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 'And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment;
15 'And if your brother may sin against you, go and show him his fault between you and him alone, if he may hear you, you did gain your brother;
7 'And -- praying -- you may not use vain repetitions like the nations, for they think that in their much speaking they shall be heard,
3 because whatever in the darkness you said, in the light shall be heard: and what to the ear you spake in the inner-chambers, shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops.
45 'The good man out of the good treasure of his heart does bring forth that whichis good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart does bring forth that which is evil; for out of the abounding of the heart does his mouth speak.
9 that if you may confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and may believe in your heart that God did raise him out of the dead, you shall be saved,
26 And, in like manner also, the Spirit does help our weaknesses; for, what we may pray for, as it behooves us, we have not known, but the Spirit himself does make intercession for us with groanings unutterable,
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 corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;
19 So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,
2 for we all make many stumbles; if any one in word does not stumble, this one is a perfect man, able to bridle also the whole body;
9 not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this you were called, that a blessing you may inherit;
18 My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth!