. When He examines and evaluates our motives, words, and actions, are we commended, as was Abel, or are we condemned, as was his brother Cain? ‘The Lord does not look at the things man looks at,’ God told the prophet Samuel. ‘Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart’ (1 Sam. 16:7). Warren Wiersbe
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” Mother Teresa
“Kind words produce their own image in men’s souls; and a beautiful image it is. They soothe and quiet and comfort the hearer...We have not yet begun to use kind words in such abundance as they ought to be used.” Blaise Pascal
“Though it might be easier to say nothing, how much better to say something. To get our focus off ourselves and on others. To look for ways to lift up rather than tear down. To whisper words from God and bring refreshment to a parched soul.” Liz Curtis Higgs
“Our words have the power to speak life or death over someone. Watch the face of the hearer. Think before we speak. Store up in our hearts His truth before we spout out from our lips our opinions. Out of the overflow of the heart the mouth will speak. Be the conduit that life flows freely through to others. We will then leave the aroma of Christ in our circumstances not the stench of death.” BHY
“Father, as we’re here today, please help us to rid our hearts and minds of the clutter that is within them. Our thoughts are clouded by worldly matters- things that don’t matter. Our hearts seek after things that don’t satisfy. We run after the perishable and fail to seek the imperishable. Forgive us, Father. May Your Spirit remind us of Your Presence in all of our lives- all of the time. Guide us. Let our thoughts and words and attitudes be pleasing to You. Let us imitate Christ. Give us His mind and His attitude. Strip us of our pride and self-sufficiency and may we be humble as Jesus showed Humility. In the Name of Jesus, Who humbled Himself to death, even death on the Cross, for us, we pray.” Roger Killian