Língua
A língua tem poder de vida e de morte. A Bíblia compara a língua ao leme de um navio e à faísca que incendeia uma floresta. Dominar a língua é prova de maturidade espiritual.
O poder da língua
A morte e a vida estão no poder da língua. Quem a domina é varão perfeito, capaz de controlar todo o corpo.
What you say can preserve life or destroy it; so you must accept the consequences of your words.
All of us often make mistakes. But if a person never makes a mistake in what he says, he is perfect and is also able to control his whole being.
We put a bit into the mouth of a horse to make it obey us, and we are able to make it go where we want. Or think of a ship: big as it is and driven by such strong winds, it can be steered by a very small rudder, and it goes wherever the pilot wants it to go. So it is with the tongue: small as it is, it can boast about great things.
Just think how large a forest can be set on fire by a tiny flame! And the tongue is like a fire. It is a world of wrong, occupying its place in our bodies and spreading evil through our whole being. It sets on fire the entire course of our existence with the fire that comes to it from hell itself.
We humans are able to tame and have tamed all other creatures—wild animals and birds, reptiles and fish. But no one has ever been able to tame the tongue. It is evil and uncontrollable, full of deadly poison.
We use it to give thanks to our Lord and Father and also to curse other people, who are created in the likeness of God. Words of thanksgiving and cursing pour out from the same mouth. My friends, this should not happen! No spring of water pours out sweet water and bitter water from the same opening. A fig tree, my friends, cannot bear olives; a grapevine cannot bear figs, nor can a salty spring produce sweet water.
Palavras sábias
A língua branda quebra até ossos. A palavra certa no tempo certo é como maçãs de ouro em salvas de prata.
Patient persuasion can break down the strongest resistance and can even convince rulers.
Thoughtless words can wound as deeply as any sword, but wisely spoken words can heal.
A lie has a short life, but truth lives on forever.
The more you talk, the more likely you are to sin. If you are wise, you will keep quiet.
After all, even fools may be thought wise and intelligent if they stay quiet and keep their mouths shut.
Disciplinar a fala
Quem guarda a boca e a língua guarda a sua alma de angústias. A religião sem controle da língua é vã.
Do any of you think you are religious? If you do not control your tongue, your religion is worthless and you deceive yourself.
The Confession of a Sufferer#HEBREW TITLE: A psalm by David.
I said, "I will be careful about what I do
and will not let my tongue make me sin;
I will not say anything
while evil people are near."
Would you like to enjoy life?
Do you want long life and happiness?
Then keep from speaking evil
and from telling lies.
The words of good people are wise,
and they are always fair.
They keep the law of their God in their hearts
and never depart from it.
Then I will proclaim your righteousness,
and I will praise you all day long.
Even before I speak,
you already know what I will say.
Save me, Lord,
from liars and deceivers.
Silence those flattering tongues, O Lord!
Close those boastful mouths that say,
"With our words we get what we want.
We will say what we wish,
and no one can stop us."
Confuse the speech of my enemies, O Lord!
I see violence and riots in the city,
Toda língua confessará
Ao nome de Jesus todo joelho se dobrará e toda língua confessará que Jesus Cristo é Senhor, para glória de Deus Pai.
For this reason God raised him to the highest place above
and gave him the name that is greater than any other name.
And so, in honor of the name of Jesus
all beings in heaven, on earth, and in the world below
will fall on their knees,
and all will openly proclaim that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
Love
I may be able to speak the languages of human beings and even of angels, but if I have no love, my speech is no more than a noisy gong or a clanging bell.
"You can be sure that on the Judgment Day you will have to give account of every useless word you have ever spoken. Your words will be used to judge you—to declare you either innocent or guilty."
Then the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which they had built, and he said, "Now then, these are all one people and they speak one language; this is just the beginning of what they are going to do. Soon they will be able to do anything they want! Let us go down and mix up their language so that they will not understand each other." So the Lord scattered them all over the earth, and they stopped building the city. The city was called Babylon, because there the Lord mixed up the language of all the people, and from there he scattered them all over the earth.
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