Falar
A Bíblia tem muito a ensinar sobre a arte de falar. As palavras têm poder de vida e de morte — podem edificar ou destruir, curar ou ferir, aproximar ou afastar.
O poder das palavras
A morte e a vida estão no poder da língua. A palavra branda desvia a ira, mas a palavra dura suscita o furor.
Words can bring death or life!
Talk too much, and you will eat
everything you say.
A kind answer
soothes angry feelings,
but harsh words
stir them up.
Kind words are good medicine,
but deceitful words
can really hurt.
Giving the right answer
at the right time
makes everyone happy.
Without good advice
everything goes wrong—
it takes careful planning
for things to go right.
Falar com sabedoria
No muito falar não falta transgressão. A boca do justo fala sabedoria, e quem guarda os lábios guarda a si mesmo.
You will say the wrong thing
if you talk too much—
so be sensible and watch
what you say.
Keep what you know to yourself,
and you will be safe;
talk too much,
and you are done for.
Even fools seem smart
when they are quiet.
A gossip tells everything,
but a true friend
will keep a secret.
But you must defend
those who are helpless
and have no hope.
If you talk sensibly,
you will have friends;
if you talk foolishly,
you will destroy yourself.
Falar a verdade
Cada palavra ociosa será pesada no dia do juízo. Fale a verdade, edifique com a boca e confesse Cristo com os lábios.
I promise you on the day of judgment, everyone will have to account for every careless word they have spoken.
If one of my followers sins against you, go and point out what was wrong. But do it in private, just between the two of you. If that person listens, you have won back a follower.
When you pray, don’t talk on and on as people do who don’t know God. They think God likes to hear long prayers.
Whatever you say in the dark will be heard when it is day. Whatever you whisper in a closed room will be shouted from the housetops.
Good people do good things because of the good in their hearts, but bad people do bad things because of the evil in their hearts. Your words show what is in your heart.
So you will be saved, if you honestly say, "Jesus is Lord," and if you believe with all your heart that God raised him from death.
In certain ways we are weak, but the Spirit is here to help us. For example, when we don’t know what to pray for, the Spirit prays for us in ways that cannot be put into words.
Edificar com palavras
Não saia da boca nenhuma palavra torpe. Sejam prontos para ouvir, tardios para falar, e tardios para a ira.
Stop all your dirty talk. Say the right thing at the right time and help others by what you say.
My dear friends, you should be quick to listen and slow to speak or to get angry.
All of us do many wrong things. But if you can control your tongue, you are mature and able to control your whole body.
Don’t be hateful and insult people just because they are hateful and insult you. Instead, treat everyone with kindness. You are God’s chosen ones, and he will bless you. The Scriptures say,
Children, you show love for others by truly helping them, and not merely by talking about it.
Praise the Lord
and pray in his name!
Tell everyone
what he has done.
and I praise and honor you
all day long.