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.
Falar com sabedoria
No muito falar não falta transgressão. A boca do justo fala sabedoria, e quem guarda os lábios guarda a si mesmo.
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.
36 I tell you, for every idle word that men speak they will give full account in the day of judgment,
15 "If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault between yourself and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won over your brother.
7 "When praying do not keep repeating, as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard because of their multitude of words.
3 Whatever you have said in darkness will, on the contrary, be heard in the light, and what you have spoken into the ear in inner moms will be proclaimed on the housetops.
45 A good man from the good treasury of his heart brings forth what is good, and the evil man from his evil treasury brings forth what is evil. Out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.
9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead you will be saved.
26 Thus also the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit itself intercedes for us with sighs beyond words.
Edificar com palavras
Não saia da boca nenhuma palavra torpe. Sejam prontos para ouvir, tardios para falar, e tardios para a ira.
29 Let no vile word come out of your mouth, but, if anything, a good word for needed upbuilding of character to give grace to those who hear.
19 I wish you to know this, my beloved brethren: Every man must be quick to hear, but slow to speak, slow to anger.
2 For in many ways we all stumble. If any one never stumbles in his talk, he is a perfect man, able to bridle also the whole body.
9 not repaying evil for evil or abuse for abuse, but rather blessing, for that is what you were called for \'97 to inherit a blessing.
18 Let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.